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{"title":"Place effects on adult obesity and cardiometabolic health: Evidence from a natural experiment","authors":"Ashlesha Datar ,&nbsp;Nancy Nicosia","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103427","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103427","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite considerable evidence on clustering of obesity within geographic areas causal estimates of place effects on cardiometabolic health, and their causal pathways, remain rare. This study utilizes a natural experiment based on the quasi-random assignment of military families to different installations to show that adults exposed to places with higher obesity prevalence have a greater likelihood of obesity and other downstream cardiometabolic conditions. We find no evidence to support shared environments as a causal pathway for these place effects, suggesting that alternate pathways such as social influence may be at play. We also provide the first real-world evidence on the effect of exogenous exposure to obesogenic places on theoretically-grounded social influence constructs, such as social norms and social networks. We find evidence of place effects on individuals’ perceptions of descriptive norms and obesogenic composition of social networks, but not on injunctive and subjective norms. The mediating role of social influence in explaining place effects on cardiometabolic health should be examined further in future work.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 103427"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143372204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Connecting place and nature-based traditional and spiritual practices among American Indian and First Nation youth","authors":"Russette Helen ,&nbsp;Handeland Tina ,&nbsp;Price Faith ,&nbsp;Warne Don ,&nbsp;Kelliher Allison ,&nbsp;Holden Zack ,&nbsp;Landguth Erin ,&nbsp;Walls Melissa ,&nbsp;Sittner Kelley","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103424","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103424","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the role of place in connection to Indigenous youth participation in nature-based traditional and spiritual activities (NBTSA) is of primary concern as exposure to both nature and culture collectively contribute to overall health and wellbeing. From oppressive historical Indian policies to contemporary barriers by way of climate change and increased use of technology, Indigenous youth continue to face risk of detaching from nature and losing pieces of their cultural identity. Qualitative and quantitative features of place in predicting NBTSA participation among Indigenous youth are not well understood and may offer key insights that connect youth to land, water and their cultures. Moreover, application of the Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) theoretical model to inform the social sciences has largely been absent. In this study, we sought to investigate the role of place measured by residing in a sovereign Tribal or First Nation (qualitative) and increased presence of greenspace (quantitative) exposure on participation in NBTSAs among Indigenous youth. Our findings demonstrate that although increasing residential exposure to greenspace had a positive association, residing in a Tribal Nation was a stronger predictor for NBTSA participation. Applying an Indigenous methodology to research with Indigenous populations and communities allows us to move beyond general notions of what (e.g., greenspace) promotes human-nature interaction and, instead, identify place-based determinants. Namely, the ITEK framework guided our rationale to include Tribal Nations in our study. Sovereign Nations connect youth to traditional knowledge holders that share Indigenous knowledges and practices of the land and water through story and experiential learning.</div><div>Significance.</div><div>This study is one of the first to measure both qualitative and quantitative features of place that influence human-nature interaction among youth that collectively identify as Indigenous. Our research found that residing in a sovereign Tribal Nation is a stronger predictor than increasing exposure to greenspace for participating in land- and water-based traditional and spiritual practices providing evidence and public health implications for Indigenous determinants to health and wellbeing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 103424"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143350724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Modeling the spatiotemporal transmission of COVID-19 epidemic by coupling the heterogeneous impact of detection rates: A case study in Hong Kong","authors":"Jialyu He ,&nbsp;Xintao Liu ,&nbsp;Xiaolin Zhu ,&nbsp;Hsiang-Yu Yuan ,&nbsp;Wu Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103422","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103422","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During the COVID-19 epidemic, many infections may have been undiagnosed in communities (hidden cases) due to low detection rates, thus exacerbating the overall prevalence of the epidemic. However, the heterogeneity of detection rates poses a challenge in simulating the proportion and spatial distribution of hidden cases. Coupling the heterogeneous impact of detection rates to extend epidemic modeling is necessary for forecasting the health burden and mitigating the inequity of testing resources. In this study, we developed an agent-based model integrated with the Susceptible-Exposed-Reported-Hidden-Removed (SERHR) model to simulate the spatiotemporal transmission of reported and hidden cases (RH-ABM). The RH-ABM was fitted with data for the fifth wave of infection in Hong Kong induced by the Omicron variant. We conducted multi-scenario simulations based on various testing strategies to assess the local variation in attack rates. The RH-ABM predicted that maintaining a constant high detection rate would reduce the average attack rate from 65.62% to 53.09%. Increasing detection rates in groups with many individuals and daily close contact can also assist in controlling the health burden of outbreaks. The variation in the attack rates is strongly associated with changes in the region-stratified detection rates. In addition, The RH-ABM estimated that allocating limited testing resources based on demographic distribution and human mobility data is effective for controlling the average attack rate.