TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between the built environment and respiratory health
T2 - Evidence from a longitudinal study in Indonesia
AU - Indriyani, Witri
AU - Yudhistira, Muhammad Halley
AU - Sastiono, Prani
AU - Hartono, Djoni
N1 - Funding Information:
Indriyani acknowledges the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education/ Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP) , Ministry of Finance, the Republic of Indonesia , for providing financial support for this study. The funding source had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or preparation of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Multiple studies have discussed the relationship between the built environment and non-infectious diseases, but research involving infectious diseases and the built environment is scarce. How the built environment is associated with infectious diseases varies across areas, and previous literature produces mixed results. This study investigated the relationship between the built environment and infectious diseases in Indonesia, which has different settings compared to developed countries. We combined the longitudinal panel data, Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS), and land cover data to examine the relationship between the built environment and the likelihood of contracting respiratory infectious diseases. We focused on the sprawl index to measure the built environment. The study confirmed that a sprawling neighbourhood is linked to lower respiratory infection symptoms by employing a fixed effect method. The association is more evident in urban areas and for females. The results also suggested that the linkage works through housing quality, such as housing crowdedness and ventilation, and neighbourhood conditions like neighbourhood transportation modes and air pollution levels. Thus, our results underlined the need to consider the health consequences of the densification policy and determine the direction of landscape planning and policy.
AB - Multiple studies have discussed the relationship between the built environment and non-infectious diseases, but research involving infectious diseases and the built environment is scarce. How the built environment is associated with infectious diseases varies across areas, and previous literature produces mixed results. This study investigated the relationship between the built environment and infectious diseases in Indonesia, which has different settings compared to developed countries. We combined the longitudinal panel data, Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS), and land cover data to examine the relationship between the built environment and the likelihood of contracting respiratory infectious diseases. We focused on the sprawl index to measure the built environment. The study confirmed that a sprawling neighbourhood is linked to lower respiratory infection symptoms by employing a fixed effect method. The association is more evident in urban areas and for females. The results also suggested that the linkage works through housing quality, such as housing crowdedness and ventilation, and neighbourhood conditions like neighbourhood transportation modes and air pollution levels. Thus, our results underlined the need to consider the health consequences of the densification policy and determine the direction of landscape planning and policy.
KW - Built environment
KW - Communicable disease
KW - Fixed effect
KW - Health
KW - Respiratory infection
KW - Sprawl index
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137385189&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101193
DO - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101193
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85137385189
SN - 2352-8273
VL - 19
JO - SSM - Population Health
JF - SSM - Population Health
M1 - 101193
ER -