Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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ISSN:
1660-4601
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Health co-benefits of green building design strategies and community resilience to urban flooding
Climate change is increasingly exacerbating existing population health hazards, as well as resulting in new negative health effects. Flooding is one particularly deadly example of its amplifying and expanding effect on public health. This systematic review considered evidence linking green building strategies in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) Rating System with the...
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Health co-benefits of green building design strategies and community resilience to urban flooding: a systematic review of the evidence
Climate change is increasingly exacerbating existing population health hazards, as well as resulting in new negative health effects. Flooding is one particularly deadly example of its amplifying and expanding effect on public health. This systematic review considered evidence linking green building strategies in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) Rating System with the...
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Migration and health in the construction industry: culturally centering voices of Bangladeshi workers in Singapore
Construction workers globally face disproportionate threats to health and wellbeing, constituted by the nature of the work they perform. This paper draws on the culture-centered approach (CCA) to dialogically articulate meanings of workplace risks and injuries, voiced by Bangladeshi migrant construction workers in Singapore.
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A review of programs that targeted environmental determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
This review finds that there are relatively few papers describing interventions that target environmental determinants of Indigenous health. Abstract: Objective: Effective interventions to improve population and individual health require environmental change as well as strategies that target individual behaviours and clinical factors. This is the basis of implementing an ecological approach to health programs and...
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Focusing resource allocation-wellbeing as a tool for prioritizing interventions for communities at risk
Abstract Objective: This study examined whether a wellbeing approach to resilience and adaptation would provide practical insights for prioritizing support to communities experiencing environmental and socio-economic stressors.