Association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in rural and urban areas in China

Huang, Biao; Huang, Cui‐Ying; Feng, Zhiqiang; Pearce, Jamie; Zhao, Hongsheng; Pan, Zehan; Liu, Ye

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126907

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“…General health outcomes were measured in 16 studies. Two of the studies were cohorts with [ 75 , 76 ] 12 [ 76 ] to 14 years [ 75 ] of follow-ups, and the remaining studies were cross-sectional [ 16 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 75 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 ]. The sample size ranged from 150 [ 39 ] to 368, 399 [ 78 ].…”

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“…Two of the studies were cohorts with [ 75 , 76 ] 12 [ 76 ] to 14 years [ 75 ] of follow-ups, and the remaining studies were cross-sectional [ 16 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 75 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 ]. The sample size ranged from 150 [ 39 ] to 368, 399 [ 78 ]. Participants were older adults (60+ years) in most of the studies ( n = 10) [ 16 , 41 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 81 ].…”

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“…The sample size ranged from 150 [ 39 ] to 368, 399 [ 78 ]. Participants were older adults (60+ years) in most of the studies ( n = 10) [ 16 , 41 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 81 ]. The rest of the studies included various age groups of the general population [ 39 , 42 , 43 ], adults (16–59 years) [ 45 , 82 ], or middle-aged [ 41 ] and older adults [ 79 ].…”

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“…The rest of the studies included various age groups of the general population [ 39 , 42 , 43 ], adults (16–59 years) [ 45 , 82 ], or middle-aged [ 41 ] and older adults [ 79 ]. Self-rated health [ 41 , 42 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 82 ] was assessed in six studies; of those, four showed a positive association with green space [ 41 , 77 , 78 , 82 ]. Physical health was measured in five studies [ 16 , 39 , 40 , 43 , 45 ], and all except one [ 40 ] showed a significant association with green space.…”

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“…A few studies measured the mediating effect of physical activity [ 16 , 45 ] and air pollution [ 16 ]. Of those, physical activity in one study [ 78 ] partially mediated the association. A stronger protective effect of green space on disability was found among participants who were male, older (75+ years), less educated, married, had no diseases, and lived in a non-central and somewhat walkable area [ 81 ].…”

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Green Space and Health in Mainland China: A Systematic Review

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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a major cause of premature mortality and disabilities in China due to factors concomitant with rapid economic growth and urbanisation over three decades. Promoting green space might be a valuable strategy to help improve population health in China, as well as a range of co-benefits (e.g., increasing resilience to climate change). No systematic review has so far determined the degree of association between green space and health outcomes in China. This review was conducted to address this gap. Five electronic databases were searched using search terms on green space, health, and China. The review of 83 publications that met eligibility criteria reports associations indicative of various health benefits from more green space, including mental health, general health, healthier weight status and anthropometry, and more favorable cardiometabolic and cerebrovascular outcomes. There was insufficient evidence to draw firm conclusions on mortality, birth outcomes, and cognitive function, and findings on respiratory and infectious outcomes were inconsistent and limited. Future work needs to examine the health benefits of particular types and qualities of green spaces, as well as to take advantage of (quasi-)experimental designs to test greening interventions within the context of China’s rapid urbanization and economic growth.

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Stay, leave late, leave early, return, or move onward? Interprovincial migration decisions of older adults in China, 2000–2005 and 2010–2015

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Existing studies on the migration of older adults in China have tended to treat older migration as a one‐off activity and have failed to investigate the multiple processes involved. Based on the microdata samples of the 1% national population sample surveys in 2005 and 2015, this study examines the effect of regional and personal attributes on older adults' two‐phase migration decisions. In the first phase, older adults decide whether to leave the province of household registration, while in the second phase, they decide to stay in the same province, return to the province of household registration, or move onward to a new province. In the first phase of migration, older adults' decisions were affected by several regional amenities, including medical services, public green areas, air pollution, and temperature differences. In the second phase of migration, older adults who had decided to remain in the first phase tended to leave provinces with a lower cost of living, fewer public green areas, and more extreme temperature differences. Older adults who, in the first phase, had moved to a new province with fewer medical services, more severe air pollution, and larger temperature differences were more likely to return to their province of household registration in the second phase in 2000‐2005, while those residing in provinces with more extreme temperature differences tended to move onward to a new province in 2010‐2015. This study enhances our understanding of the heterogeneity of older migration in China by disentangling the complexity of multiple migration processes.

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Urban-Rural Disparity in the Relationship Between Geographic Environment and the Health of the Elderly

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Association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in rural and urban areas in China

Cited by 32 publications

References 38 publications

Green Space and Health in Mainland China: A Systematic Review

Green Space and Health in Mainland China: A Systematic Review

Stay, leave late, leave early, return, or move onward? Interprovincial migration decisions of older adults in China, 2000–2005 and 2010–2015

Urban-Rural Disparity in the Relationship Between Geographic Environment and the Health of the Elderly

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