US border colonias are peri-urban settlements along the US–Mexico border. Residents
often face substandard housing, inadequate septic and sewer systems, and unsafe or …

This study addresses the persistent challenge of development disparities in Iran's border
regions. Despite the nation's commitment to reducing the development gap between its …

A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Geopolitics is not dead, but nor does it
involve the same old logic of a world determined by physical geography in a competition …

Air pollution in developing countries is a growing concern. It is associated with urbanization
and social and economic structures. The understanding of how social factors can influence …

Intimate partner violence (IPV), which describes physical and/or sexual assault of a spouse
or sexually intimate companion, is a common health care issue across the globe. However …

We conducted a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) focused on water and sanitation in Vinton,
TX, a small rural town on the US/Mexico Border. We present the Vinton HIA as a case study …

Objectives. To evaluate changes in mortality in US counties along the US–Mexico border in
which there was substantial new border wall construction after the Secure Fence Act of 2006 …

Background: End-of-life (EOL) care for Latinos with chronic illness is a critically important
problem. Latinos with chronic illness suffer worse health outcomes and poorer quality of …

Ethnic minority communities make claims for cultural rights from states in different ways
depending on how governments include them in policies and practices of accommodation or …

Background To determine the age of immigration at which the marked increase in risk for
alcohol‐and drug‐use problems in adulthood is observed among M exican A merican adults …