Do perceived neighbourhood cohesion and safety contribute to neighbourhood differences in health?

Baum, Fran; Ziersch, Anna; Zhang, Guangyu; Osborne, Katy

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.02.013

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“…However, within each neighborhood, there are marked differences in perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion between citizens. This statement is consistent with the idea that social cohesion is an indicator of inequality at the individual level, but not at the neighborhood level [88,89].…”

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A New Look at Public Services Inequality: The Consistency of Neighborhood Context and Citizens’ Perception across Multiple Scales

Wei

Cabrera-Barona

Blaschke

2017

IJGI

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A challenge in regional inequality is to identify the relative influence of objective neighborhood context on subjective citizens' attitudes and experiences of place. This paper first presents six groups of hierarchal neighborhoods in optimizing public service inequality (PSI) indicators based on census blocks collected in Quito, Ecuador. Multilevel models were then applied to understand the relative influence of neighborhood-level PSI on citizens' perceptions of place, including individual-level perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion and neighborhood safety, and self-perceived health status. Our results show that the internal variability of the individual perceptions that is explained by neighborhood context is strongly influenced by the scale of neighborhood units. A spatial consistency between objective neighborhood context and subjective individual perception of place plays a crucial role in propagating mixed-methods approaches (qualitative-quantitative) and improves the spatial interpretation of public services inequality. Neighborhood context and citizens' perception of place should be integrated to investigate urban segregation, thereby providing insights into the underlying societal inequality phenomenon and quality of life.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

A New Look at Public Services Inequality: The Consistency of Neighborhood Context and Citizens’ Perception across Multiple Scales

Wei

Cabrera-Barona

Blaschke

2017

IJGI

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“…Some studies (Baum et al, 2009;Kawachi et al, 1999) note that levels of social cohesion/social capital are associated with perceived and actual crime in neighbourhoods, and these factors are correlated with neighbourhood disadvantage. Although the data are cross-sectional, the present study indicates that policies aimed at improving the social environment of neighbourhoods in Brisbane (particularly in relation to perception of crime and incivilities), may increase the PA levels of its residents.…”

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“…Previous research, including studies undertaken in the Netherlands (Jongeneel-Grimen et al, 2014a), Finland (Halonen et al, 2012) and Australia (Baum et al, 2009;Foster and Giles-Corti, 2008), have found that the environments in which people live may influence their PA (Baum et al, 2009;Bauman et al, 2012;Foster and Giles-Corti, 2008;Halonen et al, 2012;Jongeneel-Grimen et al, 2014b;Kerr et al, 2012;Sallis et al, 2013). Moreover, the social environment, the immediate physical surroundings, social relationships, and cultural milieus within which defined groups of people function and interact (Casper, 2001), play a role in promoting healthy communities , and are likely to influence PA levels (Bird et al, 2010;Trost et al, 2002).…”

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Associations between physical activity and the neighbourhood social environment: baseline results from the HABITAT multilevel study

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Ghani

Loh

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Preventive Medicine

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Associations between physical activity and the neighbourhood social environment: baseline results from the HABITAT multilevel study, Preventive Medicine (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P T ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2 AbstractLimitations have arisen when measuring associations between the neighbourhood social environment and physical activity, including same-source bias, and the reliability of aggregated neighbourhoodlevel social environment measures. This study aims to examine cross-sectional associations between the neighbourhood social environment (perceptions of incivilities, crime, and social cohesion) and self-reported physical activity, while accounting for same-source bias and reliability of neighbourhood-level exposure measures, using data from a large population-based clustered sample. No associations were found between social cohesion and physical activity. This study provides a basis from which to gain a clearer understanding of the relationship between the neighbourhood social environment and individual physical activity. Further work is required to explore the pathways between perceptions of the neighbourhood social environment and physical activity.

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“…Population surveys assess residents' perceptions of their neighbourhood (Baum et al, 2009, Ellaway and Macintyre, 2009, SchaeferMcDaniel et al, 2009) and can yield relevant measures of their subjective experience (Caughy et al, 2001, Schaefer-McDaniel et al, 2009. Perceived measures of neighbourhood characteristics do not, however, always correlate significantly with objective ones (Kirtland et al, 2003, Frohlich et al, 2007a, Macintyre et al, 2008.…”

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Improving the measurement of neighbourhood characteristics through systematic observation: Inequalities in smoking as a case study

2012

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Systematic observation is increasingly used as a method to measure neighbourhood characteristics thought to influence health inequalities. This article reports on the theory-driven development of a new observation tool composed of reflective indicators of neighbourhood characteristics believed to influence inequalities in smoking. We also report the results of generalizability analyses conducted to estimate the reliability (inter-rater reliability and temporal stability) of the observation tool. We use the reliability results to reflect on the quality of the measures and on the theoretical anchors of the tool. We conclude by making recommendations to improve measures collected through systematic observation.

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Do perceived neighbourhood cohesion and safety contribute to neighbourhood differences in health?

Cited by 142 publications

References 25 publications

A New Look at Public Services Inequality: The Consistency of Neighborhood Context and Citizens’ Perception across Multiple Scales

A New Look at Public Services Inequality: The Consistency of Neighborhood Context and Citizens’ Perception across Multiple Scales

Associations between physical activity and the neighbourhood social environment: baseline results from the HABITAT multilevel study

Improving the measurement of neighbourhood characteristics through systematic observation: Inequalities in smoking as a case study

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