The protected area approach has extended from conserving biodiversity to improving human well-being. However, the relationship between conservation and socioeconomic and cultural development continues to be controversial. This paper combines land use variables with socioeconomic and cultural variables through multivariate ordination analysis and evaluates their evolution in two areas inside and...

DESIGN The social, cultural, and economic context can be an important variable in the perception and adoption of risk behaviors in adolescents. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of simultaneous health risk behaviors and associated socioeconomic factors in adolescents living in the metropolitan region of Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil. METHODS The sample c...

The focus of this paper is the application of statistical models to the study of socioeconomic conditioning factors in perinatal Chagas' disease conducted in Rosario, Argentina. A case (154) and control (158) design was applied to investigate socioeconomic and cultural differences in pregnant women in Hospital Roque Sáenz Peña as to their infection status. Logistic regression models were used t...

life style has three dimensions: behavioral, attitudinal, and motivational. the current study aims to investigate life style of young in mashhad from behavioral aspect based on eight factors including cultural consumption, body management, political behavior, derivative behavior, make up tendency, cloths consumption, food consumption, and religiosity. the sample of the current study includes 40...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between media consumption habits, physical activity, socioeconomic status, and glycemic control in youths with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In the cross-sectional study, self-report questionnaires were used to assess media consumption habits, physical activity, and socioeconomic status in 296 children, adolescents, and young adults with t...

We studied 39,896 hip fractures that occurred in Quebec during 10 years. We found an increase in the incidence of hip fracture during this period. Demographical or anthropologic factors (such as smoking, alcohol consumption, residential placement), seasonal variations or socioeconomic factors alone could not give a satisfactory explanation for such an increase of this incidence. The pandemic di...