Justine I Blanford
Biographic Data
| ID | 1725932 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justine I Blanford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justine I |
| FAMILY NAME | Blanford |
| SIGNATURE | BLANFORD J I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Twente |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0844-9390 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Association Between Adverse Childhood Events and Rape Myth Acceptance Among Young Adults in Agbogbloshie Ghana
Background Research shows that 27% of women in Ghana have reported experiencing sexual assault. While adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and rape myth acceptance (RMA) have each been independently associated with higher rates of sexual violence, their link remains unexplored. This study investigated the hypothesis that higher cumulative ACEs are associated with higher RMA.Methods Data were from a 2019 cross-sectional survey of 290 randomly sele…
Germany Ahr Valley flood 2021
Older adults showed anxiety, depression, and PTSD three years after the flood. • Spatial mapping identified mental and social health hotspots in flood-hit zones. • Women reported greater flood exposure and emotional distress than men. • Community ties helped sustain social support despite information loss. This study investigates the social and mental health impacts of the 2021 Ahr Valley flood in Germany on older adults (aged 65+). We used a mix…
Untangling the fragmented landscape of extreme heat services and warning systems
Extreme heat warning systems are expanding globally, yet remain conceptually fragmented and operationally diverse. With a myriad of heat indices in use and limited guidance on their purpose or performance, countries risk adopting ineffective systems misaligned with local risks and decision-making needs. This Perspective traces the roots of this fragmentation across disciplinary, operational, and institutional lines, showing how differing approach…
Wash-friendly schools for whom? Integrating the perception of different school stakeholders in Brazil
Ensuring that schools are water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) friendly requires WASH to be visibly implemented, inclusive and sustainable, engaging the entire school community, including direct and indirect stakeholders (school staff, students and their families). However, students, staff, and parents are often overlooked in the design of WASH solutions. This study aims to contrast different school stakeholders' perspectives on WASH and evaluate…
Knowledge, protective behaviours, and perception of Lyme disease in an area of emerging risk
This study highlights the dynamics between Lyme disease knowledge, patterns of exposure risk awareness, and vigilance of personal protection in a Canadian region with emerging Lyme disease risk. Notably, this study identified gaps between perceived local risk and protective behaviours, presenting opportunities for targeted enhanced communication efforts in areas of Lyme disease emergence
Adverse childhood experiences are associated with HIV risk factors in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been associated with increased risk factors for HIV transmission, but the causal pathway is uncertain. This study documents the prevalence of ACEs by gender and their association with HIV risk factors and assesses depressive symptoms as mediating this relationship. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2019 among a representative sample of men and women, aged 18–24 years, living in an informal settlem…
Lockdown lessons
We report the findings from two global panel “conversations” that, stimulated by the exceptional coronavirus pandemic of 2020/21, explored the concept of resilience in geographic science teaching and learning. Characteristics of resilient teaching, both in general and with reference to GISc, are listed and shown to be essentially what might in the past have been called good teaching. Similarly, barriers to resilient teaching are explored and stra…
Merits of capstone projects in an online graduate program for working professionals
Capstones in professional masters-level programs serve a unique nexus of developing professional, industry-specific competencies within a graduate-level academic setting. Universities offering such degree programs must demonstrate the benefits of an academic approach to working professionals, while focusing on the development or enhancement of a wide range of hard and soft skills required by industries and employers in the field of study.In this …
Symbol Store
Maps are a primary means for supporting information sharing and collaboration in emergency management and crisis situations. While a variety of formalized map symbol standards for emergency contexts exist, they have not been widely adopted by mapmakers. Informal symbol conventions are commonly used within emergency management stakeholder groups, but until now there has not been a flexible mechanism for discovering, sharing, and previewing these s…
Card Sorting For Cartographic Research and Practice
In this article we describe the potential utility of the card sorting method for structuring and refining large map symbol sets. Simply defined, card sorting requires that participants organize a set of items (i.e., cards) into categories according to some characteristic(s) of the cards (i.e., the sorting criterion). Card sorting has been proposed as a method for delineating categories by researchers and practitioners in a variety of disciplines …
Lockdown lessons
We report the findings from two global panel “conversations” that, stimulated by the exceptional coronavirus pandemic of 2020/21, explored the concept of resilience in geographic science teaching and learning. Characteristics of resilient teaching, both in general and with reference to GISc, are listed and shown to be essentially what might in the past have been called good teaching. Similarly, barriers to resilient teaching are explored and stra…
