Search Results - "Arku, Raphael E."

Small area variations and factors associated with blood pressure and body-mass index in adult women in Accra, Ghana: Bayesian spatial analysis of a representative population survey and census data by Clark, Sierra N, Bennett, James E, Arku, Raphael E, Hill, Allan G, Fink, Günther, Adanu, Richard M, Biritwum, Richard B, Darko, Rudolph, Bawah, Ayaga, Duda, Rosemary B, Ezzati, Majid

“…Body-mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) levels are rising in sub-Saharan African cities, particularly among women. However, there is very limited…”
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Climate Change and Human Health in Africa in Relation to Opportunities to Strengthen Mitigating Potential and Adaptive Capacity: Strategies to Inform an African "Brains Trust" by Wright, Caradee Y, Kapwata, Thandi, Naidoo, Natasha, Asante, Kwaku Polu, Arku, Raphael E, Cissé, Guéladio, Simane, Belay, Atuyambe, Lynn, Berhane, Kiros

“…Africa faces diverse and complex population/human health challenges due to climate change. Understanding the health impacts of climate change in Africa in all…”
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Spatial-temporal patterns of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and black carbon (BC) pollution in Accra by Alli, Abosede S, Clark, Sierra N, Hughes, Allison, Nimo, James, Bedford-Moses, Josephine, Baah, Solomon, Wang, Jiayuan, Vallarino, Jose, Agyemang, Ernest, Barratt, Benjamin, Beddows, Andrew, Kelly, Frank, Owusu, George, Baumgartner, Jill, Brauer, Michael, Ezzati, Majid, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Arku, Raphael E

“…Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rapidly urbanizing, and ambient air pollution has emerged as a major environmental health concern in growing cities. Yet, effective…”
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Inequalities in urban air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa: an empirical modeling of ambient NO and NO2 concentrations in Accra, Ghana by Wang, Jiayuan, Alli, Abosede S, Clark, Sierra N, Ezzati, Majid, Brauer, Michael, Hughes, Allison F, Nimo, James, Moses, Josephine Bedford, Baah, Solomon, Nathvani, Ricky, D, Vishwanath, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Baumgartner, Jill, Bennett, James E, Arku, Raphael E

“…Road traffic has become the leading source of air pollution in fast-growing sub-Saharan African cities. Yet, there is a dearth of robust city-wide data for…”
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Geographical Inequalities and Social and Environmental Risk Factors for Under-Five Mortality in Ghana in 2000 and 2010: Bayesian Spatial Analysis of Census Data by Arku, Raphael E, Bennett, James E, Castro, Marcia C, Agyeman-Duah, Kofi, Mintah, Samilia E, Ware, James H, Nyarko, Philomena, Spengler, John D, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Ezzati, Majid

“…Under-five mortality is declining in Ghana and many other countries. Very few studies have measured under-five mortality-and its social and environmental risk…”
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Space-time characterization of community noise and sound sources in Accra, Ghana by Clark, Sierra N., Alli, Abosede S., Nathvani, Ricky, Hughes, Allison, Ezzati, Majid, Brauer, Michael, Toledano, Mireille B., Baumgartner, Jill, Bennett, James E., Nimo, James, Bedford Moses, Josephine, Baah, Solomon, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Owusu, George, Croft, Briony, Arku, Raphael E.

“…Urban noise pollution is an emerging public health concern in growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but the sound environment in SSA cities is…”
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High-resolution spatiotemporal measurement of air and environmental noise pollution in Sub-Saharan African cities: Pathways to Equitable Health Cities Study protocol for Accra, Ghana by Clark, Sierra N, Alli, Abosede S, Brauer, Michael, Ezzati, Majid, Baumgartner, Jill, Toledano, Mireille B, Hughes, Allison F, Nimo, James, Bedford Moses, Josephine, Terkpertey, Solomon, Vallarino, Jose, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Agyemang, Ernest, Nathvani, Ricky, Muller, Emily, Bennett, James, Wang, Jiayuan, Beddows, Andrew, Kelly, Frank, Barratt, Benjamin, Beevers, Sean, Arku, Raphael E

“…IntroductionAir and noise pollution are emerging environmental health hazards in African cities, with potentially complex spatial and temporal patterns…”
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Characterisation of urban environment and activity across space and time using street images and deep learning in Accra by Nathvani, Ricky, Clark, Sierra N., Muller, Emily, Alli, Abosede S., Bennett, James E., Nimo, James, Moses, Josephine Bedford, Baah, Solomon, Metzler, A. Barbara, Brauer, Michael, Suel, Esra, Hughes, Allison F., Rashid, Theo, Gemmell, Emily, Moulds, Simon, Baumgartner, Jill, Toledano, Mireille, Agyemang, Ernest, Owusu, George, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Arku, Raphael E., Ezzati, Majid

“…The urban environment influences human health, safety and wellbeing. Cities in Africa are growing faster than other regions but have limited data to guide…”
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Household and community poverty, biomass use, and air pollution in Accra, Ghana by Zhou, Zheng, Dionisio, Kathie L, Arku, Raphael E, Quaye, Audrey, Hughes, Allison F, Vallarino, Jose, Spengler, John D, Hill, Allan, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Ezzati, Majid

