This study examined behavioral changes in households after participation in a home environmental assessment. Home assessment visits by a trained coach, which involved a walk-through in the home with the home residents, were conducted in 36 homes. The walk-through included a list of recommended behavioral changes that the residents could make to reduce their exposures to home pollutants in areas...

It is now more than 60 years since the polio epidemic in Denmark in 1952 that led, at least partly, to the development of artificial ventilation.1 In the report of that epidemic, Lassen stated that “A good humidifier is essential: otherwise incrustation of secretions may occur.” Subsequent to the polio epidemic, a heated humidifier was described by Marshall and Spalding in 1953,2 and Drägerwerk...

background: most rural carpet weaving workshops are part of the house and sanitary conditions of the workshop not only affect the weaving but also other family members this study aimed to determine the aerosol and bioaerosols concentration in the rural household carpet weaving workshops in isfahan. methods: in this this study is a cross - sectional study and was performed in 92 rural household ...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to examine indicators of socioeconomic deprivation among secondary school students and to determine associations between household poverty, neighbourhood deprivation and health indicators. METHODS Data were from a nationally representative sample of 8500 secondary school students in New Zealand who participated in a health survey in 2012. Latent class an...

Extended Abstract. Small area estimation has received a lot of attention in recent years due to necessity demand for reliable small area statistics. Direct estimator may not provide adequate precision, because sample size in small areas is seldom large enough. Hence, by employing models that can use auxiliary information and area effects in descriptions, one can increase the precision of direct...

Background: Households’ financial protection against health payments and expenditures and equity in utilization of health care services are of the most important tasks of governments. This study aims to measuring equity in household’s health care payments according to fairness in financial contribution (FFC) and Kakwani indices in Tehran-Iran, 2013. Methods: This cross-sectional study was c...

BACKGROUND Most people in industrialized societies grow up in core (parents only) families with few if any siblings. Based on an evolutionary perspective, it may be argued that this environment reflects a mismatch, in that the tribal setting offered a larger number of close affiliates. The present project examined whether this mismatch may have a negative impact on mental health. METHODS We u...