External Built Residential Environment Characteristics that Affect Mental Health of Adults.
External built residential environment characteristics include aspects of building design such as types of walls, doors and windows, green spaces, density of houses per unit area, and waste disposal facilities. Neighborhoods that are characterized by poor quality external built environment can contr...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Urban Health Vol. 91; no. 5; pp. 908 - 928 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=98882509&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 98882509 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10993460 GMF jtl: Journal of Urban Health issn: 10993460 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2014 vid: 91 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 98882509 10.1007/s11524-013-9852-5 ppf: 908 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 225KB tig: atl: External Built Residential Environment Characteristics that Affect Mental Health of Adults. aug: au: Ochodo, Charles Ndetei, D. Moturi, W. Otieno, J. affil: Department of Environmental Science, Egerton University, Egerton Njoro Kenya Department of Geography, Egerton University, Egerton Njoro Kenya su: Mental illness Psychological stress Social status Residential areas Multivariate analysis sug: subj: Mental illness Psychological stress Social status Residential areas Multivariate analysis keyword: External built environment Mental health disorders Psychosocial stress Socioeconomic status Urban residential areas External built environment Mental health disorders Psychosocial stress Socioeconomic status Urban residential areas ab: External built residential environment characteristics include aspects of building design such as types of walls, doors and windows, green spaces, density of houses per unit area, and waste disposal facilities. Neighborhoods that are characterized by poor quality external built environment can contribute to psychosocial stress and increase the likelihood of mental health disorders. This study investigated the relationship between characteristics of external built residential environment and mental health disorders in selected residences of Nakuru Municipality, Kenya. External built residential environment characteristics were investigated for 544 residents living in different residential areas that were categorized by their socioeconomic status. Medically validated interview schedules were used to determine mental health of residents in the respective neighborhoods. The relationship between characteristics of the external built residential environment and mental health of residents was determined by multivariable logistic regression analyses and chi-square tests. The results show that walling materials used on buildings, density of dwelling units, state of street lighting, types of doors, states of roofs, and states of windows are some built external residential environment characteristics that affect mental health of adult males and females. Urban residential areas that are characterized by poor quality external built environment substantially expose the population to daily stressors and inconveniences that increase the likelihood of developing mental health disorders. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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