Showing papers in "Health & Place in 2009"

TL;DR: Less green space in people's living environment coincided with feelings of loneliness and with perceived shortage of social support, and partly mediated the relation between green space and health.

TL;DR: This paper aims to serve as a four-part introductory primer on the "go-along" qualitative interview methodology for studying the health issues of neighborhood or local-area contexts by considering the method's strengths and limitations for population health research on neighborhoods and local areas.

TL;DR: An enhancement of the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method for measuring spatial accessibility, addressing the problem of uniform access within the catchment by applying weights to different travel time zones to account for distance decay is presented.

TL;DR: The prevalence of obesity was lower in areas that had supermarkets and higher in area with small grocery stores or fast food restaurants, consistent with other studies showing that types of food stores and restaurants influence food choices and, subsequently, diet-related health outcomes.

TL;DR: This systematic review investigated the environmental correlates of active transportation among young people aged 5-18 years to better inform the promotion of active living and found having a non-white ethnic background has a convincing positive association with AT.

TL;DR: A critical population health approach is used to explore the determinants of health in rural and remote First Nation and Inuit communities, and to conceptualize the pathways by which environmental dispossession affects these health determinants.

TL;DR: The potential for the place-based social processes found in community gardens to support collective efficacy, a powerful mechanism for enhancing the role of gardens in promoting health, is discussed.

TL;DR: Investigation of the ethnic density effect hypothesised that ethnic minority people who live in areas of high ethnic density would report decreased experienced racism and better health outcomes compared to their counterparts living in area of low ethnic density, and found that the experience of racism is lower in places of higher ethnic density.

TL;DR: Generalized estimating equations, conducted on 5000 randomly chosen licensed drivers aged 25-64 in Salt Lake County, Utah, relate lower BMIs to older neighborhoods, components of a 6-category land use entropy score, and nearby light rail stops to healthy weight.

TL;DR: A 'before and after' approach is used to examine the impact of the introduction of a farmers' market on the price and availability of healthy food in an underserved urban neighbourhood.

TL;DR: The need to study urban health in a multi-level and multi-sectoral way is highlighted and priorities for research are identified in this paper, where concepts such as double burden of ill health and the urban penalty are re-visited.

TL;DR: The research suggests that food access problems in Adelaide are not so much the product of geographic distance between home and shop, as the social or welfare networks that allow people to access private transport.

TL;DR: Geographical accessibility of healthy food stores was mostly better amongst those living in more advantaged neighbourhoods, and food prices favoured thoseliving in disadvantaged areas.

TL;DR: The application and utility of participatory photo mapping (PPM) for studying the implications of place for the health of children and its application, strengths, and weaknesses are detailed.

TL;DR: This study asserts that policy regimes, health programming, and the ways in which sexual minorities are constructed in places all contribute to their mental health.

TL;DR: Increasing levels of rurality may be positively associated with ACSH, suggesting rural disparities in access to primary health care.

TL;DR: It is found that neighborhood disorder is associated with poorer sleep quality and greater psychological distress, and the positive association between neighborhood disorder and psychological distress is mediated (partially) and moderated by poor sleep quality.

TL;DR: Both subjective and objective measures of recreational opportunities were associated positively with physical activity and greater access to recreational opportunities seem essential to facilitate youths' healthy levels of physical activity.

TL;DR: It is concluded that in the UK, development has been higher density and the authors' urban form more varied, yet the paper concludes that it still may be making a contribution to their own obesity crisis.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the restorative potential of green outdoor environments applies also to preschool children and that environmental assessment tools as OPEC can be useful when to locate and develop health-promoting land adjacent to preschools.

TL;DR: Results showed that living in a high walkable neighbourhood was associated with taking more steps, especially in adults with a preference for passive transport and/or a low intention to walk or cycle, which is very promising in a health promotion context.

TL;DR: Logistic regression was used to examine locational differences in self-rated health and perceived neighbourhood cohesion and safety emerged, finding that they were intricately related and varied between the areas.

TL;DR: Findings from a qualitative study conducted in Toronto, Ont., Canada, examining the pathways by which neighbourhood characteristics are related to mental well-being are described.

TL;DR: The need for interventions which modify environmental factors that drive risk among young street-involved populations, including homelessness and unstable housing, is indicated.

TL;DR: It is found that for every 1000 pounds of industrial release, there is a corresponding 2.6% increase in autism rates and a 3.7% increase associated with power plant emissions.

TL;DR: The findings showed that there was severe disruption to people's lives and severe damage to their homes, and many suffered from psychological health issues.

TL;DR: For each type of environment, restorative quality predicted the frequency of exercise in the past 30 days, independent of socio-demographic characteristics, expectations of exercise benefits, and personal barriers.

TL;DR: This study investigated racial and socioeconomic correlates of fast food density in New York City and found that predominantly Black areas had higher densities of fastFood than predominantly White areas; high-income Black areashad similar exposure as low- Income Black areas; and national chains were most dense in commercial areas.

TL;DR: Residents in neighbourhoods with the furthest access to a multinational fast-food outlet were more likely to eat the recommended intake of vegetables but also be overweight, and access to locally operatedFast-food outlets was not associated with the consumption of the recommended fruit and vegetables or being overweight.

TL;DR: Differences in the pathways by which lower- and upper-educated groups access social capital may play a role in social capital's negative association with psychological well-being.