Skip to main content

The role of the built environment in the disablement process.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Clarke, P; George, LK
Published in: American journal of public health
November 2005

The Disablement Process model explicates the transition from health conditions to disability and specifically emphasizes the role of intervening factors that speed up or slow down the pathway between pathology and disability. We used hierarchical Poisson regression analyses with data on older adults from central North Carolina to examine the role of the built environment as a modifying factor in the pathway between lower extremity functional limitations and activities of daily living. We found that, despite declining physical function, older adults report greater independence in instrumental activities when they live in environments with more land-use diversity. Independence in self-care activities is modified by housing density, in part through the effect of substandard and inadequate housing.

Duke Scholars

Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

American journal of public health

DOI

EISSN

1541-0048

ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

November 2005

Volume

95

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1933 / 1939

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Support
  • Self Care
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Regression Analysis
  • Public Health
  • North Carolina
  • Male
  • Lower Extremity
  • Humans
  • Health Status
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Clarke, P., & George, L. K. (2005). The role of the built environment in the disablement process. American Journal of Public Health, 95(11), 1933–1939. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2004.054494
Clarke, Philippa, and Linda K. George. “The role of the built environment in the disablement process.American Journal of Public Health 95, no. 11 (November 2005): 1933–39. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2004.054494.
Clarke P, George LK. The role of the built environment in the disablement process. American journal of public health. 2005 Nov;95(11):1933–9.
Clarke, Philippa, and Linda K. George. “The role of the built environment in the disablement process.American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 11, Nov. 2005, pp. 1933–39. Epmc, doi:10.2105/ajph.2004.054494.
Clarke P, George LK. The role of the built environment in the disablement process. American journal of public health. 2005 Nov;95(11):1933–1939.

Published In

American journal of public health

DOI

EISSN

1541-0048

ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

November 2005

Volume

95

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1933 / 1939

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Support
  • Self Care
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Regression Analysis
  • Public Health
  • North Carolina
  • Male
  • Lower Extremity
  • Humans
  • Health Status