Health & PlacePub Date : 2024-07-29DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103325
Mathilde Pascal , Sarah Goria , Gauthier Forceville , Morgane Stempfelet , Sabine Host , Ian Hough , Johanna Lepeule , Jean-Marie Alessandrini , Erwan Cordeau , Amandine Rosso , Vérène Wagner , Aude Lemonsu
{"title":"Analyzing effect modifiers of the temperature-mortality relationship in the Paris region to identify social and environmental levers for more effective adaptation to heat","authors":"Mathilde Pascal , Sarah Goria , Gauthier Forceville , Morgane Stempfelet , Sabine Host , Ian Hough , Johanna Lepeule , Jean-Marie Alessandrini , Erwan Cordeau , Amandine Rosso , Vérène Wagner , Aude Lemonsu","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103325","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103325","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Adaptation to heat is a major challenge for the Paris region (France). Based on fine-scale data for the 1,287 municipalities of the region over 2000–2017, we analyzed (time-serie design) the temperature-mortality relationship by territories (urban, suburban, rural), age (15–64 and ≥ 65) and sex, and explored how it was modified by vegetation and socio-economic indicators. Heat was associated with an increased mortality risk for all territories, age groups, sex, and mortality causes. Women aged 65 and over residing in the most deprived municipalities had a relative risk (RR) of deaths at 29.4 °C (compared to 16.6 °C) of 4.2 [3.8:4.5], while the RR was 3.4 [3.2:3.7] for women living in less deprived municipalities.</p><p>Actions to reduce such sex and social inequities should be central in heat adaptation policy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103325"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141857413","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":"Socio-spatial trajectories and health disparities among older adults in Chile","authors":"Sergi Vidal , Ignacio Cabib , Francisca Bogolasky , Riccardo Valente","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103324","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103324","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we examine residential trajectories since birth among older adults in the Santiago Metropolitan Area, Chile, and their association with health outcomes. We linked retrospective residential information for a sample of 802 individuals aged 65–75 in 2019 to context-based information from decennial censuses. Our analysis reveals substantive heterogeneity in individuals' residential trajectories, thus mirroring social and urban changes in Chile's largest city. We found significant associations between residential histories and health outcomes at the time of the interview. Consistent residence in advantaged areas was linked to better health, whereas relocating to the metropolitan area from elsewhere was generally linked to poorer health, except for those moving to emerging middle-class areas. These findings underscore the importance of longitudinal and life course approaches in understanding the complex relationship between place and health.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103324"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829224001527/pdfft?md5=e71c6845c15e8006c0663b9093699a29&pid=1-s2.0-S1353829224001527-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141857415","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}
Health & PlacePub Date : 2024-07-26DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103326
Barbara Chebet Keino, Margaret Carrel
{"title":"Multilevel factors associated with overweight and obesity in East Africa: Comparative analysis in five countries from 2003 to 2016","authors":"Barbara Chebet Keino, Margaret Carrel","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103326","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103326","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rising rates of overweight/obesity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are a growing concern. Regional analysis of sociodemographic factors associated with overweight/obesity, as is common, may mask nationally specific associations. We examine the spatiotemporal trends of overweight/obesity in women (15–49 years) using 13 years of data (2003–2016) from Demographic and Health Surveys in five East African countries. Multivariable logistic regression reveals that urbanization and individual education, wealth, employment, marital status, and age are linked to overweight/obesity in the region, but their influence varied between nations. Variations in sociodemographic risk factors across nations underscore the need for tailored surveillance and interventions to address the increasing burden of overweight/obesity in East Africa.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103326"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141790626","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}
Health & PlacePub Date : 2024-07-25DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103321
Neil Marshall
{"title":"Release: The acupuncture clinic as a therapeutic, health-enabling place","authors":"Neil Marshall","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103321","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103321","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper critically reappraises the work of Wilbert Gesler (1992) on ‘therapeutic landscapes’ to explore the dual role of the acupuncture clinic as experienced by couples undergoing fertility treatment. Drawing on qualitative research in Ireland, I argue that the acupuncture clinic acts as a therapeutic space in two senses. First, the patient-acupuncturist relationship contributes to patient emotional support and wellbeing, with the clinic providing emotional sanctuary. Second, the clinic provides a therapeutic complement to allopathic approaches to fertility treatment, with the acupuncturist providing informational support which informs patient decision-making and, in some cases, arguably contributing to the treatment itself. In exploring the therapeutic and health-enabling importance of the acupuncture clinic, this paper adds important qualitative depth to an aspect of assisted reproduction that has become an essential complement to the medical process to many couples, but has arguably remained neglected in academic research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103321"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829224001497/pdfft?md5=4553ea3cfc3090d2a63b1b2127f98aeb&pid=1-s2.0-S1353829224001497-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141768322","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}
