Neighborhood blight, stress, and health: A walking trial of urban greening and ambulatory heart rate

E.C. South, M.C. Kondo, R.A. Cheney and C.C. Branas

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 5, 909-913

Abstract: We measured dynamic stress responses using ambulatory heart rate monitoring as participants in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania walked past vacant lots before and after a greening remediation treatment of randomly selected lots. Being in view of a greened vacant lot decreased heart rate significantly more than did being in view of a nongreened vacant lot or not in view of any vacant lot. Remediating neighborhood blight may reduce stress and improve health.

Keywords: African American; ambulatory monitoring; demography; environment; environmental planning; female; heart rate; human; male; Pennsylvania; physiology; socioeconomics; walking, African Americans; Environment; Environment Design; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Philadelphia; Residence Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Walking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302526

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