Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2023 Sep:83:103110.
doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103110. Epub 2023 Sep 12.

Social environment characteristics are related to self-rated health in four Latin America countries: Evidence from the SALURBAL Project

Camila Teixeira Vaz  1 , Débora Moraes Coelho  2 , Uriel Moreira Silva  3 , Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade  4 , Francisca González López  5 , Olga Lucía Sarmiento Dueñas  6 , Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche  7 , Ana Victoria Diez-Roux  8 , Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa  9
Affiliations

Social environment characteristics are related to self-rated health in four Latin America countries: Evidence from the SALURBAL Project

Camila Teixeira Vaz et al. Health Place. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

We investigated the associations of social and built environment and demographic features of urban areas with self-rated health among adults living in four Latin American countries. We estimated multilevel models with harmonized data from 69,840 adults, nested in 262 sub-cities and 112 cities, obtained from the Salud Urbana en América Latina project. Poor self-rated health was inversely associated with services provision score at the sub-city-level and with social environment index at the city-level. We did not identify associations of built environment and demographic features with self-rated health. Approaches and policies to improve health in Latin American should be urban context-sensitive.

Keywords: Health status; Latin America; Multilevel analysis; Urban health.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest We declare no competing interests.

References

    1. Almeida G., Sarti F.M., Ferreira F.F., Diaz M.D.M., Campino A.C.C. Analysis of the evolution and determinants of income-related inequalities in the Brazilian health system, 1998-2008. Rev. Panam. Salud Públic. 2013;33(2):90–97. doi: 10.1590/s1020-49892013000200003. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Avila-Palencia I., Rodríguez D.A., Miranda J.J., Moore K., Gouveia N., Moran M.R., Caiaffa W.T., Diez-Roux A.V. Associations of urban environment features with hypertension and blood pressure across 230 Latin American cities. Environ. Health Perspect. 2022;130 doi: 10.1289/EHP7870. 027010-027011-027010-10. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Barraza-Lloréns M., Panopoulou G., Díaz B.Y. Income-related inequalities and inequities in health and health care utilization in Mexico, 2000-2006. Rev. Panam. Salud Públic. 2013;33:122–130. doi: 10.1590/s1020-49892013000200007. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Becares L., Nazroo J., Albor C., Chandola T., Stafford M. Examining the differential association between self-rated health and area deprivation among white British and ethnic minority people in England. Soc. Sci. Med. 2012;74(4):616–624. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.007. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Becerra-Posada F. Health equity: the linchpin of sustainable development. Rev. Panam. Salud Públic. 2015;38(1):5–8. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/10002 - PubMed

Publication types