提高对青少年绿色空间和心理健康的了解
Sophia C Ryan1, Margaret M Sugg1, Jennifer D Runkle2
1Department of Geography and Planning Appalachian State University Boone NC USA.
GeoHealth
|March 8, 2024
概括
年轻人 年轻人 年轻人
科学领域:
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 城市规划 城市规划
背景情况:
- 年轻人中精神困扰率不断上升,需要了解保护性环境因素.
- 绿色空间暴露越来越多地被认为具有潜在的心理健康益处.
- 绿色空间与心理健康联系的基于地点的变化需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 探索城市化如何影响青少年绿色空间和心理健康结果之间的关联.
- 量化绿地数量,质量和可访问性与不同社区类型的心理健康负担之间的关系.
- 为了确定特定的心理健康状况最受影响的绿色空间指标在不同的设置.
主要方法:
- 利用公开可用的绿色空间数据集来获得社区一级的指标 (数量,质量,可访问性).
- 分析了24岁及以下个人的急诊室访问数据,编码为特定的心理健康障碍.
- 采用了通用线性模型来评估绿色空间指标与心理健康负担之间的关联,报告流行率比率 (PRR).
主要成果:
- 城市和郊区的绿地数量较少与心理健康问题的更高患病率相关,特别是情绪障碍 (城市) 和物质使用障碍 (郊区).
- 绿地距离的增加与城市,微型城市和农村地区的心理健康负担更高有关,特别是在物质使用障碍方面.
- 小城镇和农村/孤立社区的绿地质量较差与精神和行为障碍 (小城镇) 和焦虑障碍 (农村/孤立) 的增加有关.
结论:
- 绿色空间和青少年心理健康之间的关系受到城市化程度的重大影响.
- 绿色空间的数量和可访问性都在减轻农村城市范围内的心理健康负担方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 有针对性的绿色空间干预可能是必要的,考虑到心理健康需求和环境特征的位置差异.
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