The place where you live and self-rated health in a large urban area

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Daiana Elias Rodrigues¹  Cibele Comini César¹  César Coelho Xavier¹  Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa¹  Fernando Augusto Proietti¹ 

关键词: Self-Assessment;    Health Status;    Spatial Perception;    Urban Health;    Autoavaliação;    Nível de Saúde;    Percepção Espacial;    Saúde da População Urbana;    Autoevaluación;    Estado de Salud;    Percepción Espacial;    Salud Urbana;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0102-311X00166714

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Abstract The aim of this study was to determine and quantify the association between one’s perception of the place of residence and self-rated health. 4,048 adult residents of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, participated in the study in 2008 and 2009. Ordinal logistic regression was used to estimate the magnitude of the association. Health was rated as good or very good, fair, or poor or very poor by 65.7%, 27.8%, and 6.5% of the subjects, respectively. Better self-rated health was associated with the following neighborhood characteristics: positive evaluation of aesthetics and mobility, better quality of public services, less physical and social disorder. The perception of violence had a borderline statistically significant association with worse self-rated health. These associations persisted after controlling for potential confounding demographic, socioeconomic, health, and health behavior variables. The results indicate that public and health policies should incorporate interventions that address the physical and social environment in addition to policies focused on individuals.

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