Understanding relationships between health, ethnicity, place and the role of urban green space in deprived urban communities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Roe, Jenny ^a,b   Aspinall, Peter A ^c   Thompson, Catharine Ward ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; General health; Health behaviour; Neighbourhood; Physical activity; Poverty; Social environment; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; GREENSPACE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESHI; BLACK PERSON; BRITISH CITIZEN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; LAND USE; LONELINESS; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PAKISTANI; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRUST; URBAN GREEN SPACE; URBAN POPULATION; ANCESTRY GROUP; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; RECREATION; RECREATIONAL PARK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CITIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84977498014     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13070681     Document Type: Article

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