Titre : | The relationships of social participation and community ratings to health and health behaviors in areas with high and low population density. (2004) |
Auteurs : | Kallen GREINER ; Jasjit-S AHLUWALIA ; . CHAOYANG LI ; Dcharles HUNT ; Ichiro Kawachi ; University of Kansas Medical Center. Department of Family Medicine. Kansas City. KS. USA ; University of Kansas Medical Center. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Kansas City. KS. USA ; University of Kansas Medical Center. Kansas Cancer Institute. Kansas City. KS. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 59, n° 11, 2004) |
Pagination : | 2303-2312 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Participation communautaire ; Comportement santé ; Comportement ; Densité population ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Homme ; Etat santé ; Etude comparée ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS p1R0xxu9. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Previous studies have linked social participation and community levels of trust with improved health status. We examined the associations between levels of community participation, self-reported community ratings (trust), and health within a public health surveillance survey conducted in Kansas (N=4601). Independent variables were individual ratings of their communities (excellent, very good, good/fair, poor), and their involvement in community groups or organizations in the last 5 years (yes/no). Dependent variables were self-rated health status, depressive symptoms, physical activity, smoking, obesity, and binge drinking. After controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, and having a medical doctor, self-rated health status (p |