Moustakas, A.; Thomson, L.J.M.; Mughal, R.; Chatterjee, H.J. (2024) Effects of Community Assets on Major Health Conditions in England: A Data Analytic Approach. Healthcare, 12, 1608.
See full article: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161608
The broader determinants of health including community assets are important in relation to public health outcomes. The paper quantified the effect of community assets on major health conditions in England over six years. Community assets including health system indices, green space, pollution, poverty, urban environment, safety, and sport and leisure facilities, were quantified in relation to major health conditions (cancer, dementia, diabetes, cardiovascular, high blood pressure, kidney and liver disease, mental health, musculoskeletal, obesity, and respiratory). For each health condition, a statistical model was calculated and the number of significant community assets for each health condition was recorded.
The results suggest that diversity and richness of community assets are key to major health condition outcomes. Primary care service waiting times and distance to public parks were significant predictors of all health conditions examined. Primary care waiting times explained the vast majority of the variance across health conditions, with the exception of obesity, which was better explained by absolute poverty.
