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Built Environment and Physical Functioning in Hispanic Elders: The Role of “Eyes on the Street”

BACKGROUND: Research on neighborhood effects increasingly includes the influences of the built environment on health and social well-being. OBJECTIVES: In this population-based study in a low-socioeconomic-status (SES), Hispanic neighborhood, we examined whether architectural features of the built e...

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Autores principales: Brown, Scott C., Mason, Craig A., Perrino, Tatiana, Lombard, Joanna L., Martinez, Frank, Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth, Spokane, Arnold R., Szapocznik, José
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Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18941569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11160
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author Brown, Scott C.
Mason, Craig A.
Perrino, Tatiana
Lombard, Joanna L.
Martinez, Frank
Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth
Spokane, Arnold R.
Szapocznik, José
author_facet Brown, Scott C.
Mason, Craig A.
Perrino, Tatiana
Lombard, Joanna L.
Martinez, Frank
Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth
Spokane, Arnold R.
Szapocznik, José
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description BACKGROUND: Research on neighborhood effects increasingly includes the influences of the built environment on health and social well-being. OBJECTIVES: In this population-based study in a low-socioeconomic-status (SES), Hispanic neighborhood, we examined whether architectural features of the built environment theorized to promote direct observations and interactions (e.g., porches, stoops) predicted Hispanic elders’ social support and psychological and physical functioning. METHODS: We coded built-environment features for all 3,857 lots in the 403-block area of an urban Miami, Florida, community. We then conducted three annual assessments of social support, psychological distress, and physical functioning in a population-based sample of 273 low-SES Hispanic elders (70–100 years of age). We used structural equation modeling analytic techniques to examine hypothesized relationships between the built environment and elders’ social support, psychological distress, and physical functioning over a 3-year period. RESULTS: After controlling for age, sex, and income, architectural features of the built environment theorized to facilitate visual and social contact had a significant direct relationship with elders’ physical functioning as measured 3 years later, and an indirect relationship through social support and psychological distress. Further binomial regression analyses suggested that elders living on blocks marked by low levels of positive front entrance features were 2.7 times as likely to have subsequent poor levels of physical functioning, compared with elders living on blocks with a greater number of positive front entrance features [b = 0.99; χ(2) (1 df) = 3.71; p = 0.05; 95% confidence interval, 1.0–7.3]. CONCLUSIONS: Architectural features that facilitate visual and social contacts may be a protective factor for elders’ physical functioning.
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spelling pubmed-25690862008-10-21 Built Environment and Physical Functioning in Hispanic Elders: The Role of “Eyes on the Street” Brown, Scott C. Mason, Craig A. Perrino, Tatiana Lombard, Joanna L. Martinez, Frank Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth Spokane, Arnold R. Szapocznik, José Environ Health Perspect Research BACKGROUND: Research on neighborhood effects increasingly includes the influences of the built environment on health and social well-being. OBJECTIVES: In this population-based study in a low-socioeconomic-status (SES), Hispanic neighborhood, we examined whether architectural features of the built environment theorized to promote direct observations and interactions (e.g., porches, stoops) predicted Hispanic elders’ social support and psychological and physical functioning. METHODS: We coded built-environment features for all 3,857 lots in the 403-block area of an urban Miami, Florida, community. We then conducted three annual assessments of social support, psychological distress, and physical functioning in a population-based sample of 273 low-SES Hispanic elders (70–100 years of age). We used structural equation modeling analytic techniques to examine hypothesized relationships between the built environment and elders’ social support, psychological distress, and physical functioning over a 3-year period. RESULTS: After controlling for age, sex, and income, architectural features of the built environment theorized to facilitate visual and social contact had a significant direct relationship with elders’ physical functioning as measured 3 years later, and an indirect relationship through social support and psychological distress. Further binomial regression analyses suggested that elders living on blocks marked by low levels of positive front entrance features were 2.7 times as likely to have subsequent poor levels of physical functioning, compared with elders living on blocks with a greater number of positive front entrance features [b = 0.99; χ(2) (1 df) = 3.71; p = 0.05; 95% confidence interval, 1.0–7.3]. CONCLUSIONS: Architectural features that facilitate visual and social contacts may be a protective factor for elders’ physical functioning. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2008-10 2008-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2569086/ /pubmed/18941569 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11160 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Publication of EHP lies in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from EHP may be reprinted freely. Use of materials published in EHP should be acknowledged (for example, ?Reproduced with permission from Environmental Health Perspectives?); pertinent reference information should be provided for the article from which the material was reproduced. Articles from EHP, especially the News section, may contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright.
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Brown, Scott C.
Mason, Craig A.
Perrino, Tatiana
Lombard, Joanna L.
Martinez, Frank
Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth
Spokane, Arnold R.
Szapocznik, José
Built Environment and Physical Functioning in Hispanic Elders: The Role of “Eyes on the Street”
title Built Environment and Physical Functioning in Hispanic Elders: The Role of “Eyes on the Street”
title_full Built Environment and Physical Functioning in Hispanic Elders: The Role of “Eyes on the Street”
title_fullStr Built Environment and Physical Functioning in Hispanic Elders: The Role of “Eyes on the Street”
title_full_unstemmed Built Environment and Physical Functioning in Hispanic Elders: The Role of “Eyes on the Street”
title_short Built Environment and Physical Functioning in Hispanic Elders: The Role of “Eyes on the Street”
title_sort built environment and physical functioning in hispanic elders: the role of “eyes on the street”
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18941569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11160
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