Health & PlacePub Date : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103323
Hoda S. Abdel Magid , Michael R. Desjardins , Yingjie Hu
{"title":"Opportunities and shortcomings of AI for spatial epidemiology and health disparities research on aging and the life course","authors":"Hoda S. Abdel Magid , Michael R. Desjardins , Yingjie Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103323","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103323","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Established spatial and life course methods have helped epidemiologists and health and medical geographers study the impact of individual and area-level determinants on health disparities. While these methods are effective, the emergence of Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) offers new opportunities to leverage complex and multi-scalar data in spatial aging and life course research. The objective of this perspective is three-fold: (1) to review established methods in aging, life course, and spatial epidemiology research; (2) to highlight some of the opportunities offered by GeoAI for enhancing research on health disparities across life course and aging research; (3) to discuss the shortcomings of using GeoAI methods in aging and life course studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103323"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141763493","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}
Health & PlacePub Date : 2024-07-22DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103319
Callie Clark , Christa Perfit , Alice Reznickova
{"title":"A multi-dimensional access index: Exploring emergency food assistance in New York City","authors":"Callie Clark , Christa Perfit , Alice Reznickova","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103319","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103319","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Access to resources and services needs to be considered from a multi-dimensional perspective to capture the complex landscape of human experience. The robust body of research exploring food access has multiple limitations that create an incomplete view of food access, like studies limited to only one mode of transit and inconsistent methods across studies which limit generalizability. This study proposes a framework to formulate a multi-dimensional access index that considers travel time, operating hours, and availability of transit infrastructure across space. We use food pantries in New York City as a case study since there are relatively few of them and they have limited opening hours. We propose an index that quantifies spatiotemporal access by different modes of transportation and takes operating hours of food pantries into account during a one week time period. We compare our results to two traditional access measures and demonstrate that our index provides a significantly different measure of access. We utilize this index to highlight areas of high need but low resources, which shows the importance of this tool to policy makers and service providers. We use our experience of developing this index to highlight the challenges with quantitative analysis of human experience. Our tool is reproducible through an open-access software, which allows researchers and policy-makers to utilize it with parameters that reflect their communities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103319"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141736691","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}
Health & PlacePub Date : 2024-07-19DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103311
Alison Carver , Jerome N. Rachele , Takemi Sugiyama , Billie-Giles Corti , Nicola W. Burton , Gavin Turrell
{"title":"Public greenspace and mental wellbeing among mid-older aged adults: Findings from the HABITAT longitudinal study","authors":"Alison Carver , Jerome N. Rachele , Takemi Sugiyama , Billie-Giles Corti , Nicola W. Burton , Gavin Turrell","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103311","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103311","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We explored temporal associations between public greenspace and adults’ mental wellbeing. Participants (n = 5,906) aged 40–65 years at baseline had data at >2 post-baseline waves of HABITAT, a multilevel longitudinal study (2007–16) in Brisbane, Australia. Participants self-reported mental wellbeing (short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale) and neighbourhood self-selection reasons at Waves 2–5 (2009-11-13-16). We examined associations between Δgreenspace (within 1 km of home) and Δmental wellbeing using a linear fixed effects model, adjusting for time-varying confounders. Mental wellbeing increased (β = 1.75; 95% Confidence Interval:0.25–3.26) with greenspace exposure, adjusting for self-selection. Urban planning and policy initiatives to increase public greenspace may benefit mental wellbeing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103311"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829224001394/pdfft?md5=78ff212f69020bfb1786e3a37c5fb140&pid=1-s2.0-S1353829224001394-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728799","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}
