Social safety, self-rated general health and physical activity: Changes in area crime, area safety feelings and the role of social cohesion

Health and Place

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 39-45

  Ruijsbroek, Annemarie ^a   Droomers, Mariël ^b   Groenewegen, Peter P ^c,d   Hardyns, Wim ^e   Stronks, Karien ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

General health; Neighbourhood crime; Physical activity; Social cohesion; Social safety

Indexed keywords

CRIME; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COHESION; SOCIAL SAFETY; TIME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIME; EMOTIONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84910000524     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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