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Sociodemographic Variations in the Availability of Urban Green Spaces in an Older Swedish Population
Urban green spaces (UGS) can have a positive impact on health and thereby potentially ease the strain on the health care system. However, the availability and benefits seem to vary between different sociodemographic groups. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between sociodemograph...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566372/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231951 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912651 |
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author | Mattisson, Kristoffer Axmon, Anna Carlsson, Gunilla Malmgren Fänge, Agneta Lethin, Connie Stroh, Emilie |
author_facet | Mattisson, Kristoffer Axmon, Anna Carlsson, Gunilla Malmgren Fänge, Agneta Lethin, Connie Stroh, Emilie |
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description | Urban green spaces (UGS) can have a positive impact on health and thereby potentially ease the strain on the health care system. However, the availability and benefits seem to vary between different sociodemographic groups. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between sociodemographic factors and availability to UGS among people aged 65 years or older. Data on sociodemographic variables and residential coordinates were obtained for three cross-sectional cohorts in two cities (Malmö and Kristianstad) and three years (2010, 2015, and 2019). Three measures of urban green spaces; total (UGS), public (PGS) and quiet (QGS), within 300 m were used to determine availability. The results indicated higher availability to both total and publicly available urban green spaces for groups with lower socioeconomic status (SES) is positive from a health perspective. However, availability to high qualitative publicly available urban green spaces, from a noise perspective, was lower, indicating the opposite. |
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spelling | pubmed-95663722022-10-15 Sociodemographic Variations in the Availability of Urban Green Spaces in an Older Swedish Population Mattisson, Kristoffer Axmon, Anna Carlsson, Gunilla Malmgren Fänge, Agneta Lethin, Connie Stroh, Emilie Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Urban green spaces (UGS) can have a positive impact on health and thereby potentially ease the strain on the health care system. However, the availability and benefits seem to vary between different sociodemographic groups. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between sociodemographic factors and availability to UGS among people aged 65 years or older. Data on sociodemographic variables and residential coordinates were obtained for three cross-sectional cohorts in two cities (Malmö and Kristianstad) and three years (2010, 2015, and 2019). Three measures of urban green spaces; total (UGS), public (PGS) and quiet (QGS), within 300 m were used to determine availability. The results indicated higher availability to both total and publicly available urban green spaces for groups with lower socioeconomic status (SES) is positive from a health perspective. However, availability to high qualitative publicly available urban green spaces, from a noise perspective, was lower, indicating the opposite. MDPI 2022-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9566372/ /pubmed/36231951 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912651 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mattisson, Kristoffer Axmon, Anna Carlsson, Gunilla Malmgren Fänge, Agneta Lethin, Connie Stroh, Emilie Sociodemographic Variations in the Availability of Urban Green Spaces in an Older Swedish Population |
title | Sociodemographic Variations in the Availability of Urban Green Spaces in an Older Swedish Population |
title_full | Sociodemographic Variations in the Availability of Urban Green Spaces in an Older Swedish Population |
title_fullStr | Sociodemographic Variations in the Availability of Urban Green Spaces in an Older Swedish Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Sociodemographic Variations in the Availability of Urban Green Spaces in an Older Swedish Population |
title_short | Sociodemographic Variations in the Availability of Urban Green Spaces in an Older Swedish Population |
title_sort | sociodemographic variations in the availability of urban green spaces in an older swedish population |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566372/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231951 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912651 |
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