The Environment in Pediatric Practice: A Study of New York Pediatricians’...
AbstractChronic diseases of environmental origin are a significant and increasing public health problem among the children of New York State, yet few resources exist to address this growing burden. To...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Healthy Places
Key PointsThe environment consists of the external (or nongenetic) factors—physical, nutritional, social, behavioral, and others—that act on humans, and the built environment is made up of the many...
View ArticleHealthy Schools
Key PointsSchools are unique built environments because children are especially vulnerable to environmental hazards.Schools are also unique built environments because of their high density, their long...
View ArticleContact with Nature
Key PointsNature contact may benefit health, a relationship supported by both theoretical and empirical considerations.Nature contact may take many forms in the built environment, such as plantings in...
View ArticleManaged retreat as a strategy for climate change adaptation in small...
AbstractIn coming decades, sea level rise associated with climate change will make some communities uninhabitable. Managed retreat, or planned relocation, is a proactive response prior to catastrophic...
View ArticleSustaining Life: Human Health–Planetary Health Linkages
AbstractOur beautiful planet has been profoundly altered by human activities. Climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, land use changes, and disrupted cycles of water, nitrogen, and phosphorus, to...
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