Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The relationship between features of the neighbourhood built environment and early child development was investigated using area-level data from the Australian Early Development Census. Overall 9.0% of children were developmentally vulnerable on the Physical Health and Well-being...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christian, H., Ball, Stephen, Zubrick, S., Brinkman, S., Turrell, G., Boruff, B., Foster, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57786
_version_ 1848760097716568064
author Christian, H.
Ball, Stephen
Zubrick, S.
Brinkman, S.
Turrell, G.
Boruff, B.
Foster, S.
author_facet Christian, H.
Ball, Stephen
Zubrick, S.
Brinkman, S.
Turrell, G.
Boruff, B.
Foster, S.
author_sort Christian, H.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description © 2017 Elsevier Ltd The relationship between features of the neighbourhood built environment and early child development was investigated using area-level data from the Australian Early Development Census. Overall 9.0% of children were developmentally vulnerable on the Physical Health and Well-being domain, 8.1% on the Social Competence domain and 8.1% on the Emotional Maturity domain. After adjustment for socio-demographic factors, Local Communities with the highest quintile of home yard space had significantly lower odds of developmental vulnerability on the Emotional Maturity domain. Residing in a Local Community with fewer main roads was associated with a decrease in the proportion of children developmentally vulnerable on the Social Competence domain. Overall, sociodemographic factors were more important than aspects of the neighbourhood physical environment for explaining variation between Local Communities in the developmental vulnerability of children.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T10:10:22Z
format Journal Article
id curtin-20.500.11937-57786
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T10:10:22Z
publishDate 2017
publisher Pergamon Press
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-577862017-11-20T08:58:17Z Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development Christian, H. Ball, Stephen Zubrick, S. Brinkman, S. Turrell, G. Boruff, B. Foster, S. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd The relationship between features of the neighbourhood built environment and early child development was investigated using area-level data from the Australian Early Development Census. Overall 9.0% of children were developmentally vulnerable on the Physical Health and Well-being domain, 8.1% on the Social Competence domain and 8.1% on the Emotional Maturity domain. After adjustment for socio-demographic factors, Local Communities with the highest quintile of home yard space had significantly lower odds of developmental vulnerability on the Emotional Maturity domain. Residing in a Local Community with fewer main roads was associated with a decrease in the proportion of children developmentally vulnerable on the Social Competence domain. Overall, sociodemographic factors were more important than aspects of the neighbourhood physical environment for explaining variation between Local Communities in the developmental vulnerability of children. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57786 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.08.010 Pergamon Press restricted
spellingShingle Christian, H.
Ball, Stephen
Zubrick, S.
Brinkman, S.
Turrell, G.
Boruff, B.
Foster, S.
Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development
title Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development
title_full Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development
title_fullStr Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development
title_short Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development
title_sort relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57786