A greening theory of change: How neighborhood greening impacts adolescent health disparities.

Autor: Kondo MC; USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., Locke D; USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Hazer M; Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Office of Research and Environmental Protection, Watershed Planning + Partnerships, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Mendelson T; Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Fix RL; Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Joshi A; Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Latshaw M; Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA., Fry D; USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., Mmari K; Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of community psychology [Am J Community Psychol] 2024 Jun; Vol. 73 (3-4), pp. 541-553. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 01.
DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12735
Abstrakt: Neighborhoods are one of the key determinants of health disparities among young people in the United States. While neighborhood deprivation can exacerbate health disparities, amenities such as quality parks and greenspace can support adolescent health. Existing conceptual frameworks of greening-health largely focus on greenspace exposures, rather than greening interventions. In this paper, we develop and propose a Greening Theory of Change that explains how greening initiatives might affect adolescent health in deprived neighborhoods. The theory situates greening activities and possible mechanisms of change in the context of their ability to modify distal social determinants of health factors, stemming from macrostructural and historical processes that lead to resource inequalities, affecting both the social and built environment in which adolescents live and develop. The framework illustrates both short- and long-term health, economic, and security effects of greening. We also describe how the theory informed the development of Project VITAL (Vacant lot Improvement to Transform Adolescent Lives) in Baltimore, MD, which aims to (1) build a citywide sharable database on vacant lot restoration activities, (2) evaluate the impact of greening initiatives on adolescent health outcomes, (3) conduct cost-effectiveness analyses, and (4) develop best practices for greening programs for improved adolescent health.
(© 2024 Society for Community Research and Action. This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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