Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Subject "wellbeing"
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Bridging the health equity gap: examining the effects of water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) gender-based violence on health and wellbeing in Ghana
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-24)Access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) is widely recognized as an important pathway to promoting human health and wellbeing. Despite the progress in access to water and sanitation in Low-and Middle-Income Countries ... -
Exploring Health and Wellbeing in a Low-to-Middle Income Country: A Case Study of Kenya
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)The recent past has witnessed an increased interest in the concept of wellbeing both in academia and public policy. Governments and international organizations have developed a policy agenda with the broad goal of improving ... -
Implications of Marine Protected Areas on Social-Ecological Wellbeing in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-03)Globally, marine protected areas (MPAs) are proliferating to meet Aichi Target 11 under the Convention on Biological Diversity – to protect 10% of coastal and marine areas by 2020. MPAs hold promise to enhance the ecological ... -
Mangrove-Dependent Small-Scale Fisher (SSF) Communities in the Sundarbans – Vulnerable yet Viable
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-10)Sundarbans social-ecological system is the largest remaining mangrove wetland in the Asian continent. Its ecological subsystem is comprised of mangroves of Sundarbans shared between India and Bangladesh, which are complex ... -
Multiple jeopardies: COVID-19 related health and wellbeing among older adults in Uganda
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-25)ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the disparities in access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) resources and health among various populations and regions, with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) being affected ... -
Protected areas and ecotourism: Charting a path toward social-ecological wellbeing
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)Protected areas (PAs) are changing rapidly in size and scope with the influx of development activities intended to benefit people living within and near their borders. In developing countries, integrated conservation and ...