TY - JOUR
T1 - A Regional Measure of Neighborhood Multiple Environmental Deprivation
T2 - Relationships with Health and Health Inequalities
AU - Richardson, Elizabeth A.
AU - Pearce, Jamie
AU - Mitchell, Rich
AU - Shortt, Niamh K.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The health impacts of simultaneous exposure to multiple adverse environmental factors are of concern in the United Kingdom. UK-wide indicators exist, but context-specific finer resolution measures are lacking. An environmental deprivation index was developed for 398 neighborhoods (average population = 760) in a Scottish council area, including measures of air pollution, noise pollution, traffic environment, undesirable land uses, and crime. Adverse environmental conditions were related to ill health in the region and implicated in wider socioeconomic health inequalities. The results suggest an independent role for environmental deprivation in explaining poor health and health inequalities.
AB - The health impacts of simultaneous exposure to multiple adverse environmental factors are of concern in the United Kingdom. UK-wide indicators exist, but context-specific finer resolution measures are lacking. An environmental deprivation index was developed for 398 neighborhoods (average population = 760) in a Scottish council area, including measures of air pollution, noise pollution, traffic environment, undesirable land uses, and crime. Adverse environmental conditions were related to ill health in the region and implicated in wider socioeconomic health inequalities. The results suggest an independent role for environmental deprivation in explaining poor health and health inequalities.
U2 - 10.1080/00330124.2012.660457
DO - 10.1080/00330124.2012.660457
M3 - Article
SN - 0033-0124
VL - 65
SP - 153
EP - 170
JO - Professional Geographer
JF - Professional Geographer
IS - 1
ER -