Quantifying the urban environment: a scale measure of urbanicity outperforms the urban-rural dichotomy
Soc. sci. med
; 64(7): 1407-1419, Apr. 2007. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| CidSaúde - Cidades saudáveis
| ID: cid-55977
Biblioteca responsável:
BR67.1
Localização: BR67.1
ABSTRACT
The rapid urbanization of the developing world has important consequences for human health. Although several authorities have called for better research on the relationships between urbanicity and health, most researchers still use a poor measurement of urbanicity, the urban-rural dichotomy. Our goal was to construct a scale of urbanicity using community level data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. We used established scale development methods to validate the new measure and tested its performance against the dichotomy. The new scale illustrated communities and across time, that were not apparent before. Furthermore, using a continuous measure of urbanicity allowed for better illustrations of the relationships between urbanicity and health. The new scale is a better measure of urbanicity then the traditionally used urban-rural dichotomy. (AU)
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CidSaúde - Cidades saudáveis
Assunto principal:
Reforma Urbana
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Urbanização
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Soc. sci. med
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
University of North Carolina/USA