Analysis of the associations between urban infrastructure and population lifestyle: rationale, study design and methodology

Abstract

Formation of a socially comfortable urban environment is of a great importance for reducing health risks of the living population. The results of many foreign studies, assessing urban infrastructure, indicate a significant impact of environmental elements: buildings, transport, street design, public spaces, as well as access to infrastructure resources such as healthy eating, recreation areas and places for physical activity on the health of the living population. In Russia, such research is being carried out for the first time, in this regard, it seems appropriate to introduce the research methodology for the audience.
 The purpose of this article is to describe the relevance, design of the study and the methodology for a comprehensive assessment of the actual state of the infrastructure of the municipality, affecting the health of the residing population and the analysis of the association of infrastructure with the lifestyle for the formation of a unified preventive environment at the level of the municipality and the development of a comprehensive intersectoral health promotion program, taking into account risk factors (RF) for health of population in a specific municipality territory.