Symbol Store
Maps are a primary means for supporting information sharing and collaboration in emergency management and crisis situations. While a variety of formalized map symbol standards for emergency contexts exist, they have not been widely adopted by mapmakers. Informal symbol conventions are commonly used within emergency management stakeholder groups, but until now there has not been a flexible mechanism for discovering, sharing, and previewing these s…
Card Sorting For Cartographic Research and Practice
In this article we describe the potential utility of the card sorting method for structuring and refining large map symbol sets. Simply defined, card sorting requires that participants organize a set of items (i.e., cards) into categories according to some characteristic(s) of the cards (i.e., the sorting criterion). Card sorting has been proposed as a method for delineating categories by researchers and practitioners in a variety of disciplines …
Symbol Store
Maps are a primary means for supporting information sharing and collaboration in emergency management and crisis situations. While a variety of formalized map symbol standards for emergency contexts exist, they have not been widely adopted by mapmakers. Informal symbol conventions are commonly used within emergency management stakeholder groups, but until now there has not been a flexible mechanism for discovering, sharing, and previewing these s…
Merits of capstone projects in an online graduate program for working professionals
Capstones in professional masters-level programs serve a unique nexus of developing professional, industry-specific competencies within a graduate-level academic setting. Universities offering such degree programs must demonstrate the benefits of an academic approach to working professionals, while focusing on the development or enhancement of a wide range of hard and soft skills required by industries and employers in the field of study.In this …
Lockdown lessons
We report the findings from two global panel “conversations” that, stimulated by the exceptional coronavirus pandemic of 2020/21, explored the concept of resilience in geographic science teaching and learning. Characteristics of resilient teaching, both in general and with reference to GISc, are listed and shown to be essentially what might in the past have been called good teaching. Similarly, barriers to resilient teaching are explored and stra…
Knowledge, protective behaviours, and perception of Lyme disease in an area of emerging risk
This study highlights the dynamics between Lyme disease knowledge, patterns of exposure risk awareness, and vigilance of personal protection in a Canadian region with emerging Lyme disease risk. Notably, this study identified gaps between perceived local risk and protective behaviours, presenting opportunities for targeted enhanced communication efforts in areas of Lyme disease emergence
Adverse childhood experiences are associated with HIV risk factors in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been associated with increased risk factors for HIV transmission, but the causal pathway is uncertain. This study documents the prevalence of ACEs by gender and their association with HIV risk factors and assesses depressive symptoms as mediating this relationship. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2019 among a representative sample of men and women, aged 18–24 years, living in an informal settlem…
Germany Ahr Valley flood 2021
Older adults showed anxiety, depression, and PTSD three years after the flood. • Spatial mapping identified mental and social health hotspots in flood-hit zones. • Women reported greater flood exposure and emotional distress than men. • Community ties helped sustain social support despite information loss. This study investigates the social and mental health impacts of the 2021 Ahr Valley flood in Germany on older adults (aged 65+). We used a mix…
Untangling the fragmented landscape of extreme heat services and warning systems
Extreme heat warning systems are expanding globally, yet remain conceptually fragmented and operationally diverse. With a myriad of heat indices in use and limited guidance on their purpose or performance, countries risk adopting ineffective systems misaligned with local risks and decision-making needs. This Perspective traces the roots of this fragmentation across disciplinary, operational, and institutional lines, showing how differing approach…
Wash-friendly schools for whom? Integrating the perception of different school stakeholders in Brazil
Ensuring that schools are water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) friendly requires WASH to be visibly implemented, inclusive and sustainable, engaging the entire school community, including direct and indirect stakeholders (school staff, students and their families). However, students, staff, and parents are often overlooked in the design of WASH solutions. This study aims to contrast different school stakeholders' perspectives on WASH and evaluate…
The Association Between Adverse Childhood Events and Rape Myth Acceptance Among Young Adults in Agbogbloshie Ghana
Background Research shows that 27% of women in Ghana have reported experiencing sexual assault. While adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and rape myth acceptance (RMA) have each been independently associated with higher rates of sexual violence, their link remains unexplored. This study investigated the hypothesis that higher cumulative ACEs are associated with higher RMA.Methods Data were from a 2019 cross-sectional survey of 290 randomly sele…
Medicine (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Data Management and Algorithms (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Geographic Information Systems Studies (2 works)