Health & PlacePub Date : 2024-07-19DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103314
Julia McQuoid , Timothy Regan , Janardan Devkota , Marshall K. Cheney , Vaishnavi Kumar , Julia Oehlers , Kekoa Lopez-Paguyo , Nhung Nguyen , Meredith C. Meacham , Pamela M. Ling , Johannes Thrul
{"title":"Situations and roles of cannabis versus cigarette use: Integrating ecological momentary assessment with qualitative mapping interviews","authors":"Julia McQuoid , Timothy Regan , Janardan Devkota , Marshall K. Cheney , Vaishnavi Kumar , Julia Oehlers , Kekoa Lopez-Paguyo , Nhung Nguyen , Meredith C. Meacham , Pamela M. Ling , Johannes Thrul","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103314","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103314","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Use of both cannabis and tobacco has surpassed use of tobacco alone among young adults in California. To better understand why, we collected data with 32 young adults ages 18–30 in Northern California who regularly used cigarettes and cannabis and had diverse sexual, gender, racial, and ethnic identities. Geographically-explicit ecological momentary assessment (EMA; 30 days) was integrated with qualitative mapping interviews. We found contrasting situations of use for cannabis (e.g., around other people) versus cigarettes (e.g., recent discrimination) and different reasons for why participants chose one substance over the other (e.g., enhancing experiences vs. stepping away). Understanding when and why diverse young adults choose cannabis versus cigarettes as they navigate everyday environments helps explain how cannabis and tobacco retail markets shape substance use disparities over time.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103314"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728800","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":"Built for movement: Neighborhoods and adolescent physical activity behaviors, and the moderating role of socioeconomic position and gender","authors":"Oddbjørn Klomsten Andersen , Mekdes Kebede Gebremariam , Oda Bjørge Kaupang , Nanna Lien , Elin Kolle","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103313","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103313","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examined whether the built environment was associated with physical activity among adolescents in Oslo, Norway, and the role of socioeconomic position and gender as potential moderators of this association. We used data from 897 adolescents who participated in the TACKLE cross-sectional study conducted in 2020. Built environment features (recreational facilities, parks, forest, public transport, traffic calming devices, and schools) were assessed objectively using Geographical Information Systems. Physical activity data included device-measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, total physical activity, and self-reported active transportation to school. Using general linear models and logistic regression, we found that most built environment features were unrelated to the participants’ device-measured physical activity. Longer distances to school and to traffic calming devices were associated with decreased likelihood of participants reporting active transportation to school. Our moderated regression analysis showed that adolescents with low socioeconomic backgrounds seemed less affected by longer distances to school compared with their high socioeconomic counterparts. Furthermore, boys appeared to be more sensitive to traffic safety relative to girls. Implementing traffic calming devices may enhance active transportation to school and improve traffic safety for Norwegian adolescents.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103313"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829224001412/pdfft?md5=5578712a501d227c723696363839348f&pid=1-s2.0-S1353829224001412-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141636949","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}
Health & PlacePub Date : 2024-07-16DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103317
Alison Schneller , Peter J. Adams , Katey Thom
{"title":"Rethinking the place of compulsory community mental health treatment in Aotearoa New Zealand: Implications of an assemblage theory approach","authors":"Alison Schneller , Peter J. Adams , Katey Thom","doi":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103317","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103317","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Many countries with developed mental health systems permit compulsory treatment for mental illness in community settings. Research has challenged practices associated with the increased use of compulsory community treatment due to non-compliance with human rights and lack of therapeutic efficacy. In the cultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand, this paper introduces a study of the medico-legal process for making compulsory community treatment orders. Drawing on <em>assemblage</em> theory, our analysis critically unpacks the idea of <em>being heard</em> in the event of a court hearing. We illustrate how relations in-between participants, place, and things, become <em>territorialised</em> in ways that reproduce orders. We suggest <em>reterritorialisation</em> of these relations is vital to becoming heard. Rethinking the role of compulsory community treatment orders has implications for mental health law reform. This reform provides a rare opportunity to support services in avoiding compulsory treatment in practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49302,"journal":{"name":"Health & Place","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 103317"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135382922400145X/pdfft?md5=2abec365aa94b0706755c6ecd4c0692f&pid=1-s2.0-S135382922400145X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141622251","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}