August 14, 2012 Johnell O. Brooks, PhD, Linnea Smolentzov, MS, Mary E. Mossey, Carson Carroll, Katherine Kendrick, Kylie Sprogis, Joe Manganelli, BArch, Stan L. Healy, Kevin Kopera, Ian Walker, PhD, and Keith Green, PhD
The aging population is increasing in the United States, Europe, and parts of Asia. By 2030, the number of people in the United States aged 65 and older will be nearly double that of the year 2000 (U.S. Census, 2000). According to Coughlin (1999), one of the most important requirements of this...
May 15, 2012 Whitney Austin Gray, PhD, LEED AP, Karen S. Kesten, DNP, APRN, CCRN, PCCN, CCNS, Stephen Hurst, BEng, Tama Duffy Day, MA, FIIDA, FASID, LEED®AP BD+C, and Laura Anderko, RN, PhD
Introduction
With the United States expected to spend more than $230 billion on hospital construction in the next five years (FMI, 2011), there is an opportunity to employ a human-centered design (H-CD) approach, a design philosophy that places the end user at the center of design development....
March 1, 2012 Sarel Lavy, PhD and Manish K. Dixit, PhD Candidate
Introduction
Architectural design has a major impact on human health because it furnishes the required determinants of health, particularly social support and psychological well-being (Mitrione, 2007; Ulrich, 2001). Mitrione (2007) observes the field of design must be explored to understand its...
February 15, 2011
by Johnell O. Brooks, PhD, Linnea Smolentzov, MS, Amy DeArment, William Logan, MD, Keith Green, PhD, Ian Walker, PhD, Julia Honchar, Chris Guirl, Rebekkah Beeco, MS, Carrie Blakeney, Amy Boggs, Carson Carroll, Kenna Duckworth, Linda Goller, Sloan Ham, Stan Healy, MBA, Carolyn Heaps, Caroline Hayden...
February 15, 2011 Keith Diaz Moore, PhD, AIA
Keith Diaz Moore, PhD, AIA
This issue of HERD presents a fascinating array of research ranging from the development of substantive findings, to measurement development, to meta-analysis. All of these research purposes are exceptionally important for the development of a robust research base for...
