PurposeWith this reappraisal, the purpose of this paper is to present a reflexion on and discussion of the concept of quality of life (QL) with the intention of delimiting its meaning and application within the scope of the research project entitled “Costs and benefits of urban dispersion on a local scale”.Design/methodology/approachThe concept of QL contains a significant degree of complexity and multidimensional variables, in addition to the dynamic nature inherent in all social phenomena. The application of this concept at a local level and within the context of the Portuguese socio‐territorial reality requires rethinking the concept through the different authors and approaches, in order to delineate the research process, and guarantee its operationalisation, selecting the social indicators than can serve this purpose, with the intent of gaining a clearer understanding of QL as perceived and evaluated by the people and groups living in various dispersed urban areas.FindingsFrom the readings of literature in the field, one can understand the importance of choosing the relevant domains when analysing and measuring QL. As with the choice of indicators, in order to be able to measure the QL, simultaneously, at a local level, the choice of indicators and the delimitation of units of analysis are also fundamental in order to be able to obtain the comparison and real measure of quality of life and not the contingencies of specific contextual characteristics.Originality/valueThe study aims to open a new research perspective in the field of social sciences, more specifically in the areas related to QL and urban dispersion.
The quality of human health has direct relation to the condition of food. There is great concern about the hygiene situation of foods intended for human consumption, due to the ability to transmit diseases. The general objective of this study was to evalua te the parasitological contamination of vegetables sold in street markets of Vitória da Conquista-BA. Samples of chives and arugula were analyzed, collected at the main points of commercialization of vegetables in street marketsof Vitória da Conquista, in the State of Bahia. The results showed that 100% of the arugula samples and 80% of the chive samples were contaminated by parasites. The prevalence of contamination by Entamoeba coli cysts, cysts of Endolimax nana, followed by Larvae of Strongyloidesstercoralis. The identification of these parasites hasgreat importance, since theysuggest absence of hygienic and sanitary actions and point out the vegetables analyzed as a source ofemparasitoses transmission.Vegetables are foods commonly eaten by the population. The sanitation of these organic foods, especially those ones consumed in its raw way, is a public health concern, since they, when contaminated, may contain larvae, protozoa and eggs of helminths and serve as a source of transmission of enteroparasitoses to man.
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