Environmental characteristics associated with pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions in Denver, Colorado.

Objectives: We examined patterns of pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions and associated environmental characteristics in Denver, Colorado.

Methods: We integrated publicly available data on motor vehicle collisions, liquor licenses, land use, and sociodemographic characteristics to analyze spatial patterns and other characteristics of collisions involving pedestrians. We developed both linear and spatially weighted regression models of these collisions.

Barriers to hospital births: why do many Bolivian women give birth at home?

Objectives: This study investigated the low rates of hospital/health center births recorded in Yapacaní, Bolivia, that persist despite the national maternal-infant insurance program designed to ensure equitable access to free center-based health care services for pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to identify the multilevel factors inhibiting access to and utilization of public health centers for labor and delivery.

Methods: Qualitative research methods were used, including participant observation, semistructured interviews of 62 community members, and key informant interviews with eight regional experts.

Using ethnography to improve intervention design.

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to use a three-phase ethnographic approach to examine the range of factors that affect people's decisions about physical activity and diet.

Design: We used open-ended data collection strategies, analyzed inductively, to inform, the development of a family intervention.

Setting: The study was conducted in a small low-income town in Colorado.