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Unveiling Injustice: Analyzing Child Mortality Inequality across decades in Peru (1981–2017)
(Elsevier BV, 2026-01-01)
Peru is a developing country that has significantly improved the average of almost all health indicators. Specifically, in the past four decades, child mortality decreased tenfold. However, the same is not necessarily true of equality, which remains a challenge. Using microdata from Peru's population censuses in 1981, 1993, 2007, and 2017, we estimate the inequality in child mortality across different social groups. We estimate differences between ethnic groups, education levels, wealth quintiles, regions, and urban–rural groups and find that although inequality has decreased, it remains significantly high. The data show that inequality in child mortality increased between 1981 and 1993, declined between 1993 and 2007, and then increased between 2007 and 2017. Differences in education are the most crucial factor, associated with 45 % of the inequality in 1981 and 58 % in 2017. Differences between Lima and rural areas account for 27 % to 30 % of the inequality, while ethnicity contributes only 6 % in 1981 and 10 % in 2017.
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Understanding the human dimensions of wildfire risk at a community level in British Columbia, Canada
(2026-03-01)
Recent spikes in the number of large and catastrophic wildfires in Canada pose significant risks to the environment and society. Rural and remote communities are especially at risk due to their location in wildfire‐prone areas, remoteness, and limited access or escape routes. In this paper, we examine how rural communities experience wildfire risk through a case study of the Robson Valley, British Columbia, Canada. An analysis of data collected through semi‐structured interviews and focus groups with residents shows that wildfire risk is shaped by diverse socio‐economic and political factors, which must be considered alongside the hazard potential for wildfire. Participants identified sensitivities related to declines in the forest industry sector and reduced capacity for fire preparedness, the potential impacts of a fire on power and transportation networks, and loss of timber supply. Limits to adaptation included the centralization of government services that changed how wildfires are suppressed—central crews are dispatched to rural areas, which can conflict with local values and attitudes for responding to wildfires. The findings suggest that rural and remote communities should be meaningfully engaged in wildfire risk management, which entails decentralizing some power and resources to communities.
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From the Countryside to the City: Subjectivities About Educational Transitions
(Emerald Publishing, 2026-01-01)
This chapter presents the results of a research that sought to explore the subjective experience of the transition from rural school education to urban higher education in Chilean youth. A qualitative, exploratory-descriptive and transversal desi
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Final Words: A Critical Look at the Different Approaches to Addressing Rural Areas
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2026-01-01)
It is pleasant to write this text commenting on the chapters of this book, which I have read with interest. Undoubtedly, studies on rural areas have increased in psychology in recent years. Traditionally, psychology mostly focused on Western, urban populations with average educational levels, an approach that left large groups of people out of its scope. Indeed, when psychology began to formulate itself in terms of an autonomous scientific discipline, it was not very interested in considering the cultural context or the subject-culture relationship. In this sense, it is gratifying to see this renewed interest that psychology has today in rural contexts and the people who inhabit them, as it speaks to an approach and recognition of diversity that are important for our discipline.
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Exploring Thermal Perception in Rural Andean Housing: A Case Study from Langui, Peru
(RELX Group (Netherlands), 2025-01-01)
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Evaluating thermal comfort models in high-altitude rural areas of the peruvian andes
(Universidad del Bio Bio, 2025)
Cold indoor environments in rural Andean housing raise concerns about thermal comfort, yet the applicability of existing comfort models to these contexts remains insufficiently examined. This study has compared predictions from five thermal comfort models, including PMV, aPMV, and regional approaches, against field data. Data were collected from 154 residents of Langui (3,969 m.a.s.l.) through culturally adapted surveys and environmental measurements. The aPMV model showed the highest agreement with thermal sensation votes, achieving 58.4% accuracy (±1 category), and enabled the definition of a comfort range between 14 °C and 25 °C. The results emphasize the need for local design criteria that address cold indoor conditions in Andean housing.
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