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 103422"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143298586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining the indirect effect of park size on community health via crime risk in Alabama: A cross-sectional mediation model","authors":"Lewis H. Lee ,&nbsp;Akhlaque Haque ,&nbsp;Jinhong Cui ,&nbsp;Adrian Smith ,&nbsp;Gibran Mancus ,&nbsp;Nengjun Yi ,&nbsp;Hon K. Yuen","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103423","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103423","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Across the United States and worldwide, communities face significant health challenges, including rising rates of chronic conditions such as obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Addressing these issues requires comprehensive public health strategies that prioritize the development of infrastructure to support healthier lifestyles. One promising strategy is to expand and enhance public green spaces like urban parks. While numerous studies have examined the relationship between green spaces and physical health, inconsistent findings reveal gaps in current understanding. This study explores the complex relationship between urban park size, neighborhood crime risk, and community physical health in Alabama. Data were collected for 989 urban parks across Alabama using the Trust for Public Land's ParkServe database and city Parks and Recreation Department websites. Park size was measured with geographic information systems data, and crime risk data, including violent and property crimes, were provided by the Environmental Systems Research Institute. Community physical health data were obtained from the PLACES database to assess the prevalence of poor physical health. Our analysis revealed a significant negative total effect (<em>p</em> &lt; .001) and a significant negative direct effect (<em>p</em> &lt; .01), indicating that larger urban park sizes were consistently associated with a reduced prevalence of poor physical health. Additionally, larger urban parks were significantly associated with reduced neighborhood crime risk, which, in turn, was significantly related to a lower prevalence of poor physical health in communities (<em>p</em> &lt; .05). These findings offer important policy insights for future urban planning and public health efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 103423"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143127941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the impact of socioeconomic and environmental factors on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic based on GPS-enabled mobile sensing and survey data","authors":"Dong Liu ,&nbsp;Zihan Kan ,&nbsp;Mei-Po Kwan ,&nbsp;Jiannan Cai ,&nbsp;Yang Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103419","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103419","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the impact of individual socioeconomic factors, living environment factors (e.g., housing conditions), and environmental exposures (e.g., greenspace) on people's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. We measured the environmental exposures to greenspace, noise and air pollution using GPS tracking and mobile sensing data collected from survey participants, in addition to obtaining socioeconomic and living environment data from them using conventional survey questionnaires. We used an ordinal logistic regression model to determine the socioeconomic and environmental factors that are significantly associated with mental health outcomes. The results show that increased greenspace exposure is associated with a higher likelihood of better mental health outcomes, while both lower income level and home ownership with a mortgage are linked to lower odds of better mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. This research contributes to the existing literature by identifying the specific socioeconomic and environmental factors that significantly affect mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 103419"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143076358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"To stay or grow? Migration patterns and child growth in rural Bihar, India","authors":"Reshma P. Roshania ,&nbsp;Solveig A. Cunningham ,&nbsp;Aritra Das ,&nbsp;Tanusree Bag ,&nbsp;Rakesh Giri ,&nbsp;Guntur Sai Mala ,&nbsp;Melissa F. Young ,&nbsp;Sridhar Srikantiah ,&nbsp;Tanmay Mahapatra ,&nbsp;Usha Ramakrishnan","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103395","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103395","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While the dominant patterns of migration for livelihood among the poor in India are rural-to-rural and circular, literature on the health implications of child migration has largely focused on rural-to-urban, permanent movement. We compared child growth across three migration typologies rural Bihar: circular migrant families that repeatedly migrate to rural destination sites with accompanying young children, rural households with male migrants, and rural households that do not engage in migration. We integrated network theory based on caste and tribe geography to inform our analytical approach. Our results demonstrate complex associations between nutrition status and repeated movement of children between home and destination spaces. In addition to the policy imperative of multilocational strategies for migrant families, households that do not engage in migration yet are located in high outmigration regions also require targeted livelihood and health interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 103395"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Whose pollution, whose problem? Understanding perceptions of air pollution and implications for clean cooking (for health) in Nairobi schools","authors":"Serena Saligari ,&nbsp;Willah Nabukwangwa ,&nbsp;James Mwitari ,&nbsp;Rachel Anderson de Cuevas ,&nbsp;Stephen Clayton ,&nbsp;Margaret Nyongesa ,&nbsp;Elisa Puzzolo ,&nbsp;Daniel Pope ,&nbsp;Emily Nix","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103398","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103398","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Air pollution is a critical global public health and environmental concern, leading to over 6.7 million premature deaths annually, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where the use of polluting fuels for cooking remains widespread. Incorporating perceptions of air pollution is argued as vital for developing effective intervention strategies. However, this has seldom been given focus in the development of clean cooking interventions. The use of firewood in Kenyan schools is commonplace and the transition to clean cooking methods in school settings is gaining international attention. We investigated how air pollution is perceived and understood by staff in three schools from an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya which predominately use firewood or charcoal for school catering. We conducted focus group discussions and in-depth interviews and used thematic analysis to explore perceptions of air pollution in the schools and how these differed between different staff groups.