在COVID-19大流行期间,步行能力和心理健康弹性
Karen Smith Conway1, Andrea K Menclova2
1Department of Economics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
Health economics
|July 17, 2025
概括
居住在可步行的社区可能会缓冲与流行病相关的心理健康下降. 在COVID-19大流行期间,更高的可行性与心理健康的较小下降有关,这表明社区设计影响了弹性.
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:
- COVID-19 疫情对全球心理健康产生了重大影响.
- 据推测,当地的可行性会对心理健康产生积极影响.
- 由于缺乏外源变异,对可行性影响的因果估计具有挑战性.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查当地的可行性是否减轻了COVID-19大流行病对心理健康的影响.
- 评估可行性在重大公共卫生危机期间促进心理健康性方面的作用.
主要方法:
- 利用COVID-19大流行作为心理健康的地理变量冲击.
- 综合人口普查公路测量可行性与心理健康数据.
- 在县内就业,超时变化,控制当地因素.
主要成果:
- 更多可行走的社区与心理健康的较小下降有关.
- 一个标准偏差增加的可行性与心理健康恶化减少4%相关.
- 在敏感性分析和伪造测试中,结果是稳定的.
结论:
- 当地的可行性似乎在增强心理健康弹性方面发挥了作用.
- 研究结果表明,可行可行性可以减轻超越流行病的压力因素对心理健康的影响.
- 城市规划和社区设计可能对公共心理健康支持至关重要.
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