Características individuais associadas à autopercepção da extensão territorial da vizinhança

• Autor(a) principal: Fabiano de Almeida Célio
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Cesar Coelho Xavier, Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade, Vitor Passos Camargos, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche, Marcela Guimarães Cortês, Fernando Augusto Proietti
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/5625
• topic: Saúde Urbana; Comunidades Pequenas; Autopercepção

There is a growing interest in evaluating the impact of neighborhood characteristics on health. The definition of neighborhood involves two main strategies, one using artificial boundaries, usually created for administrative purposes, and the other based on the individual’s definition, namely the perceived neighborhood. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with heterogeneity in the perceived neighborhood among participants in a health survey in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Ordinal logistic regression was used to determine and quantify this association. Larger size of the perceived neighborhood was associated with better socioeconomic status, positive employment status, positive assessment of aesthetic aspects and mobility within the neighborhood, active identification of problems in the neighborhood, less involvement in sports/leisure activities, and knowing more neighbors. The study’s results can help produce more significant neighborhood definitions that are more consistent with residents’ own perceptions, thereby favoring more accurate estimates of neighborhood impact on health.