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Residential tree canopy and allostatic load in US adults: a population-based cross-sectional study
Keywords Inequality Nature Stress Equigenesis Evidence before this study Evidence before this study Evidence of the health benefits of exposure to greenery, including residential tree canopy, is largely consistent, whereby higher levels of greenness are associated with better health outcomes. However, findings within social and economic subgroups are mixed.
Correction to “Water Supply Interruptions Are Associated with More Frequent Stressful Behaviors and Emotions but Mitigated by Predictability: A Multisite Study”
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A protocol for the development of a validated scale of household water insecurity in the United States: HWISE-USA
Sample size assessments for the study are based on achieving >80% power to test two hypotheses. We analyzed data collected by the authors from 11 sites in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (see Supplementary File 1 for details and the mean and standard deviation values used in calculations) to assist with effect estimates to inform the power calculations. Our sample size calculations are linked to two tests of predictive validity (see next section).
Greenspace will not always disproportionately benefit disadvantaged urban residents - Nature Cities
Abstract Numerous studies report health benefits of visiting or living near greenspaces. Some suggest greater benefits to disadvantaged communities—a hypothesis warranting critical examination. We consider evidence from studies on the interplay of disadvantage and greenspace–health associations, first noting the diversity in definitions of disadvantage. We then note study design and interpretation problems with some of the findings.
Identifying Active Ingredients of the Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Disordered Eating in Youth
Neighborhood poverty is associated with disordered eating (DE) beginning in middle childhood. Understanding factors that contribute to this early elevation in risk is critical, yet the “active ingredients” through which neighborhoods impact DE remain unknown. We found that community violence exposure was associated with increased DE in middle childhood, but neighborhood resources were not. Results highlight the importance of contextual stressors in DE risk.
Reducing children’s exposure to unhealthy food marketing: What policies are most effective?
Pictured above: Kids’Cam photo of a typical convenience store saturated with junk food marketing The Paper of the Month for September is ‘Comparison of ten policy options to equitably reduce children’s exposure to unhealthy food marketing‘. The blog is written by authors Ryan Gage, Wei Liu et al and the paper is published in Public Health Nutrition. This paper is fully open access and freely available to read.
Mental health is positively associated with biodiversity in Canadian cities - Communications Earth & Environment
Abstract Cities concentrate problems that affect human well-being and biodiversity. Exploring the link between mental health and biodiversity can inform more holistic public health and urban planning. Here we examined associations between bird and tree species diversity estimates from eBird community science datasets and national forest inventories with self-rated mental health metrics from the Canadian Community Health Survey.
Systematic review of best practices for GPS data usage, processing, and linkage in health, exposure science and environmental context research
Discussion The aim of this review was to identify best practices of GPS data usage, processing and linkage in spatial health and exposure research, and assess the current state of reporting those practices. We explored the recommendations for reporting methods from best practice literature and then quantified reporting of GPS data best practice elements in published studies.
Water Supply Interruptions Are Associated with More Frequent Stressful Behaviors and Emotions but Mitigated by Predictability: A Multisite Study
Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, U.K. School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, U.K. CS Mott Department of Public Health, Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan 48503, United States Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States Pulte Institute of Global Development, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United...
Elementary Classroom Views of Nature Are Associated with Lower Child Externalizing Behavior Problems
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A synthesis of health benefits of natural sounds and their distribution in national parks
Significance This study examines evidence of the health benefits of natural soundscapes and quantifies the prevalence of restorative acoustic environments in national parks across the United States. The results affirm that natural sounds improve health, increase positive affect, and lower stress and annoyance. Also, analyses reveal many national park sites with a high abundance of natural sound and low anthropogenic sound.
Virtue and Happiness in Early Modern Spain
At the last Providential Modernity seminar, Ph.D. candidate in history Elsa Costa discussed her dissertation project on two hundred years of Spanish political history, “The Bourbon Ideology? Civic Eudaemonism and Secular Regalism in Imperial Spain.” Crucially, her research raises the question of how societies define happiness and virtue, and why those understandings of virtue and happiness matter in our shared political inheritance from the early modern period.
NOW OPEN! 2020 Moral Purpose Award Essay Competition, deadline April 6
The call for submissions to the 2020 Kenan Moral Purpose Award essay competition is now open, with a deadline of 5pm, Monday, April 6. The Kenan Moral Purpose Award is given for the best undergraduate student essay on the role a liberal arts education plays in students’ exploration of the personal and social purposes by which to orient their future and the intellectual, emotional, and moral commitments that make for a full life.
Kate Jackson talks to Kenan Graduate Fellows
Kate Jackson discussed her work on how to determine what sort of legal rights corporations ought to have with the Kenan Graduate Fellows in Ethics at the bimonthly Monday Seminar. Jackson started her career majoring in engineering at West Point, but transferred to the University of Pennsylvania to study philosophy and economics. Following her undergraduate studies with a law degree, she practiced corporate derivative and securities litigation for the next six years.
Providential Modernity seminar discusses “the Justice of God”
Can we make sense of modern approaches to politics without coming to terms with their origins and evolution over time? Does it matter where ideas come from? Eric Nelson, Robert M. Beren Professor of Government at Harvard University, wrote his latest book, Theology of Liberalism: Political Philosophy and the Justice of God, to address these questions. During his visit last week, Nelson discussed the origins of his book with the Providential Modernity seminar at KIE.
Yolanda Wilson back at Kenan
On Monday, the Kenan Graduate Fellows in Ethics seminar series welcomed back Yolonda Wilson, a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Philosophy department and former Duke employee. Dr. Wilson is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Howard University and is in residence as a 2019-2020 fellow at the National Humanities Center in RTP. Her research spans bioethics, social and political philosophy, race theory, and feminist philosophy.
Visions of the End Discussed at Kenan
Religions and Public Life at KIE hosted the last Providential Modernity seminar of the fall semester with a vibrant discussion of Professor John Martin’s (History) new book project, Visions of the End: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of the Modern World, 1492-1648.
TechRight Hosts Dinner Roundtable on Tech/Corporate Ethics
Technically Right at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, in collaboration with the Future of Privacy Forum and the Duke Law and Technology Review, hosted a dinner roundtable on Monday, November 11th, on tech ethics and corporate ethics. Suzanne Shanahan, Nannerl O.
Effects of freshwater blue spaces may be beneficial for mental health: A first, ecological study in the North American Great Lakes region
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Amber L. Pearson , Ashton Shortridge, Paul L. Delamater, Teresa H. Horton, Kyla Dahlin, Amanda Rzotkiewicz, Michael J. Marchiori Amber L. Pearson, Ashton Shortridge, Paul L. Delamater, Teresa H. Horton, Kyla Dahlin, Amanda Rzotkiewicz, Michael J. Marchiori Published: August 30, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221977 Figures Abstract Research linking green space and mental health abounds.
Religion, Suffering, and Wounded Texts
(Religion, Ph.D.) 2018-19 Religions and Public Life Graduate Fellow Holy texts, scripture, divine revelation—whatever we may think of them, we are used to regarding these things as whole, complete, and intelligible. Whether I regard the Bible as divine writ or nonsense I am hardly likely to think of it as broken, partial, or wounded. This, however, is exactly what the contemporary Jewish philosopher Peter Ochs recommends.
What’s Wrong with School Choice?
(Political Science, Ph.D.) 2018-19 Religions and Public Life Graduate Fellow Most of us would probably say that having choices is a good thing. In liberal democracies, options abound: one must choose (or refuse to settle on) a set of values to live by, a career, a life partner, a place to live, and a lifestyle to adopt.
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