BACKGROUND Home gardens (HGs) provide perspectives for conservation of plant genetic resources while contributing to improving livelihoods. However, knowledge of local factors shaping their ownership, plant diversity (PD) and structure is still limited especially in West-Africa, where food insecurity is acute. This is critical to ensure effective mainstreaming of HGs into future biodiversity co...

BACKGROUND The choice of geographical unit of analysis in studies of the built environment and physical activity has typically been restricted to the home neighbourhood where only a small proportion of physical activity may actually be undertaken. This study aimed to examine the distance from home at which physical activity takes place and how this varies by personal and neighbourhood character...

BACKGROUND Increased exposure to microbial products early in life may protect from development of atopic disorders in childhood. Few studies have examined the relationship of endotoxin exposure and pet ownership on atopy and wheezing during infancy. OBJECTIVE Evaluate relationships among high endotoxin exposure, pet ownership, atopy, and wheezing in high-risk infants. METHODS Infants (n = 5...

Since the 1920s, British Conservatives pursued concept of property‑owning democracy, with home ownership viewed as a guarantor social stability and personal autonomy. However, recent increases in housing costs have made “British Dream” home‑ownership more elusive than ever, renting becoming lifelong prospect for large swathes people. Using Discourse Historical Approach, method falling within Cr...

Human capital investment may be affected by programs aimed at giving legal ownership titles to occupants of land; these are called "land titling programs". Titling is associated with an income (or wealth) effect inducing higher expenditure in normal goods like home consumption, education and health services. But there is also a substitution effect. The elimination or reduction of expropriation ...

Mary Adelaide Mendelson is the author of Tender Loving Greed, a study of the nursing home industry, published this year by Alfred A. Knopf. Mrs. Mendelson graduated from Radcliffe and received her Masters Degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan. She has been a consultant to the Federation for Community Planning of Cleveland since 1964. David Hapgood is a journalist. His most...

Sedentary behavior and physical inactivity are significant contributors to youth obesity in the United States. Neighborhood dog walking is an outlet for physical activity (PA). Therefore, understanding the relationship between built environment, dog ownership, and youth PA is essential. This study examined the influence of dog ownership and parental built environment perceptions on children's P...

National surveys have reported information on firearm ownership and storage practices, but primary care physicians question whether such information can be generalized to their communities and the patient populations they serve. In this study, an anonymous survey was distributed to 100 consecutive patients in 11 primary care clinics throughout Wisconsin. Demographic information and information ...