Residential Greenspace Association with Childhood Behavioral Outcomes

Difficult Family Relationships, Residential Greenspace, and Childhood Asthma.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Both the social environment and the physical environment are increasingly recognized as important to childhood diseases such as asthma. This study tested a novel hypothesis: that living in areas high in greenspace may help buffer the effects of difficult family relationships for children with asthma. METHODS A total of 150 children (ages 9-17), physician-diagnosed wi...

Childhood residential mobility and adult outcomes

Association of Salivary sCD14 Concentration Levels with Early Childhood Caries

Background: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a severe type of dental caries affecting infants and pre-school children. Because of the infectious nature of the disease, the immunologic response by the host plays an essential role in its development. Objective: This study investigated the association between the presence of salivary sCD14 and ECC. Methods: This study was carried out on 40 healthy ...

Adverse Outcomes to Early Middle Age Linked With Childhood Residential Mobility

INTRODUCTION Links between childhood residential mobility and multiple adverse outcomes through to maturity, and effect modification of these associations by familial SES, are incompletely understood. METHODS A national cohort of people born in Denmark in 1971-1997 were followed from their 15th birthdays until their early forties (N=1,475,030). Residential moves during each age year between b...

Using Residential Sorting Behavior to Better Understand the Relationship Between Urban Greenspace and Health

A recent wave of research in public health finds associations between the proximity of an individual to greenspace and various health outcomes, including obesity, cardiovascular disease rates, depression, and anxiety. Based on these associations, it is sometimes assumed that better access to parks will lead to improved health outcomes. My project addresses this assumption by focusing on an issu...