Environment Health

Resorting to social representations theory we illustrate how in our societies, where the pressures towards change in the environmental domain are constant and come from countless sources, processes of resistance are also their constant companions. We present four case studies. The first regards biotechnological innovation, which highlights the conflict between old and new conceptions of nature. A second example regards changes in response to flooding in France seeking to further our comprehension of how people can ...

Increased concerns about the incidence of violence and delinquency in Malaysia has prompted studies examining personality profiles in various settings. Personality seems to be very useful in predicting criminal behaviour and provides a better understanding of how an individual reacts to problems, make decisions, and communicates with the surroundings. From the Criminology literature, it is apparent that there is no local psychometric instrument available to measure personality traits based on the Alternative Five Factor Model. The aims of this study is to validate the Malay language Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire Cross-Cultural 50 items (henceforth, ZKPQ-M-50-CC). A cross-sectional study was carried out in Peninsular Malaysia among 150 adult inmates incarcerated in two prisons in Peninsular Malaysia, aged nineteen and older. A forward-backward translation was performed followed by the factor analysis and reliability testing. The results show that ZKPQ-M-40-CC demonstrat...

Increased concerns about the incidence of violence and delinquency in Malaysia has prompted studies examining personality profiles in various settings. Personality seems to be very useful in predicting criminal behaviour and provides a better understanding of how an individual reacts to problems, make decisions, and communicates with the surroundings. From the Criminology literature, it is apparent that there is no local psychometric instrument available to measure personality traits based on the Alternative Five Factor Model. The aims of this study is to validate the Malay language Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire Cross-Cultural 50 items (henceforth, ZKPQ-M-50-CC). A cross-sectional study was carried out in Peninsular Malaysia among 150 adult inmates incarcerated in two prisons in Peninsular Malaysia, aged nineteen and older. A forward-backward translation was performed followed by the factor analysis and reliability testing. The results show that ZKPQ-M-40-CC demonstrat...

Resorting to social representations theory we illustrate how in our societies, where the pressures towards change in the environmental domain are constant and come from countless sources, processes of resistance are also their constant companions. We present four case studies. The first regards biotechnological innovation, which highlights the conflict between old and new conceptions of nature. A second example regards changes in response to flooding in France seeking to further our comprehension of how people can ...

The benefits of improved water and sanitation include both health and non-health effects. The direct health benefits are related to two contrasting roles of water: that of disease vector when it carries pathogens; and that of health mediator through its use in personal and domestic hygiene. Indirect effects related to health include for example improved quality of life and decreased expenditure on medical expenses. Non-health effects include time savings for productive activity or education. The fact that the health impact of inadequate water supply services, especially in the developing world, has never been established is recognised (Troare, 1992) and recent work highlights unrecognised health burdens elsewhere--both from apparently good quality supplies (Payment et al., 1991; Payment et al., 1997); and from outbreaks of disease (Ford and Colwell, 1996). This paper looks at the WHO perspective on waterborne health risks and is divided into three main sections: our knowledge of the existing situation; recognised and emerging priorities arising from the changing context; and the availability of approaches and tools to meet the recognised and emerging priorities.

... Biographical notes: Hossain M. Anawar has obtained his PhD at Niigata University, and worked at Salamanca University in studies of contaminated ... et al., 1998), is one of the most interesting abandoned mines in Portugal whose main activity began in Roman times (Custodio ...

This article proposes a shift toward the integrated governance of watersheds as a basis for fostering health, sustainability and social–ecological resilience. The authors suggest that integrated watershed governance is more likely when different perspectives, including ...