Thomas P. McKeon's research while affiliated with Temple University and other places

... However, as environmental degradation continues while people seeking higher life quality, whether environmental pollution would inhibit urbanization remains arguable. Exposure to air pollution has been associated with a wide range of health problems, including childhood asthma (Gasana et al., 2012), worsening asthma (Yang and Omaye, 2009), impaired lung function (Chung et al., 2022;McKeon et al., 2022), hospitalization (Renzi et al., 2022), limited physical activity (Tainio et al., 2021), and cardiovascular disease (Samet and Krewski, 2007;Shah et al., 2013). Due to the increasingly severe environmental pollution in urban areas, the phenomenon of "counter urbanization" has been observed in many regions (particularly in more developed countries), which is manifested as the urban residents migrating to suburbs, small and medium-sized cities, or rural areas (Berry, 1980;Wu et al., 2020a). ...

... Our context-dependent results point to the importance of tailoring mHealth interventions to the context [100]. If the #LIFEGOALS intervention would have included information and tips on how to be more physically active or how to reduce sedentary behavior in times of the pandemic (i.e., anticipating social and environmental limitations), this might have had more beneficial effects on lifestyle and mental health. ...

... For example, in Santa Ana, CA (U.S.), rental status was related to elevated concentrations of heavy metals in soil such as Pb (Masri et al 2021). However, this was not the case in Philadelphia, PA (U.S.) for both blood lead levels (BLLs) and Pb risk factors (O'Shea et al 2021, Caballero-Gómez et al 2022, which were more related to home ownership than those renting a home. This was likely because of past housing policy in Philadelphia that was different from that in Santa Ana (O'Shea et al 2021, Caballero-Gómez et al 2022. ...

... Although the number of people with CUD seeking treatment is increasing in Europe and North America, the overall utilization of CUD-specific treatments is relatively low and the majority of the affected individuals is untreated (9,10). In the United States, CUD treatment seeking behavior and CUD treatment admissions among young adults (aged 18 to 24 years) have even declined (11). On the other hand, effective treatment options for CUD are limited and focus primarily on psychosocial interventions, including motivational enhancement therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and contingency management (12). ...

... As important precursors of PM2.5 and O3, ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play a critical role in the formation of secondary air pollutants [3,4]. In addition, some studies have shown that many VOC species are hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) [5,6], such as formaldehyde, benzene, chloroform, etc., which are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) [7,8]. ...

... There are various health benefits associated to contact with nature, including better control/prevention of chronic diseases, decreased mortality, improved mental health, greater social cohesion, and reduced health inequalities, among other benefits [6,7]. In childhood, living or playing in natural environments seems to help them to acquire skills, increase their self-esteem and resilience strategies, make them more independent, stimulate more cooperative and creative forms of play, and prevent the use of legal and illegal drugs [8,9]. All these positive childhood experiences in nature influence the community, which promotes pro-environmental behavior from childhood to adulthood [10]. ...

... Some elements in road sediment commonly linked to anthropogenic sources include Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn. Specific anthropogenic sources from vehicles, households, industry, and commercial activity include, but are not limited to: vehicle traffic and coal combustion for Cd (e.g., Zgłobicki et al., 2019); house siding and brake wear for Cu (e.g., Davis et al., 2001); house siding and tire wear for Zn (e.g., Davis et al., 2001); steel facilities (e.g., Dietrich et al., 2019) and lead chromate (PbCrO 4 ) particles in road paint for Cr (e.g., White et al., 2014;O'Shea et al., 2021a); while Pb has sources including PbCrO 4 (e.g., White et al., 2014), lead wheel balancing weights in vehicles (e.g., Ayuso and Foley, 2020;Hwang et al., 2016), other Pb-bearing paint components (e.g., Tchounwou et al., 2012), or past deposition of leaded gasoline that may be resuspended as soil particles in the environment (e.g., Laidlaw et al., 2012). Thus, potential anthropogenic sources of heavy metals are numerous in urban settings. ...

... Building a fuller understanding of the impact of the environmental context on mental health has become a priority for the global mental health research agenda [5,6]. Numerous recent reviews evidence the importance of the environment for mental health through impacts associated with, for example, climate change [7] and related flooding events [8,9], air pollution [10] and access to urban green space [11][12][13]. In the social sciences, this impact is often explored via frameworks that consider both the nature experience and nature exposure pathways linking environments with health and wellbeing [14,15]. ...

... A recent systematic review identified a lack of published information about WASH programs in schools compared with WASH programs aimed at communities (McGinnis et al. 2017). There are even fewer studies on long-term sustainable actions to guarantee the WT. ...