Neighborhood environment and self-rated health among adults in Southern Sri Lanka.
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Perera, B; Østbye, T; Jayawardana, C
Published in: Int J Environ Res Public Health
August 2009
The prevalence of different neighborhood environmental stressors and associations between the stressors and self-rated health are described in a representative sample of 2,077 individuals, aged 18-85 years, in southern Sri Lanka. Mosquito menace (69.4%), stray dog problems (26.8%), nuisance from neighbors (20.3%), and nuisance from drug users (18.7%) were found to be the most prevalent environmental stressors. None of the stressors investigated were associated with self-rated physical health, but nuisance from neighbors, nuisance from drug users, shortage of water and having poor water/sewage drainage system were associated with self-rated mental health among the respondents.
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Int J Environ Res Public Health
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EISSN
1660-4601
Publication Date
August 2009
Volume
6
Issue
8
Start / End Page
2102 / 2112
Location
Switzerland
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Toxicology
- Stress, Psychological
- Sri Lanka
- Public Health Practice
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Health
- Female
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Perera, B., Østbye, T., & Jayawardana, C. (2009). Neighborhood environment and self-rated health among adults in Southern Sri Lanka. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 6(8), 2102–2112. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6082102
Perera, Bilesha, Truls Østbye, and Chandramali Jayawardana. “Neighborhood environment and self-rated health among adults in Southern Sri Lanka.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 6, no. 8 (August 2009): 2102–12. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6082102.
Perera B, Østbye T, Jayawardana C. Neighborhood environment and self-rated health among adults in Southern Sri Lanka. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 Aug;6(8):2102–12.
Perera, Bilesha, et al. “Neighborhood environment and self-rated health among adults in Southern Sri Lanka.” Int J Environ Res Public Health, vol. 6, no. 8, Aug. 2009, pp. 2102–12. Pubmed, doi:10.3390/ijerph6082102.
Perera B, Østbye T, Jayawardana C. Neighborhood environment and self-rated health among adults in Southern Sri Lanka. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 Aug;6(8):2102–2112.
Published In
Int J Environ Res Public Health
DOI
EISSN
1660-4601
Publication Date
August 2009
Volume
6
Issue
8
Start / End Page
2102 / 2112
Location
Switzerland
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Toxicology
- Stress, Psychological
- Sri Lanka
- Public Health Practice
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Health
- Female