Neighbourhood variations in child accidents and related child and maternal characteristics: Does area definition make a difference?

Haynes, Robin, Jones, Andrew P., Reading, Richard, Daras, Konstantinos and Emond, Alan (2008) Neighbourhood variations in child accidents and related child and maternal characteristics: Does area definition make a difference? Health and Place, 14 (4). pp. 693-701. ISSN 1873-2054

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Abstract

Accident occurrence and measures of physical activity, total development and conduct difficulties were recorded for 9391 pre-school children recruited to the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) study in southwest England. Information about their mothers' age at delivery, post-natal depression, life events, social support and smoking status was also included. Multilevel modelling was used to identify variations between alternative sets of subjective and automated zone design neighbourhoods, which incorporated different boundaries and different scales. The risk of accidents to pre-school children, and most of the characteristics of children and mothers associated with accident risk, varied significantly between neighbourhoods. Differences in the strength of area effects between alternative sets of neighbourhoods were small, although slightly stronger effects were observed in areas with populations less than 4000. Neighbourhoods subjectively defined by planners did not produce stronger effects than computer-generated areas.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2011 11:37
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2023 11:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/24669
DOI:	10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.11.001

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