Childhood neighborhoods and cause-specific adult mortality in Sweden 1939-2015
Health Place. 2023 Oct 25;84:103137. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103137. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe socioeconomic health gradient has widened in recent decades. We study how childhood socioeconomic neighborhood conditions influence gender- and cause-specific adult mortality. Using uniquely detailed geocoded longitudinal microdata for a Swedish town (1939-1967), with a follow-up in national registers (1968-2015), we apply Cox proportional hazards models and estimate individual neighborhoods at the address-level. We find that childhood neighborhood social class has a lasting influence on male adult mortality (ages...
Source: Health and Place - October 27, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Finn Hedefalk Ingrid K van Dijk Martin Dribe Source Type: research
Childhood neighborhoods and cause-specific adult mortality in Sweden 1939-2015
Health Place. 2023 Oct 25;84:103137. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103137. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe socioeconomic health gradient has widened in recent decades. We study how childhood socioeconomic neighborhood conditions influence gender- and cause-specific adult mortality. Using uniquely detailed geocoded longitudinal microdata for a Swedish town (1939-1967), with a follow-up in national registers (1968-2015), we apply Cox proportional hazards models and estimate individual neighborhoods at the address-level. We find that childhood neighborhood social class has a lasting influence on male adult mortality (ages...
Source: Health and Place - October 27, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Finn Hedefalk Ingrid K van Dijk Martin Dribe Source Type: research
Residential green and blue spaces and working memory in children aged 6-12 years old. Results from the INMA cohort
This study analysed the effects of residential green and blue spaces on working memory of children in the Spanish INfancia y Medio Ambiente (INMA) birth cohort and the potential joint mediating role of air pollution and ADHD. The study samples were composed of 1738 six-to eight-year-olds (M = 7.53, SD = 0.68, 49% female) and 1449 ten-to twelve-year-olds (M = 11.18, SD = 0.69, 50% female) living in Asturias, Gipuzkoa, Sabadell or Valencia, Spain. Individual Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values in 100-, 300- and 500-m buffers and availability of green and blue spaces >5000 m2 in 300-m buffers were calculat...
Source: Health and Place - October 23, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Mikel Subiza-P érez Gonzalo Garc ía-Baquero Ana Fern ández-Somoano M ónica Guxens Llucia Gonz ález Adonina Tard ón Payam Dadvand Marisa Estarlich Montserrat de Castro Rosemary R C McEachan Jes ús Ibarluzea Nerea Lertxundi Source Type: research
Residential green and blue spaces and working memory in children aged 6-12 years old. Results from the INMA cohort
This study analysed the effects of residential green and blue spaces on working memory of children in the Spanish INfancia y Medio Ambiente (INMA) birth cohort and the potential joint mediating role of air pollution and ADHD. The study samples were composed of 1738 six-to eight-year-olds (M = 7.53, SD = 0.68, 49% female) and 1449 ten-to twelve-year-olds (M = 11.18, SD = 0.69, 50% female) living in Asturias, Gipuzkoa, Sabadell or Valencia, Spain. Individual Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values in 100-, 300- and 500-m buffers and availability of green and blue spaces >5000 m2 in 300-m buffers were calculat...
Source: Health and Place - October 23, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Mikel Subiza-P érez Gonzalo Garc ía-Baquero Ana Fern ández-Somoano M ónica Guxens Llucia Gonz ález Adonina Tard ón Payam Dadvand Marisa Estarlich Montserrat de Castro Rosemary R C McEachan Jes ús Ibarluzea Nerea Lertxundi Source Type: research
Residential green and blue spaces and working memory in children aged 6-12 years old. Results from the INMA cohort
This study analysed the effects of residential green and blue spaces on working memory of children in the Spanish INfancia y Medio Ambiente (INMA) birth cohort and the potential joint mediating role of air pollution and ADHD. The study samples were composed of 1738 six-to eight-year-olds (M = 7.53, SD = 0.68, 49% female) and 1449 ten-to twelve-year-olds (M = 11.18, SD = 0.69, 50% female) living in Asturias, Gipuzkoa, Sabadell or Valencia, Spain. Individual Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values in 100-, 300- and 500-m buffers and availability of green and blue spaces >5000 m2 in 300-m buffers were calculat...
Source: Health and Place - October 23, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Mikel Subiza-P érez Gonzalo Garc ía-Baquero Ana Fern ández-Somoano M ónica Guxens Llucia Gonz ález Adonina Tard ón Payam Dadvand Marisa Estarlich Montserrat de Castro Rosemary R C McEachan Jes ús Ibarluzea Nerea Lertxundi Source Type: research
Residential green and blue spaces and working memory in children aged 6-12 years old. Results from the INMA cohort
This study analysed the effects of residential green and blue spaces on working memory of children in the Spanish INfancia y Medio Ambiente (INMA) birth cohort and the potential joint mediating role of air pollution and ADHD. The study samples were composed of 1738 six-to eight-year-olds (M = 7.53, SD = 0.68, 49% female) and 1449 ten-to twelve-year-olds (M = 11.18, SD = 0.69, 50% female) living in Asturias, Gipuzkoa, Sabadell or Valencia, Spain. Individual Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values in 100-, 300- and 500-m buffers and availability of green and blue spaces >5000 m2 in 300-m buffers were calculat...
