Does the health impact of exposure to neighbourhood green space differ between population groups? An explorative study in four european cities

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• dc.contributor.author Ruijsbroek, Annemarie
• dc.contributor.author Droomers, Mariël
• dc.contributor.author Kruize, Hanneke
• dc.contributor.author Van Kempen, Elise
• dc.contributor.author Gidlow, Christopher J.
• dc.contributor.author Hurst, Gemma
• dc.contributor.author Andrusaityte, Sandra
• dc.contributor.author Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
• dc.contributor.author Maas, Jolanda
• dc.contributor.author Hardyns, Wim
• dc.contributor.author Stronks, Karien
• dc.contributor.author Groenewegen, Peter P.
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-09T07:28:19Z
• dc.date.available 2024-12-09T07:28:19Z
• dc.date.issued 2017
• dc.description Includes supplementary materials for the online appendix.
• dc.description.abstract It has been suggested that certain residents, such as those with a low socioeconomic status, the elderly, and women, may benefit more from the presence of neighbourhood green space than others. We tested this hypothesis for age, gender, educational level, and employment status in four European cities. Data were collected in Barcelona (Spain; n = 1002), Kaunas (Lithuania; n = 989), Doetinchem (The Netherlands; n = 847), and Stoke-on-Trent (UK; n = 933) as part of the EU-funded PHENOTYPE project. Surveys were used to measure mental and general health, individual characteristics, and perceived neighbourhood green space. Additionally, we used audit data about neighbourhood green space. In Barcelona, there were positive associations between neighbourhood green space and general health among low-educated residents. In the other cities and for the other population groups, there was little evidence that the association between health and neighbourhood green space differed between population groups. Overall, our study does not support the assumption that the elderly, women, and residents who are not employed full-time benefit more from neighbourhood green space than others. Only in the highly urbanised city of Barcelona did the low-educated group benefit from neighbourhood green spaces. Perhaps neighbourhood green spaces are more important for the health of low-educated residents in particularly highly urbanised areas.
• dc.description.sponsorship The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no 282996. On behalf of the PHENOTYPE Consortium, the field workers Magdalena van den Berg, Gemma Hurst, Margarita Triguero-Mas, and Sandra Andrusaityte are gratefully acknowledged. We thank Peter Spreeuwenberg (NIVEL) for his advice on the statistical analysis.
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• dc.identifier.citation Ruijsbroek A, Droomers M, Kruize H, Van Kempen E, Gidlow C, Hurst G, et al. Does the health impact of exposure to neighbourhood green space differ between population groups? An explorative study in four european cities. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Jun 8;14(6):618. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14060618
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060618
• dc.identifier.issn 1660-4601
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68953
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher MDPI
• dc.relation.ispartof International journal of environmental research and public health. 2017 Jun 8;14(6):618
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/282996
• dc.rights © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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• dc.subject.keyword Green space
• dc.subject.keyword Mental health
• dc.subject.keyword General health
• dc.subject.keyword European cities
• dc.subject.keyword Subpopulations
• dc.title Does the health impact of exposure to neighbourhood green space differ between population groups? An explorative study in four european cities
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