Built Environment Features and Cardiometabolic Mortality and Morbidity in Remote Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory, Australia

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ID15477331
AutoresAmal Chakraborty (0000-0003-1837-1224, The University of Sydney, autor de correspondencia), Margaret Cargo (0000-0002-6466-7627, University of Canberra), Victor M Oguoma (0000-0001-9505-7197, The University of Queensland), Neil T Coffee (0000-0002-5075-0737, Deakin University), Alwin Chong (0000-0002-1889-6808, Arney Chong Consulting, Adelaide, SA 5081, Australia), Mark Daniel (0000-0001-9112-134X, University of Canberra)
Año2022
Volumen19
Número15
Páginas9435-9435
Fecha de publicación2022-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19159435
PMID35954785
OpenAlexW4289337662
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas40

Indigenous Australians experience poorer health than non-Indigenous Australians, with cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) being the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Built environmental (BE) features are known to shape cardiometabolic health in urban contexts, yet little research has assessed such relationships for remote-dwelling Indigenous Australians. This study assessed associations between BE features and CMD-related morbidity and mortality in a large sample of remote Indigenous Australian communities in the Northern Territory (NT). CMD-related morbidity and mortality data were extracted from NT government health databases for 120 remote Indigenous Australian communities for the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2015. BE features were extracted from Serviced Land Availability Programme (SLAP) maps. Associations were estimated using negative binomial regression analysis. Univariable analysis revealed protective effects on all-cause mortality for the BE features of Education, Health, Disused Buildings, and Oval, and on CMD-related emergency department admissions for the BE feature Accommodation. Incidence rate ratios (IRR's) were greater, however, for the BE features Infrastructure Transport and Infrastructure Shelter. Geographic Isolation was associated with elevated mortality-related IRR's. Multivariable regression did not yield consistent associations between BE features and CMD outcomes, other than negative relationships for Indigenous Location-level median age and Geographic Isolation. This study indicates that relationships between BE features and health outcomes in urban populations do not extend to remote Indigenous Australian communities. This may reflect an overwhelming impact of broader social inequity, limited correspondence of BE measures with remote-dwelling Indigenous contexts, or a 'tipping point' of collective BE influences affecting health more than singular BE features

Archaeology · Biology · Built environment · Environmental health · Geography · Indigenous · Northern territory · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Ecology