Robert Klein
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Klein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Klein |
| SIGNATURE | KLEIN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9843-2984 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Universal or local preferences? The perceived importance of the urban environment on active travel behaviour in Europe across populations
Research shows that the urban environment is a major determinant of active travel behaviour. However, it remains unclear to what extent its importance across socio-demographic groups is universal or altered by local city-specific contexts. In this study, we used a large survey sample with almost 5000 respondents from five European metropolitan areas – Helsinki, Copenhagen, London, Munich and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – to study how travel behavi…
Restoring nature, enhancing active mobility: The role of street greenery in the EU’s 2024 restoration law
This article argues for the importance of integrating a mobility perspective into urban greenspace planning and practice related to the 2024 EU Nature Restoration Law. Street greenery can play an important multifunctional role in promoting ecosystem services and functions, sustainable mobility, and human health and well-being. However, planners need more evidence on how street vegetation affects health and well-being during everyday active mobili…
‘Green or short: Choose one’ - A comparison of walking accessibility and greenery in 43 European cities
Promoting environmentally and socially sustainable urban mobility is crucial for cities, with urban greening emerging as a key strategy. Contact with nature during travel not only enhances well-being but also promotes sustainable behaviour. However, the availability of travel greenery varies, and only recently have new datasets and computational approaches made it possible to compare the conditions in the distribution of travel greenery within an…
Determinants of Care Seeking for Children With Pneumonia and Diarrhea in Guatemala: Implications for Intervention Strategies
Objectives. We identified barriers to care seeking for pneumonia and diarrhea among rural Guatemalan children. Methods. A population-based survey was conducted twice from 2008 to 2009 among 1605 households with children younger than 5 years. A 14-day calendar recorded episodes of carer-reported pneumonia (n = 364) and diarrhea (n = 481), and formal (health services, public, private) and informal (neighbors, traditional, local shops, pharmacies) c…
Karl G. Schroeder (1910-1999)
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Common Cold: Data from Five Populations
This paper focuses on conceptualizations of common cold among Latin Americans, as compared with middle-class Americans. Four geographically dispersed groups of Latin Americans were chosen for study: Guatemalans in Guatemala; Mexicans in Guadalajara, Mexico; persons of Mexican descent in Edinburg, Texas (on Texas-Mexican border); and Puerto Ricans in Hartford, Connecticut. In addition, a comparison group of middle-income Americans living in Tampa,…
Beliefs about Aids in five Latin and Anglo-American populations: The role of the biomedical model
This paper focuses on variability in beliefs about AIDS among Latin Americans, as compared with middle class Americans. Four geographically dispersed groups of Latin Americans were chosen for study as well as a middle class, largely Anglo‐American population. Coherent sets of beliefs were found at each site, and despite tremendous variability among the five populations, beliefs were remarkably similar across sites. The biomedical model is widely …
Violence Among Women with or at Risk for HIV Infection
Pathological gambling among high school students
Guatemalan and U.S. Concepts of Success and Failure
Humanism, Historical Consciousness and National Sentiment
Under the impact of humanism the historical sciences were placed in a paradoxical situation: philology, publishing, archaeology brought with them an enormous increase of factual knowledge, but the ancient universal and abstract perspectives still provided the necessary framework. If one compares a mediaeval chronicle to an Italian history from the 15th or 16th century, whether it be humanist or claims to be pragmatic, such as the work of Machiave…
The Figurative Thought of the Renaissance
Attempts to reconstruct the "psychology" of a past era always have a specious side which should properly be mistrusted. Was the "Renaissance man" a visualizer? Arguments for and against this thesis have been found, but nothing can be solved, because it will always be impossible to prove that a phenomenon, even if it is very widespread and completely characteristic of a given period, is symptomatic of a particular psychic constitution of the men o…
Beliefs about Aids in five Latin and Anglo-American populations: The role of the biomedical model
This paper focuses on variability in beliefs about AIDS among Latin Americans, as compared with middle class Americans. Four geographically dispersed groups of Latin Americans were chosen for study as well as a middle class, largely Anglo‐American population. Coherent sets of beliefs were found at each site, and despite tremendous variability among the five populations, beliefs were remarkably similar across sites. The biomedical model is widely …
