The Impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in Penang, Malaysia / Massoomeh Hedayati, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki
There is continous debate on the impact of house quality on residents’ health and well-being. Good living environment improves health, and fear of crime is recognised as a mediator in the relationship between physical environment and health. Since minimal studies have investigated the relationship,...
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| author | Hedayati, Massoomeh Aldrin, Abdullah Maghsoodi Tilaki, Mohammad Javad |
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| description | There is continous debate on the impact of house quality on residents’ health and well-being. Good living environment improves health, and fear of crime is recognised as a mediator in the relationship between physical environment
and health. Since minimal studies have investigated the relationship, this study aims to examine the impact of the house quality on fear of crime and health. A total of 230 households from a residential neighbourhood in Malaysia participated in the study. Using structural equation modelling, the findings indicate that housing quality and fear of crime can account for a proportion of the variance in residents’ self-rated health. However, there is no significant relationship between housing quality and fear of crime. Results also show that fear of crime does not mediate the relationship between housing quality and health. This study suggests that the environment-fear relationship should be re-examined theoretically. |
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| spelling | uitm-296402020-04-17T13:31:29Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29640/ The Impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in Penang, Malaysia / Massoomeh Hedayati, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki myse Hedayati, Massoomeh Aldrin, Abdullah Maghsoodi Tilaki, Mohammad Javad Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply There is continous debate on the impact of house quality on residents’ health and well-being. Good living environment improves health, and fear of crime is recognised as a mediator in the relationship between physical environment and health. Since minimal studies have investigated the relationship, this study aims to examine the impact of the house quality on fear of crime and health. A total of 230 households from a residential neighbourhood in Malaysia participated in the study. Using structural equation modelling, the findings indicate that housing quality and fear of crime can account for a proportion of the variance in residents’ self-rated health. However, there is no significant relationship between housing quality and fear of crime. Results also show that fear of crime does not mediate the relationship between housing quality and health. This study suggests that the environment-fear relationship should be re-examined theoretically. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29640/1/29640.pdf Hedayati, Massoomeh and Aldrin, Abdullah and Maghsoodi Tilaki, Mohammad Javad (2019) The Impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in Penang, Malaysia / Massoomeh Hedayati, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki. (2019) Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment (MySE) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Journal_of_Sustainable_Environment_=28MySE=29.html>, 6 (1). pp. 109-127. ISSN 0128-326X http://www.myse.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Hedayati, Massoomeh Aldrin, Abdullah Maghsoodi Tilaki, Mohammad Javad The Impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in Penang, Malaysia / Massoomeh Hedayati, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki |
| title | The Impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in Penang, Malaysia / Massoomeh Hedayati, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki |
| title_full | The Impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in Penang, Malaysia / Massoomeh Hedayati, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in Penang, Malaysia / Massoomeh Hedayati, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in Penang, Malaysia / Massoomeh Hedayati, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki |
| title_short | The Impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in Penang, Malaysia / Massoomeh Hedayati, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki |
| title_sort | impact of the physical environment on residents' self-rated health : a case study in penang, malaysia / massoomeh hedayati, aldrin abdullah and mohammad javad maghsoodi tilaki |
| topic | Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29640/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29640/ |