'Money, stress, jobs': residents' perceptions of health-impairing factors in 'poor' neighbourhoods.
While the spatial distribution of health and disease is largely associated with individual-level indicators, neighbourhood-level factors appear to exert some independent and mediating influence on health-related processes. This study, conducted in four socio-economically disadvantaged sites in Australia and part of a larger project, analysed residents' perceptions of neighbourhood factors that influence health. Responses identified four key categories of issues that varied across neighbourhood settings. Residents of high-rise towers were more likely than other residents to nominate proximal aspects of the neighbourhood as having a perceived negative influence on health. The findings support other research that suggests that local physical and social environments influence health via psychosocial processes.
Warr
Deborah J
DJ
Centre for Health and Society, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. djwarr@unimelb.edu.au
Tacticos
Theonie
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Kelaher
Margaret
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Klein
Harald
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006798:Housing / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000145:classification*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000191:economics*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014739:Victoria