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- Title
Neighbourhoods and health: a GIS approach to measuring community resource accessibility.
- Authors
Pearce, Jamie; Witten, Karen; Bartie, Phil
- Abstract
Recent studies suggest an association between the contextual attributes of neighbourhoods and the health status of residents. However, there has been a scarcity of studies that have directly measured the material characteristics of neighbourhoods theorised to have an impact on health and health inequalities. This paper describes the development of an innovative methodology to measure geographical access to a range of community resources that have been empirically linked to health. Geographical information systems (GIS) were applied to develop precise measures of community resource accessibility for small areas at a national scale.
- Publication
Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2006, Vol 60, Issue 5, p389
- ISSN
0143-005X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/jech.2005.043281