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ArticleInternational journal of occupational and environmental health2016

The association between physical environment and health: indicating the direction of effects using German panel data.

Johanna Baar, Matthias Romppel, Ulrike Igel, Elmar Brähler, Gesine Grande

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Article in International journal of occupational and environmental health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Johanna Baara Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology , University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
Matthias Romppelc Department 2: Prevention and Health Promotion , Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen , Bremen , Germany.
Ulrike Igela Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology , University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
Elmar Brählera Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology , University of Leipzig , Leipzig , Germany.
Gesine Grandec Department 2: Prevention and Health Promotion , Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen , Bremen , Germany.

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backgroundA growing body of research has identified an association between health and physical residential environmental characteristics. However, the direction of effects remains unclear, and further research is needed to determine whether the residential environment influences health.

objectivesTo specify the direction of the association between environmental disadvantage and self-reported health.

methodsLongitudinal data were obtained from the German Socioeconomic Panel and were examined at two points in time. Participants were grouped by relocation status assessed across a five-year period. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the effect of baseline environmental disadvantage on baseline health and on health five years later.

resultsIn both groups, environmental disadvantage was cross-sectionally correlated with poor health. Only among people who did not relocate was baseline environmental disadvantage significantly related to health five years later in bivariate analyses. Results from the structural equation model found that environmental disadvantage was no longer significantly related to poor health five years later within the group of non-movers (β = -.02, p = .052). In addition, there was no effect in this direction within the group of movers (β = .02, p = .277).

conclusionsOur results suggest the existence of a weak contextual effect as group differences in longitudinal associations indicated the direction of ecological effects.

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EnvironmentHealth StatusModels, TheoreticalAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGermanyHumansMaleMiddle AgedResidence CharacteristicsSelf ReportSocioeconomic FactorsYoung AdultEnvironmental disadvantageLongitudinal studyPerceived neighborhoodRelocationSelf-rated health

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PMCPMC4894271

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