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Urban environment and mental health: the NAMED project, protocol for a mixed-method study
qualitative part, we conduct walking interviews with Brussels residents to record their subjective well-being in association with their neighbourhood. In the validation part, results from these two approaches ...
Conducting national burden of disease studies in small countries in Europe– a feasible challenge?
face unique challenges such as difficulty to ensure sample representativeness, variations in prevalence estimates especially for rarer diseases, existence of a substantial proportion of non-residents ...
Association between urban environment and mental health in Brussels, Belgium
residence and processed using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Mental health status was approached through several validated indicators: the Symptom Checklist-90-R subscales for depressive, anxiety and ...
Residing in urban areas with higher green space is associated with lower mortality risk: A census-based cohort study with ten years of follow-up
population-based Abstract: Background Epidemiological studies suggest that residing close to green space reduce mortality rates. We investigated the relationship between long-term exposure to residential green space ...
Diagnosis, prevention and control of urinary tract infections: a survey of routine practices in Belgian nursing homes
urine cultures were routinely performed in 30.2% and 44.6% of the facilities, respectively. In non-catheterised residents, voided or midstream urine sampling was most frequently applied. ...
Resident exposure nearby greenhouse soils treated with Dazomet
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Philippe Castelain; N. Vidick Source: Comité d’agréation OJ1036 – 10.2020 Brussels – Teleconference (2020) Service: Évaluation des risques et de l'impact sur la santé Risico- e ...
Effectiveness of protective measures on dental care utilization: analysis from linked database
to ensure accessibility to all residents by minimizing the medical costs including a higher reimbursement for vulnerable population groups and protective measures for people with high health expenses ...
The Belgian health examination survey: objectives, design and methods.
included all Belgian residents aged 18 years and older. The BELHES was organized as a second stage of the sixth Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS). This paper describes the study design, recruitment ...
Environmental exposures and health behavior in association with mental health: a study design.
to nitrogen dioxide (NO), particulate matter ≤2.5 μm (PM) and ≤ 10 μm (PM) and BC at the participants’ residence are modelled using a high resolution spatial temporal interpolation model. Residential ...
Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis
population-level vulnerability. Results Countries with the highest proportions of elderly residents were Italy, Greece, Germany, Portugal and Finland. When assessments of population-level YLD rates for COVID-19 vulnerable health ...