Slums, space, and state of health—a link between settlement morphology and health data

J Friesen, V Friesen, I Dietrich, PF Pelz - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Approximately 1 billion slum dwellers worldwide are exposed to increased health risks due
to their spatial environment. Recent studies have therefore called for the spatial environment …

GeoVisuals: a visual analytics approach to leverage the potential of spatial videos and associated geonarratives

S Jamonnak, Y Zhao, A Curtis, S Al-Dohuki… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Videos embedded with spatial coordinates, especially when combined with additional
expert insights, offer the potential to acquire fine-scale multi-time period contextualized data …

The health-trash nexus in challenging environments: A spatial mixed methods analysis of Accra, Ghana

S Bempah, A Curtis, G Awandare, J Ajayakumar… - Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing urbanization in Ghana has led to a waste management crisis with multiple public
health consequences. The contextualized mapping of what is dumped, where and why …

Appreciating the complexity of localized malaria risk in Ghana: Spatial data challenges and solutions

S Bempah, A Curtis, G Awandare, J Ajayakumar - Health & Place, 2020 - Elsevier
Various factors have been associated with the ongoing high prevalence of malaria in
Ghana. Among these are poor sanitation, low socioeconomic status (SES), building …

Exploring convolutional neural networks and spatial video for on-the-ground mapping in informal settlements

J Ajayakumar, AJ Curtis, V Rouzier, JW Pape… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background The health burden in developing world informal settlements often coincides
with a lack of spatial data that could be used to guide intervention strategies. Spatial video …

Comparing strengths and weaknesses of three approaches in estimating social demands for local forest ecosystem services in South Korea

JH Jo, M Choi, CB Lee, K Lee, OS Kim - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study is aimed to compare the strengths and weaknesses of three approaches—
analytic hierarchy process analysis, sentiment analysis, and floating population analysis—in …

The use of spatial video to map dynamic and challenging environments: A case study of cholera risk in the Mujoga relief camp, DRC

AJ Curtis, F Maisha, J Ajayakumar, S Bempah… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we provide an overview of how spatial video data collection enriched with
contextual mapping can be used as a universal tool to investigate sub-neighborhood scale …

Spatial Video and EpiExplorer: A Field Strategy to Contextualize Enteric Disease Risk in Slum Environments

J Ajayakumar, AJ Curtis, V Rouzier, JW Pape… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Disease risk associated with contaminated water, poor sanitation, and hygiene in informal
settlement environments is conceptually well understood. From an analytical perspective …

Fine scale replicable risk mapping in an informal settlement: a case study of Mathare, Nairobi

S Bempah, L Odhiambo, A Curtis, A Pandit… - Journal of Health Care …, 2021 - muse.jhu.edu
Slums and informal settlements continue to pose considerable health challenges, mostly
associated with the unavailability of basic amenities and proper waste management. While …

Education and Action: Changing Community Sanitation Behavior in Soreang Jipang Village

W Tenriawi - Sociality: Journal of Public Health Service, 2024 - journal3.uin-alauddin.ac.id
One of the main challenges in improving access to safe sanitation is the low level of public
awareness of the health risks posed by dirty water catchment basins. This activity aims to …