جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "سلامت عمومی" در نشریات گروه "جغرافیا"

The challenges of urban life, such as the reduction of the environment's role as a space for citizens' presence and physical activity, the increase in vehicle usage, and the resultant inactivity and rise in non-communicable diseases, have raised global concerns about public health. This research aims to evaluate both subjectively and objectively the environmental criteria affecting the general health of residents in three dimensions: physical, psychological, and social, within the Agha Zaman neighborhood of Sanandaj city.

The collection of subjective and objective research data was conducted sequentially. The research was divided into four phases. The first phase involved a subjective qualitative assessment of residents regarding their mental and social health. The second phase involved collecting quantitative subjective data about residents' physical health. The third phase was a quantitative objective assessment of the environment. The fourth phase examined the correlation between the research variables. Subjective data were obtained using a questionnaire, while objective data were gathered using a geographic information system (GIS). Regression analysis in SPSS software was used to analyze the relationship between neighborhood environmental criteria and physical activities, and to determine the relationship between variables. Objective data, such as the type of block arrangement, spatial pattern of the neighborhood, land use layer, and road network, were calculated using GIS and entered into the space syntax index to determine the neighborhood's pedestrianization. Finally, the relationships and effects of environmental criteria on public health were identified using regression analysis in Lisrel software.

The results showed that environmental comfort and tranquility, with a score of 23, and social interactions and neighborhood culture, with a score of 21, have the greatest impact on mental and social health, respectively. Additionally, environmental criteria such as a mix of uses (score: 5.671), visual and aesthetic qualities (score: 7.961), and special infrastructure for pedestrians and bicycles (score: 8.475) have the most significant impact on physical work, leisure, and sports activities. Consequently, these criteria influence physical health. According to the data, Namaki Street, with a score of 21, has the highest level of connectivity, interconnection, depth, and control within the neighborhood, leading to the highest level of pedestrian circulation.

The overall results indicate that due to the direct impact and relationship of urban design environmental criteria on physical activities, and the positive and meaningful relationship between physical activities and general health, it is evident that the general health of residents is related to the environmental criteria of urban design. However, this relationship is mediated by physical activities.

Urban spaces have a great impact on the public health of citizens. Almost research on the relationship between the urban physical environment and citizens 'health has relied solely on assessing citizens' perceptions of the urban environment. In this article, the relationship between the general health quality (GHQ) of citizens' and the measured physical environment aspects of the city has been investigated.

The present research is applied in terms of purpose and is field method in terms of nature and  method. For this purpose, after literature reviewing, in the first stage, the sample size was determined using Cochran's random method and in the second stage, using hierarchical cluster sampling method and georeference questionnaire technique, survey data of GHQ from 384 citizens of Kerman were Collected in 2019. Also, with the formation of the statistical block of the general population-housing census in 2016 in the GIS, the characteristics of the physical environment of Kerman, including; The variables of residential density(RD), ground commercial density(GCD), street conecection density(SCD) and green space density(GSD) and land use mixing ratio(LUMR) and walk-ability index were calculated. Finally, the partial correlation values of Kerman urban form variables with the values of general health quality index were estimated and analyzed.

Partial correlation between GHQ values had a significant positive relationship with age and gender and a significant negative relationship with education. Also, the values of GHQ index had a significant negative relationship with the values of urban physical environment indexes. Spatially, the green space density showed a completely significant correlation with GHQ index.

The present study demonstrates the hypothesis that the design of an urban environment is significantly related to the GHQ of citizens. The results emphasize that increasing the density of local ground commercial space, land use mixing ratio, more roads connectivity by increasing the walk-ability index and especially the development of green space are among the interventions that can improve the GHQ.

The purpose of this research is investigate the effect of land use mix on public health in Mashhad city. Research is a developmental-applied research. Methodologically, and in the category of macro, it falls into descriptive researches and in subdivisions of case studies, surveys, and correlations. Data collection was based on documentary and surveys (Questionary) methods. Herfindahl-Hirschman, Frank et al (2006) and Shannon entropy used for analysis land use mix. Statistical Society includes citizens up to 25 years and sample size is equal to 1022 sample. The date gathered from 16 neighborhoods of Mashhad. The results showed that 19.7% of people were healthy and the rest were in mild to severe disorders. According to findings, in the case stidies, there was no significant correlation between land use mix with physical activity and daily walking. Studies also show that there is no significant relationship between land use mix with public health and its subdivisions in general and if there is a significant relationship in some cases, this relationship can be inversely correlated. In fact, the findings of this study showed that, contrary to previous studies, especially at international level, about the impact of land use mix on improving individual health in different dimensions, in Mashhad and the studied areas, such results were not obtained and vice versa, In some cases, land use mix has had a negative impact on citizens' health in some respects. 

In recent years, the benefits of walkability in the field of public health are such that the ability of urban walkability has become a key issue in the program of healthy cities of the world. The two main questions in this study are “What is the effect of walkability of urban areas on physical and mental health (public health) of the youth?” and "Will the general health of the young people increase with improving the walkability?" The research method is applied in terms of purpose, cross-section in terms of time, and mixed in terms of nature. The concept of walkability was introduced as an independent variable along with the explanation of its criteria. In a survey, a 28-item GHQ questionnaire was used to assess general health in young people. This questionnaire consists of four criteria with seven questions in each of them. These four criteria are: physical symptoms, anxiety symptoms and sleep disorders, social action and depressive symptoms. Then, in a field study, the following measures were used to assess the walkability: mixed uses, pedestrian attractive zones, pedestrian and bicycle network connection, access to mass transit, road safety and security. According to the ranks of the regions in terms of walkability and public health, it is observed that this is not a completely direct relationship and in all four scales of general health, this relationship is different. It is concluded that walkability in urban areas affects the mental health of young people more than it affects their physical health.

The growing demand for mobile communications services has led to an increase in the number of telecommunication towers, especially in urban areas in recent years. One of the important issues that have plagued societies in parallel with the increase in the number of telecommunication towers is the concerns related to the possible dangers, posed by the radiations of the mentioned towers on the health of the citizens. In the meantime, residential areas and sensitive population centers are parts of the city where citizens are exposed to radiations from mobile phone towers for a longer period of time. As a result, citizens' health concerns are becoming more serious in these areas. The purpose of this study is to monitor the health of the citizens with the optimal site selection of mobile telecommunication towers approach in district 1 of Zanjan municipality. The research method is descriptive-analytical and it is applicable in terms of applied results. The required data and information were collected through library studies and field visits and gis were used to analyze the data. The results show that currently, due to the uncertainty in responding to the risk of  long-term effects of radiations of mobile telecommunication towers on the health of citizens, the current solution is to avoid exposure to towers radiations. Out of the 29 towers in the study area, 5 towers must be relocated due to non-compliance with standard distances with residential areas and sensitive population centers.--