</div><div>Perceptions of air pollution were dominated by external environmental factors from the surrounding informal settlement. While the impacts of air pollution from firewood on catering staff and teaching activities were recognised, understandings of the long-term health impacts were often blurred and dislocated from the school setting. Responsibilities for addressing air pollution were said to be with external stakeholders, but the school staff cited a lack of government interventions to address underlying poverty and multiple pollution sources. Effective strategies to tackle air pollution must involve careful engagement with stakeholders and community members to incorporate local perceptions of air pollution and address broader systemic issues that increase exposure. Clean cooking interventions focused solely on reducing air pollution may face challenges due to competing financial demands and a tendency to shift responsibilities for tackling such an issue. Broader benefits, such as economic and environmental improvements, might be more compelling drivers for successful implementation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 103398"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142831472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatial modelling to identify high-risk zones for the transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in hyperendemic urban environments: A case study of Mashhad, Iran","authors":"Alireza Mohammadi ,&nbsp;David H. Hamer ,&nbsp;Elahe Pishagar ,&nbsp;Robert Bergquist","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103394","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103394","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Spatial modelling was employed to identify high-risk zones for the transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in hyperendemic urban environments, focusing on Mashhad, Iran. Data analysis from 3033 CL patients (2016–2020) integrated socio-demographic, environmental, and geological factors using negative binomial regression and the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) model. Findings indicate that 42.8% of the study area, affecting 20% of Mashhad's population, is at heightened risk due to factors such as high illiteracy rates, dense populations, poor built environment quality, and specific geological conditions. The model achieved an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.83, signifying strong discrimination, with Kappa statistics (KNO = 0.60, K standard = 0.56) showing substantial agreement. These insights can be used to inform targeted surveillance and effective disease control strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 103394"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142901434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hunting for fresh food: The impact of online fresh food platforms on health","authors":"Woo Hyeok An ,&nbsp;Jae Il Cho ,&nbsp;Minchul Park","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103400","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103400","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In response to the growing demand for healthier food, online fresh food platforms have emerged as a convenient solution, aiming to meet this need. This study employs a difference-in-differences design and an imputation method to evaluate the impact of online fresh food platforms on population health. These methodological approaches enable the identification of causal effects, offering insights into how these platforms influence health outcomes across different demographic groups. Our findings reveal that the availability of online fresh food options positively influences health outcomes by increasing physical activity, such as walking time, and reducing BMI, hypertension, and depression rates. Easier access to healthier food fosters healthier lifestyles, contributing to both improved physical and mental health. These findings may offer insights for policymakers, suggesting that the availability of accessible healthy diet options could contribute to improving community health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 103400"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142928906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comprehensive GPS-based analysis of activity spaces in early and late pregnancy using the ActMAP framework","authors":"Karl Samuelsson ,&nbsp;Ioar Rivas ,&nbsp;Bruno Raimbault ,&nbsp;Alan Domínguez ,&nbsp;Toni Galmés ,&nbsp;Antònia Valentin ,&nbsp;Maria Foraster ,&nbsp;Mireia Gascon ,&nbsp;Cecilia Persavento ,&nbsp;Achilleas Psyllidis ,&nbsp;Maria Dolores Gomez Roig ,&nbsp;Elisa Llurba Olivé ,&nbsp;Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen ,&nbsp;Marco Helbich ,&nbsp;Jordi Sunyer ,&nbsp;Payam Dadvand","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103413","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103413","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Health implications of mobility during pregnancy entail a need to understand pregnant women's activity spaces. We present ActMAP, a framework for quantifying multiple aspects of activity spaces from distinct trips and stays derived from GPS data. We applied ActMAP to data from 238 pregnant women in Barcelona, Spain (2018–2020) and explored weekday, weekend and intraday associations between pregnancy trimester and activity spaces. Activities were more centred around the home later in pregnancy. However, the number of visited places and daily trips remained largely constant throughout pregnancy. By constructing activity spaces from individual trips and stays, ActMAP could provide a framework for GPS-based holistic assessments of mobility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 103413"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143018786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}