Assessing the Relationship between Socioeconomic Conditions and Urban Environmental Quality in Accra, Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15511894 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julius N Fobil (0000-0003-3079-5337, University of Ghana, corresponding author), Julius Fobil (Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany), Jürgen May (0000-0002-3252-6336), Juergen May (0000-0001-7831-8420, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine), Alexander Kraemer (0000-0003-2774-7860, Bielefeld University) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-145 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph7010125 |
| PMID | 20195437 |
| PMCID | PMC2819780 |
| OpenAlex | W2076252441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 33 |
The influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on health inequalities is widely known, but there is still poor understanding of the precise relationship between area-based socioeconomic conditions and neighborhood environmental quality. This study aimed to investigate the socioeconomic conditions which predict urban neighbourhood environmental quality. The results showed wide variation in levels of association between the socioeconomic variables and environmental conditions, with strong evidence of a real difference in environmental quality across the five socioeconomic classes with respect to total waste generation (p < 0.001), waste collection rate (p < 0.001), sewer disposal rate (p < 0.001), non-sewer disposal (p < 0.003), the proportion of households using public toilets (p = 0.005). Socioeconomic conditions are therefore important drivers of change in environmental quality and urban environmental interventions aimed at infectious disease prevention and control if they should be effective could benefit from simultaneous implementation with other social interventions
Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental quality · Geography · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Socioeconomic development · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Health disparities and outcomes · Mathematics · Medicine · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |