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Implementing the community mental health care model in a large latin-american urban area: The experience from Santiago, Chile
(2012)
This article outlines the development of the Barros Luco General Hospital's Psychiatry Service since its creation in 1968. Initially, some historical and political background is provided followed by a description of how ...
Ethnicity and health: experience with an urban mapuche health program from the perspective of key actors
(Springer, 2020)
This article explores the relationships and tensions between ethnicity and health, describing the perspectives of various social actors on a Mapuche clinic in the context of a national health program. A qualitative methodology ...
Architecture, urbanism and health in a post-pandemic virtual world
(Emerald, 2021)
Purpose – The highly contagious coronavirus and the rapid spread of COVID-19 disease have generated a global public health crisis. Crises are being addressed at various local and global scales through social distancing ...
Implementation challenges in public policies towards indigenous peoples: the impact of health policies in urban contexts
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
How are indigenous public health policies implemented in contexts of diversity? The rural-urban migration processes that indigenous people have experienced since the mid-19905 in Latin American countries have affected the ...
Morphological characteristics and most frequent health constraints of urban draught horses attending a free healthcare programme in the south of Chile: A retrospective study (1997-2009)
(2013)
Working horses are still an important source of income for many families located in urban and peri-urban settings. An adequate health state in
these horses is a prerequisite for welfare and work output, this is why the ...
Tackling the Urban Health Divide Though Enabling Intersectoral Action on Malnutrition in Chile and Kenya
(Springer, 2015)
As momentum grows for a sustainable urbanisation goal in the post-2015
development agenda, this paper reports on an action research study that sought to
tackle the urban health divide by enabling intersectoral action on ...
Magnetic and elemental characterization of the particulate matter deposited on leaves of urban trees in Santiago, Chile
(Springer, 2023)
Airborne particulate matter is a serious threat to human health, especially in fast-growing cities. In this study, we carried out a magnetic and elemental study on tree leaves used as passive captors and urban dust from ...
A health promotion programme in Adventist and non-Adventist women based on Pender's model: A pilot study
(2006)
Objective: In the last decades, the epidemiological and demographic transition in Chile has resulted in a considerable increase in diet-related non-communicable chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the ...
Environmental noise is differently associated with negative and positive urban experience: an exploratory first-person pedestrian mobile study in Santiago de Chile
(Routledge, 2020)
Specific city features such as environmental noise have been related to psychological distress. The effects of noise - as a health risk variable - might depend on socioeconomic and demographic factors. However, this has ...
Aging and self‑reported health in 114 Latin American cities: gender and socio‑economic inequalities
(BMC, England, 2022)
Background: Understanding how urban environments influence people’s health, especially as individuals age, can
help identify ways to improve health in the rapidly urbanizing and rapidly aging populations.