Abstract
Just as the conditions within individual homes significantly affect their health, the conditions in the surrounding neighborhoods can also profoundly impact their health and well-being. The social and physical characteristics of neighborhoods have been associated with various health outcomes such as mortality, mental health, chronic diseases, health behaviors, and other risk factors for long-term health issues. Therefore, adequately planned and designed neighborhoods can serve as vehicles for health promotion. This chapter offers an overview of conceptual frameworks that link neighborhoods and health, discuss foundational definitions and methodological approaches utilized in this field, conduct a brief review of emerging topics, and explore examples that demonstrate how transforming neighborhoods and valuing neighborhood resources might promote the health of populations.
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This work was supported by the FEDER through the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Internationalisation and national funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology—FCT (Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education) under the Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia—Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (EPIUnit) (UIDB/04750/2020) and Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde Populacional (ITR) (LA/P/0064/2020); and the project PTDC/GES-OUT/1662/2020. Ana Isabel Ribeiro was supported by National Funds through FCT, under the ‘Stimulus of Scientific Employment – Individual Support’ program within the contract CEECIND/02386/2018.
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Ribeiro, A.I. (2024). Neighborhood and Health. In: Liamputtong, P. (eds) Handbook of Concepts in Health, Health Behavior and Environmental Health. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0821-5_42-1
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