The influence of early-life residential exposure to different vegetation types and paved surfaces on early childhood development: A population-based birth cohort study

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• dc.contributor.author Jarvis, Ingrid
• dc.contributor.author Sbihi, Hind
• dc.contributor.author Davis, Zoë
• dc.contributor.author Brauer, Michael
• dc.contributor.author Czekajlo, Agatha
• dc.contributor.author Davies, Hugh W.
• dc.contributor.author Gergel, Sarah E.
• dc.contributor.author Guhn, Martin
• dc.contributor.author Jerrett, Michael
• dc.contributor.author Koehoorn, Mieke
• dc.contributor.author Nesbitt, Lorien
• dc.contributor.author Oberlander, Tim F.
• dc.contributor.author Su, Jason
• dc.contributor.author van den Bosch, Matilda A.
• dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-11T06:45:42Z
• dc.date.available 2022-05-11T06:45:42Z
• dc.date.issued 2022
• dc.description.abstract Background: Growing evidence suggests that exposure to green space is associated with improved childhood health and development, but the influence of different green space types remains relatively unexplored. In the present study, we investigated the association between early-life residential exposure to vegetation and early childhood development and evaluated whether associations differed according to land cover types, including paved land. Methods: Early childhood development was assessed via kindergarten teacher-ratings on the Early Development Instrument (EDI) in a large population-based birth cohort (n = 27,539) in Metro Vancouver, Canada. The residential surrounding environment was characterized using a high spatial resolution land cover map that was linked to children by six-digit residential postal codes. Early-life residential exposure (from birth to time of EDI assessment, mean age = 5.6 years) was calculated as the mean of annual percentage values of different land cover classes (i.e., total vegetation, tree cover, grass cover, paved surfaces) within a 250 m buffer zone of postal code centroids. Multilevel models were used to analyze associations between respective land cover classes and early childhood development. Results: In adjusted models, one interquartile range increase in total vegetation percentage was associated with a 0.33 increase in total EDI score (95% CI: 0.21, 0.45). Similar positive associations were observed for tree cover (β-coefficient: 0.26, 95% CI: 0.15, 0.37) and grass cover (β-coefficient: 0.12, 95% CI: 0.02, 0.22), while negative associations were observed for paved surfaces (β-coefficient: -0.35, 95% CI: -0.47, -0.23). Conclusions: Our findings indicate that increased early-life residential exposure to vegetation is positively associated with early childhood developmental outcomes, and that associations may be stronger for residential exposure to tree cover relative to grass cover. Our results further indicate that childhood development may be negatively associated with residential exposure to paved surfaces. These findings can inform urban planning to support early childhood developmental health.
• dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant numbers 156152 and 165754) and by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under a Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 891538. We acknowledge support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and State Research Agency through the “Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2019-2023” Program (CEX2018-000806-S), and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program. The land cover map was provided by Metro Vancouver. NDVI metrics and the Canadian Marginalization Index, all indexed to DMTI Spatial Inc. postal codes, were provided by CANUE (Canadian Urban Environmental Research Consortium). The Canadian Marginalization Index, used by CANUE, were developed by Flora Matheson, Jim Dunn, Katherine Smith, Rahim Moineddin, and Richard Glazier, using Statistics Canada Census data. We are grateful for the support of the Integrated Remote Sensing Studio at UBC and Nicholas Coops for the development of the spectrally unmixed Landsat greenness time series. The data that support the findings of this study are available from the Medical Services Plan of BC, BC Ministry of Health, BC Vital Statistics Agency, Perinatal Services BC, and the Human Early Learning Partnership, but restrictions apply to the availability of the data, which were used under agreement for research in the current study and are not openly available. Data are, however, accessible via Population Data BC and the relevant Data Stewards following approval of a Data Access Request and within the terms of Population Data BC data access. All inferences, opinions, and conclusions drawn in this manuscript are those of the authors, and do not reflect the opinions or policies of the Data Steward(s).
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• dc.identifier.citation Jarvis I, Sbihi H, Davis Z, Brauer M, Czekajlo A, Davies HW, Gergel SE, Guhn M, Jerrett M, Koehoorn M, Nesbitt L, Oberlander TF, Su J, van den Bosch M. The influence of early-life residential exposure to different vegetation types and paved surfaces on early childhood development: A population-based birth cohort study. Environ Int. 2022 May;163:107196. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107196
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107196
• dc.identifier.issn 0160-4120
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53045
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Environ Int. 2022 May;163:107196
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/891538
• dc.rights © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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• dc.subject.keyword Built environment
• dc.subject.keyword Childhood health
• dc.subject.keyword Green space
• dc.subject.keyword Residential characteristics
• dc.subject.keyword Urban nature
• dc.title The influence of early-life residential exposure to different vegetation types and paved surfaces on early childhood development: A population-based birth cohort study
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