Source: Health and Place - October 23, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Mikel Subiza-P érez Gonzalo Garc ía-Baquero Ana Fern ández-Somoano M ónica Guxens Llucia Gonz ález Adonina Tard ón Payam Dadvand Marisa Estarlich Montserrat de Castro Rosemary R C McEachan Jes ús Ibarluzea Nerea Lertxundi Source Type: research
The 'health workforce crisis' and 'the medical manpower problem': New term, old problems
Health Place. 2023 Oct 20;84:103132. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103132. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe recent, but overdue, publication of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan marks a welcome investment in the future sustainability of the service. The Plan includes a near doubling of medical and nursing school places, a proposed shortening of medical degrees, growth in 'new roles' including associates and apprentices, reduced overseas recruitment of staff and efforts to boost productivity and retention. While the plan was greeted with enthusiasm by many, criticisms were also numerous. This short opinion piece does not ...
Source: Health and Place - October 22, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Clare Herrick Source Type: research
The 'health workforce crisis' and 'the medical manpower problem': New term, old problems
Health Place. 2023 Oct 20;84:103132. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103132. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe recent, but overdue, publication of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan marks a welcome investment in the future sustainability of the service. The Plan includes a near doubling of medical and nursing school places, a proposed shortening of medical degrees, growth in 'new roles' including associates and apprentices, reduced overseas recruitment of staff and efforts to boost productivity and retention. While the plan was greeted with enthusiasm by many, criticisms were also numerous. This short opinion piece does not ...
Source: Health and Place - October 22, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Clare Herrick Source Type: research
Air pollution perception bias: Mismatch between air pollution exposure and perception of air quality in real-time contexts
This study also reveals the nonstationary association between air pollution exposure and perceived air quality. The odds of underestimating air pollution are 1.8-2.7 times as high as that in residential areas and 2.1 to 2.6 times that in transportation land-use areas when compared to commercial areas. Implementing targeted mitigation measures in these contexts can enhance public awareness of air pollution.PMID:37856949 | DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103129 (Source: Health and Place)
Source: Health and Place - October 19, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Wanying Song Mei-Po Kwan Source Type: research
Air pollution perception bias: Mismatch between air pollution exposure and perception of air quality in real-time contexts
This study also reveals the nonstationary association between air pollution exposure and perceived air quality. The odds of underestimating air pollution are 1.8-2.7 times as high as that in residential areas and 2.1 to 2.6 times that in transportation land-use areas when compared to commercial areas. Implementing targeted mitigation measures in these contexts can enhance public awareness of air pollution.PMID:37856949 | DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103129 (Source: Health and Place)
Source: Health and Place - October 19, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Wanying Song Mei-Po Kwan Source Type: research
Air pollution perception bias: Mismatch between air pollution exposure and perception of air quality in real-time contexts
This study also reveals the nonstationary association between air pollution exposure and perceived air quality. The odds of underestimating air pollution are 1.8-2.7 times as high as that in residential areas and 2.1 to 2.6 times that in transportation land-use areas when compared to commercial areas. Implementing targeted mitigation measures in these contexts can enhance public awareness of air pollution.PMID:37856949 | DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103129 (Source: Health and Place)
Source: Health and Place - October 19, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Wanying Song Mei-Po Kwan Source Type: research
Using photovoice to generate policy recommendations to improve the alcohol urban environment: A participatory action research project
This study aimed to present local policy recommendations on urban determinants for alcohol consumption prevention in a low-income and a high-income area of Madrid (Spain) using a participatory action research method, with photovoice and nominal group techniques. Participants (n = 26) engaged in a photovoice project initiated a process of critical reflection by discussing and analysing their alcohol environment based on photographs they took themselves. At the end of six week group discussion sessions, participants identified 33 themes related to their alcohol environment. They later met to translate the final categories in...
Source: Health and Place - October 17, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Mar ía Sandín Vázquez Andrea Pastor Irene Molina de la Fuente Paloma Conde Espejo Francisca Sureda Llul Source Type: research
Using photovoice to generate policy recommendations to improve the alcohol urban environment: A participatory action research project
This study aimed to present local policy recommendations on urban determinants for alcohol consumption prevention in a low-income and a high-income area of Madrid (Spain) using a participatory action research method, with photovoice and nominal group techniques. Participants (n = 26) engaged in a photovoice project initiated a process of critical reflection by discussing and analysing their alcohol environment based on photographs they took themselves. At the end of six week group discussion sessions, participants identified 33 themes related to their alcohol environment. They later met to translate the final categories in...
Source: Health and Place - October 17, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Mar ía Sandín Vázquez Andrea Pastor Irene Molina de la Fuente Paloma Conde Espejo Francisca Sureda Llul Source Type: research
The association of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics with cardiovascular health: A quasi-experimental study of refugees to Denmark
Health Place. 2023 Oct 14;84:103128. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103128. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with cardiovascular health, although it is unclear which specific aspects of neighborhoods matter most. We leveraged a natural experiment in which refugees to Denmark were quasi-randomly assigned to neighborhoods across the country during 1986-1998, creating variation in exposure to various aspects of neighborhood disadvantage. The cohort was followed through December 2018. Exposures included neighborhood-level family income, educational attainment, unemployment, a...
Source: Health and Place - October 16, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Natasja Koitzsch Jensen Trine Fr øslev Else Foverskov Maria Glymour Henrik Toft S ørensen Rita Hamad Source Type: research
The association of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics with cardiovascular health: A quasi-experimental study of refugees to Denmark
Health Place. 2023 Oct 14;84:103128. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103128. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with cardiovascular health, although it is unclear which specific aspects of neighborhoods matter most. We leveraged a natural experiment in which refugees to Denmark were quasi-randomly assigned to neighborhoods across the country during 1986-1998, creating variation in exposure to various aspects of neighborhood disadvantage. The cohort was followed through December 2018. Exposures included neighborhood-level family income, educational attainment, unemployment, a...
Source: Health and Place - October 16, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Natasja Koitzsch Jensen Trine Fr øslev Else Foverskov Maria Glymour Henrik Toft S ørensen Rita Hamad Source Type: research
