OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the association between parental history of type 2 diabetes and glycemic control among diabetic urban African Americans. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Study participants included 359 African Americans with type 2 diabetes from Baltimore, Maryland, enrolled in Project Sugar 2. Participants underwent an interview-administrated questionnaire that ...

BACKGROUND Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a multifaceted disorder characterized by varying clinical presentations. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine urban and rural differences in the burden of polycystic ovarian syndrome among Indian adolescent females aged 12 to 19 years. METHODS A pilot cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of one month (August-September ...

China has seen the largest human migration in history, and the country's rapid urbanisation has important consequences for public health. A provincial analysis of its urbanisation trends shows shifting and accelerating rural-to-urban migration across the country and accompanying rapid increases in city size and population. The growing disease burden in urban areas attributable to nutrition and ...

This paper considers the urban spatial changes in China as rescaling and territorialization processes. Decentralization has led to the emergence of localism in China, in a fashion similar to western cities but with unique features and context of a transitional economy. Acquiring urban status and expanding urban space have become a new strategy for lasting local development, resulting in a massi...

S OF PAPERS Urban History Group Conference 2017 1 SESSION 2.1: THE PERMEABILITY OF URBAN BORDERS Petty crime, awareness spaces and informal edges in provincial shopping districts in 1830’s England Peter Collinge (Keele) Respectable citizens of Derby were used to navigating the informal boundaries of their town. Adverts for business and domestic addresses noted the desirable situations and comma...