scholarly journals Residence of elected representatives and social and electoral structures in the Brussels-Capital Region

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Vandermotten
Keyword(s):  
Capital Region ◽  
Elected Representatives ◽  
Electoral Structures

Inequality in the public priority perceptions of elected representatives

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Julie Sevenans ◽  
Karolin Soontjens ◽  
Stefaan Walgrave
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
Elected Representatives ◽  
Public Priority

scholarly journals Heterogeneous Urban Exposures and Prevalent Hypertension in the Helsinki Capital Region, Finland

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1196
Author(s):  
Enembe O. Okokon ◽  
Tarja Yli-Tuomi ◽  
Taina Siponen ◽  
Pekka Tiittanen ◽  
Anu W. Turunen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antihypertensive Medication ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Traffic Noise ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Wood Smoke ◽  
Road Traffic Noise ◽  
Smooth Functions ◽  
Capital Region

Urban dwellers are simultaneously exposed to several environmental health risk factors. This study aimed to examine the relationship between long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5, diameter < 2.5 µm) of residential-wood-burning and road-traffic origin, road-traffic noise, green space around participants’ homes, and hypertension. In 2015 and 2016, we conducted a survey of residents of the Helsinki Capital Region to determine their perceptions of environmental quality and safety, lifestyles, and health statuses. Recent antihypertensive medication was used as an indicator of current hypertensive illness. Individual-level exposure was estimated by linking residential coordinates with modelled outdoor levels of wood-smoke- and traffic-related PM2.5, road-traffic noise, and coverage of natural spaces. Relationships between exposure and hypertension were modelled using multi-exposure and single-exposure binary logistic regression while taking smooth functions into account. Twenty-eight percent of the participants were current users of antihypertensive medication. The odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for antihypertensive use were 1.12 (0.78–1.57); 0.97 (0.76–1.26); 0.98 (0.93–1.04) and 0.99 (0.94–1.04) for wood-smoke PM2.5, road-traffic PM2.5, road-traffic noise, and coverage of green space, respectively. We found no evidence of an effect of the investigated urban exposures on prevalent hypertension in the Helsinki Capital Region.

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