“…Many urban households in developing countries use biomass fuels for cooking. The proportion of household biomass use varies among neighborhoods, and is…”
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What you see is what you breathe? Estimating air pollution spatial variation using street level imagery by Suel, Esra, Sorek-Hamer, Meytar, Moise, Izabela, von Pohle, Michael, Sahasrabhojanee, Adwait, Asanjan, Ata Akbari, Arku, Raphael E, Alli, Abosede S, Barratt, Benjamin, Clark, Sierra N, Middel, Ariane, Deardorff, Emily, Lingenfelter, Violet, Oza, Nikunj, Yadav, Nishant, Ezzati, Majid, Brauer, Michael

“…High spatial resolution information on urban air pollution levels is unavailable in many areas globally, partially due to high input data needs of existing…”
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Quantifying within-city inequalities in child mortality across neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana: a Bayesian spatial analysis by Bixby, Honor, Bennett, James E, Bawah, Ayaga A, Arku, Raphael E, Annim, Samuel K, Anum, Jacqueline D, Mintah, Samilia E, Schmidt, Alexandra M, Agyei-Asabere, Charles, Robinson, Brian E, Cavanaugh, Alicia, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Owusu, George, Ezzati, Majid, Baumgartner, Jill

“…ObjectiveCountries in sub-Saharan Africa suffer the highest rates of child mortality worldwide. Urban areas tend to have lower mortality than rural areas, but…”
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Within-Neighborhood Patterns and Sources of Particle Pollution: Mobile Monitoring and Geographic Information System Analysis in Four Communities in Accra, Ghana by Dionisio, Kathie L., Rooney, Michael S., Arku, Raphael E., Friedman, Ari B., Hughes, Allison F., Vallarino, Jose, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Spengler, John D., Ezzati, Majid

“…Background: Sources of air pollution in developing country cities include transportation and industrial pollution, biomass and coal fuel use, and resuspended…”
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Chemical composition and sources of particle pollution in affluent and poor neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana by Zhou, Zheng, Dionisio, Kathie L, Verissimo, Thiago G, Kerr, Americo S, Coull, Brent, Arku, Raphael E, Koutrakis, Petros, Spengler, John D, Hughes, Allison F, Vallarino, Jose, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Ezzati, Majid

“…The highest levels of air pollution in the world now occur in developing country cities, where air pollution sources differ from high-income countries. We…”
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Global estimation of exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from household air pollution by Shupler, Matthew, Godwin, William, Frostad, Joseph, Gustafson, Paul, Arku, Raphael E., Brauer, Michael

“…Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with dirty fuels is a leading health risk factor within Asia, Africa and Central/South America. The…”
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Characterizing exposure to household air pollution within the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study by Arku, Raphael E., Birch, Aaron, Shupler, Matthew, Yusuf, Salim, Hystad, Perry, Brauer, Michael

“…Household air pollution (HAP) from combustion of solid fuels is an important contributor to disease burden in low- and middle-income countries (LIC, and MIC)…”
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Characterizing air pollution in two low-income neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana by Arku, Raphael E., Vallarino, Jose, Dionisio, Kathie L., Willis, Robert, Choi, Hyunok, Wilson, J. Gaines, Hemphill, Christina, Agyei-Mensah, Samuel, Spengler, John D., Ezzati, Majid

“…Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of urban population growth in the world, with a large number of urban residents living in low-income “slum”…”
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Comparing human exposure to fine particulate matter in low and high-income countries: A systematic review of studies measuring personal PM2.5 exposure by Lim, Shanon, Bassey, Eridiong, Bos, Brendan, Makacha, Liberty, Varaden, Diana, Arku, Raphael E., Baumgartner, Jill, Brauer, Michael, Ezzati, Majid, Kelly, Frank J., Barratt, Benjamin

“…Due to the adverse health effects of air pollution, researchers have advocated for personal exposure measurements whereby individuals carry portable monitors…”
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Solid fuel use and early child development disparities in Ghana: analyses by gender and urbanicity by Nazif-Muñoz, José Ignacio, Spengler, John D., Arku, Raphael E., Oulhote, Youssef

“…In Ghana, more than 77% of the population depends on biomass fuels for cooking. Previous studies show that solid fuel use (SFU) has adverse effects on…”
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Using deep transfer learning and satellite imagery to estimate urban air quality in data-poor regions by Yadav, Nishant, Sorek-Hamer, Meytar, Von Pohle, Michael, Asanjan, Ata Akbari, Sahasrabhojanee, Adwait, Suel, Esra, E Arku, Raphael, Lingenfelter, Violet, Brauer, Michael, Ezzati, Majid, Oza, Nikunj, Ganguly, Auroop R.

“…Urban air pollution is a critical public health challenge in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). At the same time, LMICs tend to be data-poor, lacking…”
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The impact of a smoke-free policy on environmental tobacco smoke exposure in public housing developments by MacNaughton, Piers, Adamkiewicz, Gary, Arku, Raphael E., Vallarino, Jose, Levy, Douglas E.

“…Smoke-free housing policies have the potential to reduce secondhand smoke (SHS) exposures for residents of multi-unit housing. Since common areas represent a…”
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