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Effects of Built Environmental Factors on Perceived Health Status and Health Disparity

Eun Jung Kim ORD ID 1

1국토연구원 동북아발전연구센터

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ABSTRACT

This study analyzed built environments to see how strongly conditions which promote physical activity and healthy diets are associated with higher levels of perceived health and lower health disparity. This study examined built environmental and personal factors using a 436-respondent telephone survey and GIS-derived environmental data from Seattle, Washington. Logistic regression was used to estimate perceived health status while spatial regression was used for health disparity to account for autocorrelations. Positive built environmental correlates of perceived health status included access to parks and social support for walking or biking negative correlates included access to grocery stores. For health disparity, supportive environmental conditions, including easy access to downtown, banks, and parks, and difficult access to convenience stores and libraries were associated with lower disparity levels. The roles of the built environment were determined to be significant for perceived health and health disparity once personal factors were controlled for.

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