Access to and Quality of Neighbourhood Public Open Space and Children's Mental Health Outcomes: Evidence from Population Linked Data across Eight Australian Capital Cities.

ABSTRACT: Neighbourhood-level interventions offer a promising opportunity to promote child mental health at a population level; however, neighbourhood effects are still regarded as a 'black box' and a better understanding of the specific design elements, such as public open space, is needed to inform actionable policy interventions.

Methods

This study leveraged data from a population linked dataset (Australian Early Development Census-Built Environment) combining information from a national census of children's developmental outcomes with individualised geospatial data. Associations between access to (within 400 m and 800 m from home), and quality of, public open space and child mental health outcomes across eight capital cities were estimated using multilevel logistic regression models, adju

SUBMITTER: Alderton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9180559 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature