Green space, social inequalities and neonatal mortality in France

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Severine Deguen²  Denis Zmirou-Navier³  Marcello Gelormini¹  Benoît Lalloué³  Cindy M Padilla²  Wahida Kihal-Talantikite¹ 

[1] EHESP School of Public Health–Rennes, Sorbonne-Paris Cité, France;INSERM U1085-IRSET – Research Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rennes, France;Lorraine University Medical School–Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy-France, Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France

关键词: Spatial analysis;    Infant mortality;    Neighborhood deprivation;    Greenness level;   

Others  :  1137843
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2393-13-191

 received in 2013-03-27, accepted in 2013-10-07,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Few studies have considered using environmental amenities to explain social health inequalities.

Nevertheless, Green spaces that promote good health may have an effect on socioeconomic health inequalities. In developed countries, there is considerable evidence that green spaces have a beneficial effect on the health of urban populations and recent studies suggest they can have a positive effect on pregnancy outcomes. To investigate the relationship between green spaces and the spatial distribution of infant mortality taking account neighborhood deprivation levels.

Methods

The study took place in Lyon metropolitan area, France. All infant deaths that occurred between 2000 and 2009 were geocoded at census block level. Each census block was assigned greenness and socioeconomic deprivation levels. The spatial–scan statistic was used to identify high risk cluster of infant mortality according to these neighborhood characteristics.

Results

The spatial distribution of infant mortality was not random with a high risk cluster in the south east of the Lyon metropolitan area (p<0.003). This cluster disappeared (p=0.12) after adjustment for greenness level and socioeconomic deprivation, suggesting that these factors explain part of the spatial distribution of infant mortality. These results are discussed using a conceptual framework with 3 hypothetical pathways by which green spaces may have a beneficial effect on adverse pregnancy outcomes: (i) a psychological pathway, (ii) a physiological disruption process and (iii) an environmental pathway.

Conclusions

These results add some evidence to the hypothesis that there is a relationship between access to green spaces and pregnancy outcomes but further research is required to confirm this.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Kihal-Talantikite et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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