Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development
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Christian, Hayley, Ball, Stephen J., Zubrick, Stephen R., Brinkman, Sally, Turrell, Gavin, Boruff, Bryan and Foster, Sarah. (2017). Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development. Health and Place. 48, pp. 90-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.08.010
Authors | Christian, Hayley, Ball, Stephen J., Zubrick, Stephen R., Brinkman, Sally, Turrell, Gavin, Boruff, Bryan and Foster, Sarah |
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Abstract | The relationship between features of the neighbourhood built environment and early child development was investigated using area-level data from the Australian Early Development Census. Overall 9.0% of children were developmentally vulnerable on the Physical Health and Well-being domain, 8.1% on the Social Competence domain and 8.1% on the Emotional Maturity domain. After adjustment for socio-demographic factors, Local Communities with the highest quintile of home yard space had significantly lower odds of developmental vulnerability on the Emotional Maturity domain. Residing in a Local Community with fewer main roads was associated with a decrease in the proportion of children developmentally vulnerable on the Social Competence domain. Overall, sociodemographic factors were more important than aspects of the neighbourhood physical environment for explaining variation between Local Communities in the developmental vulnerability of children. |
Keywords | built environment; child; development; neighbourhood; community |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Health and Place |
Journal citation | 48, pp. 90-101 |
Publisher | Elsevier Ltd |
ISSN | 1353-8292 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.08.010 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85030841749 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Page range | 90-101 |
Funder | University of Western Australia |
Research Group | Institute for Health and Ageing |
Author's accepted manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 10 Oct 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 29 Aug 2017 |
Grant ID | #2013_NHMRC_APP1060123 |
#2014_NHMRC_APP1080162 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/859x0/relationship-between-the-neighbourhood-built-environment-and-early-child-development
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