Guatemalan and U.S. Concepts of Success and Failure
Determinants of Care Seeking for Children With Pneumonia and Diarrhea in Guatemala: Implications for Intervention Strategies
Objectives. We identified barriers to care seeking for pneumonia and diarrhea among rural Guatemalan children. Methods. A population-based survey was conducted twice from 2008 to 2009 among 1605 households with children younger than 5 years. A 14-day calendar recorded episodes of carer-reported pneumonia (n = 364) and diarrhea (n = 481), and formal (health services, public, private) and informal (neighbors, traditional, local shops, pharmacies) c…
The Figurative Thought of the Renaissance
Attempts to reconstruct the "psychology" of a past era always have a specious side which should properly be mistrusted. Was the "Renaissance man" a visualizer? Arguments for and against this thesis have been found, but nothing can be solved, because it will always be impossible to prove that a phenomenon, even if it is very widespread and completely characteristic of a given period, is symptomatic of a particular psychic constitution of the men o…
Humanism, Historical Consciousness and National Sentiment
Under the impact of humanism the historical sciences were placed in a paradoxical situation: philology, publishing, archaeology brought with them an enormous increase of factual knowledge, but the ancient universal and abstract perspectives still provided the necessary framework. If one compares a mediaeval chronicle to an Italian history from the 15th or 16th century, whether it be humanist or claims to be pragmatic, such as the work of Machiave…
Guatemalan and U.S. Concepts of Success and Failure
Pathological gambling among high school students
Violence Among Women with or at Risk for HIV Infection
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Common Cold: Data from Five Populations
This paper focuses on conceptualizations of common cold among Latin Americans, as compared with middle-class Americans. Four geographically dispersed groups of Latin Americans were chosen for study: Guatemalans in Guatemala; Mexicans in Guadalajara, Mexico; persons of Mexican descent in Edinburg, Texas (on Texas-Mexican border); and Puerto Ricans in Hartford, Connecticut. In addition, a comparison group of middle-income Americans living in Tampa,…
Beliefs about Aids in five Latin and Anglo-American populations: The role of the biomedical model
This paper focuses on variability in beliefs about AIDS among Latin Americans, as compared with middle class Americans. Four geographically dispersed groups of Latin Americans were chosen for study as well as a middle class, largely Anglo‐American population. Coherent sets of beliefs were found at each site, and despite tremendous variability among the five populations, beliefs were remarkably similar across sites. The biomedical model is widely …
Karl G. Schroeder (1910-1999)
Determinants of Care Seeking for Children With Pneumonia and Diarrhea in Guatemala: Implications for Intervention Strategies
Objectives. We identified barriers to care seeking for pneumonia and diarrhea among rural Guatemalan children. Methods. A population-based survey was conducted twice from 2008 to 2009 among 1605 households with children younger than 5 years. A 14-day calendar recorded episodes of carer-reported pneumonia (n = 364) and diarrhea (n = 481), and formal (health services, public, private) and informal (neighbors, traditional, local shops, pharmacies) c…
‘Green or short: Choose one’ - A comparison of walking accessibility and greenery in 43 European cities
Promoting environmentally and socially sustainable urban mobility is crucial for cities, with urban greening emerging as a key strategy. Contact with nature during travel not only enhances well-being but also promotes sustainable behaviour. However, the availability of travel greenery varies, and only recently have new datasets and computational approaches made it possible to compare the conditions in the distribution of travel greenery within an…
Restoring nature, enhancing active mobility: The role of street greenery in the EU’s 2024 restoration law
This article argues for the importance of integrating a mobility perspective into urban greenspace planning and practice related to the 2024 EU Nature Restoration Law. Street greenery can play an important multifunctional role in promoting ecosystem services and functions, sustainable mobility, and human health and well-being. However, planners need more evidence on how street vegetation affects health and well-being during everyday active mobili…
Universal or local preferences? The perceived importance of the urban environment on active travel behaviour in Europe across populations
Research shows that the urban environment is a major determinant of active travel behaviour. However, it remains unclear to what extent its importance across socio-demographic groups is universal or altered by local city-specific contexts. In this study, we used a large survey sample with almost 5000 respondents from five European metropolitan areas – Helsinki, Copenhagen, London, Munich and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – to study how travel behavi…
Geography (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Noise Effects and Management (2 works)