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Article: Green spaces mitigate racial disparity of health: A higher ratio of green spaces indicates a lower racial disparity in SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in the USA
Title | Green spaces mitigate racial disparity of health: A higher ratio of green spaces indicates a lower racial disparity in SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in the USA |
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Keywords | Racial disparity Health disparity SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Green space Mechanism |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Elsevier: Creative Commons Licenses. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/envint |
Citation | Environment International, 2021, v. 152, article no. 106465 How to Cite? |
Abstract | There is striking racial disparity in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection rates in the United States. We hypothesize that the disparity is significantly smaller in areas with a higher ratio of green spaces. County level data on the SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of black and white individuals in 135 of the most urbanized counties across the United States were collected. The total population in these counties is 132,350,027, comprising 40.3% of the U.S. population. The ratio of green spaces by land-cover type in each county was extracted from satellite imagery. A hierarchical regression analysis measured cross-sectional associations between racial disparity in infection rates and green spaces, after controlling for socioeconomic, demographic, pre-existing chronic disease, and built-up area factors. We found a higher ratio of green spaces at the county level is significantly associated with a lower racial disparity in infection rates. Four types of green space have significant negative associations with the racial disparity in SARS-CoV-2 infection rates. A theoretical model with five core mechanisms and one circumstantial mechanism is presented to interpret the findings. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/298745 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 10.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.015 |
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dc.contributor.author | Lu, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sullivan, WC | - |
dc.contributor.author | Xu, W | - |
dc.contributor.author | Webster, CJ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jiang, B | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-12T03:02:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-12T03:02:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Environment International, 2021, v. 152, article no. 106465 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0160-4120 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/298745 | - |
dc.description.abstract | There is striking racial disparity in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection rates in the United States. We hypothesize that the disparity is significantly smaller in areas with a higher ratio of green spaces. County level data on the SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of black and white individuals in 135 of the most urbanized counties across the United States were collected. The total population in these counties is 132,350,027, comprising 40.3% of the U.S. population. The ratio of green spaces by land-cover type in each county was extracted from satellite imagery. A hierarchical regression analysis measured cross-sectional associations between racial disparity in infection rates and green spaces, after controlling for socioeconomic, demographic, pre-existing chronic disease, and built-up area factors. We found a higher ratio of green spaces at the county level is significantly associated with a lower racial disparity in infection rates. Four types of green space have significant negative associations with the racial disparity in SARS-CoV-2 infection rates. A theoretical model with five core mechanisms and one circumstantial mechanism is presented to interpret the findings. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier: Creative Commons Licenses. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/envint | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Environment International | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Racial disparity | - |
dc.subject | Health disparity | - |
dc.subject | SARS-CoV-2 | - |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | - |
dc.subject | Green space | - |
dc.subject | Mechanism | - |
dc.title | Green spaces mitigate racial disparity of health: A higher ratio of green spaces indicates a lower racial disparity in SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in the USA | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Liu, X: liuxm111@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Webster, CJ: cwebster@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Jiang, B: jiangbin@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Webster, CJ=rp01747 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Jiang, B=rp01942 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106465 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33684736 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85102044676 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 321983 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 152 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 106465 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 106465 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000641974400006 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |