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Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development
Christian, Hayley Ball, Stephen J. Zubrick, Stephen R. Brinkman, Sally Turrell, Gavin Boruff, Bryan Foster, Sarah
Christian, Hayley
Ball, Stephen J.
Zubrick, Stephen R.
Brinkman, Sally
Turrell, Gavin
Boruff, Bryan
Foster, Sarah
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
Date
2017
Type
Journal article
Journal
Health and Place
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Volume
48
Issue
Page Range
90-101
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ACU Department
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Open Access Status
Published as green open access
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Open
Open