BACKGROUND In this study we examined whether (1) the neighbourhood aspects of access to amenities, neighbourhood quality, neighbourhood disorder, and neighbourhood social cohesion are associated with people's self rated health, (2) these health effects reflect differences in socio-demographic composition and/or neighbourhood deprivation, and (3) the associations with the different aspects of th...

BACKGROUND Exercise referral schemes (ERS) have become a popular way of promoting physical activity. The aim of these schemes is to encourage high risk patients to exercise. In evaluating these schemes, little attention has been paid to lower socio-economic groups in a multi-ethnic urban setting. This study aimed to explore the socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics of female partic...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between education level and food purchasing behaviour and the contribution of dietary knowledge to this relationship; and the association between household income and purchasing behaviour and the contribution made by subjective perceptions about the cost of healthy food. DESIGN AND SETTING The study was conducted in Brisbane City (Australia) in 2000. The ...

the use of gis tools is one of the newest methods for performance of different land evaluation and planning projects. this research with the purpose of determination of appropriate landuse to natural land potential and improvement of land management of catchments was executed using gis-tools in taleghan area. at first ecological and socio-economic resources determined, mapped and entered to gis...

OBJECTIVE To identify the socio-economic, demographic and behavioural determinants of dental treatment needs of those aged 65 and over in the Republic of Ireland. DESIGN The treatment needs data is based on detailed clinical oral examinations in the NSAOH carried out between October 2000 and June 2002. To determine factors influencing treatment needs, three measures are used: a dichotomous va...

This paper presents an overview of findings from the formal evaluation of 9 socio-economic rehabilitation programmes (SER), in 4 countries in Africa, in Bangladesh and in India from 2002-2005. Bringing together the recommendations resulted in a description of best practices in the implementation of socio-economic rehabilitation programmes, derived from actual experiences in different contexts. ...

Meeting human needs at sustainable levels of energy use is fundamental for avoiding catastrophic climate change and securing the well-being all people. In current political-economic regime, no country does so. Here, we assess which socio-economic conditions might enable societies to satisfy low use, reconcile with mitigation. Using a novel analytical framework alongside multivariate regression-...