Bruce Cahan

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• Study design, rationale and methods of the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) study: a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate environmental and human health impacts of a water-sensitive intervention in informal settlements in Indonesia and Fiji. BMJ open Leder, K., Openshaw, J. J., Allotey, P., Ansariadi, A., Barker, S. F., Burge, K., Clasen, T. F., Chown, S. L., Duffy, G. A., Faber, P. A., Fleming, G., Forbes, A. B., French, M., Greening, C., Henry, R., Higginson, E., Johnston, D. W., Lappan, R., Lin, A., Luby, S. P., McCarthy, D., O'Toole, J. E., Ramirez-Lovering, D., Reidpath, D. D., Simpson, J. A., Sinharoy, S. S., Sweeney, R., Taruc, R. R., Tela, A., Turagabeci, A. R., Wardani, J., Wong, T., Brown, R., RISE Consortium, Awaluddin, F., Batagol, B., Bata, L., Bulachi, D., Cahan, B., Davis, B., El-Sioufi, M., Jovanovic, D., Prescott, M. F., Ramsay, E., Rogersh, B., Saifuddaolah, M., Schang, C., Tseng, C., Vamosi, R., Vilsoni, S., Vakarewa, I., Zulkifli, A. 2021; 11 (1): e042850

  Abstract

  INTRODUCTION: Increasing urban populations have led to the growth of informal settlements, with contaminated environments linked to poor human health through a range of interlinked pathways. Here, we describe the design and methods for the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) study, a transdisciplinary randomised trial evaluating impacts of an intervention to upgrade urban informal settlements in two Asia-Pacific countries.METHODS AND ANALYSIS: RISE is a cluster randomised controlled trial among 12 settlements in Makassar, Indonesia, and 12 in Suva, Fiji. Six settlements in each country have been randomised to receive the intervention at the outset; the remainder will serve as controls and be offered intervention delivery after trial completion. The intervention involves a water-sensitive approach, delivering site-specific, modular, decentralised infrastructure primarily aimed at improving health by decreasing exposure to environmental faecal contamination. Consenting households within each informal settlement site have been enrolled, with longitudinal assessment to involve health and well-being surveys, and human and environmental sampling. Primary outcomes will be evaluated in children under 5 years of age and include prevalence and diversity of gastrointestinal pathogens, abundance and diversity of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in gastrointestinal microorganisms and markers of gastrointestinal inflammation. Diverse secondary outcomes include changes in microbial contamination; abundance and diversity of pathogens and AMR genes in environmental samples; impacts on ecological biodiversity and microclimates; mosquito vector abundance; anthropometric assessments, nutrition markers and systemic inflammation in children; caregiver-reported and self-reported health symptoms and healthcare utilisation; and measures of individual and community psychological, emotional and economic well-being. The study aims to provide proof-of-concept evidence to inform policies on upgrading of informal settlements to improve environments and human health and well-being.ETHICS: Study protocols have been approved by ethics boards at Monash University, Fiji National University and Hasanuddin University.TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12618000633280; Pre-results.

  View details for DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042850

  View details for PubMedID 33419917

• Space Commodities Futures Trading Exchange: Adapting Terrestrial Market Mechanisms to Grow a Sustainable Space Economy NEW SPACE Cahan, B. B., Pittman, R., Cooper, S., Cumbers, J. 2018

  View details for DOI 10.1089/space.2017.0047

  View details for Web of Science ID 000432083100001

• Space Commodities in Service of National Security American Institute for Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) Space Forum Cahan, B., Locke, T. 2018

  View details for DOI 10.2514/6.2018-5150

• Outer Frontiers of Banking: Financing Space Explorers and Safeguarding Terrestrial Finance NEW SPACE-THE JOURNAL OF SPACE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION Cahan, B. B., Marboe, I., Roedel, H. 2016; 4 (4): 253–68

  View details for DOI 10.1089/space.2016.0010

  View details for Web of Science ID 000390414100005

• Making Cities Smarter than Their Bankers Artificial Intelligence and Smarter Living — The Conquest of Complexity: Papers from the 2011 AAAI Workshop Cahan, B. 2011
• Using High-Transparency Banks to Reconnect Money and Meaning Community Development Investment Review Cahan, B. 2009
• Learning from crisis - Lessons in human and information infrastructure from the World Trade Center response SOCIAL SCIENCE COMPUTER REVIEW Dawes, S. S., Cresswell, A. M., Cahan, B. B. 2004; 22 (1): 52–66

  View details for DOI 10.1177/0894439303259887

  View details for Web of Science ID 000188229100005

• Turning to Digital Government in a Crisis: Coordinating Government, Business & Nonprofit Services in Response to the World Trade CenterAttacks of September 11, 2001 Dawes, S., Cahan, B., Cresswell, A. NSF National Science Foundation Digital Government Exploratory Research. 2003
• United States' Experience with Public-Private Partnership: Elements of Effective Public-Purpose Partnership OECD E-Government Project Cahan, B. 2002
• Financing the NSDI: Aligning Federal and Non-Federal Investments Cahan, B. FGDC: Federal Geographic Data Committee. Washington DC. 2000
• National Health Insurance: How would the courts take it? Temple Law Quarterly Cahan, B. 1979; 52