Neighborhood greenness and burden of non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country cross-sectional study

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dc.contributor.authorIyer, Hari S.
dc.contributor.authorJames, Peter
dc.contributor.authorValeri, Linda
dc.contributor.authorBajunirwe, Francis
dc.contributor.authorNankya-Mutyoba, Joan
dc.contributor.authorNjelekela, Marina
dc.contributor.authorChiwanga, Faraja
dc.contributor.authorSewram, Vikash
dc.contributor.authorAjayi, IkeOluwapo
dc.contributor.authorAdebamowo, Clement
dc.contributor.authorDalal, Shona
dc.contributor.authorReid, Todd G.
dc.contributor.authorRebbeck, Timothy R.
dc.contributor.authorAdami, Hans-Olov
dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Michelle D.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-15T19:48:52Z
dc.date.available2021-12-15T19:48:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractPopulation growth, demographic transitions and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will increase non-communicable disease (NCD) burden. We studied the association between neighborhood greenness and NCDs in a multi-country cross-sectional study. Among 1178 participants, in adjusted models, a 0.11 unit NDVI increase was associated with lower BMI (β: −1.01, 95% CI: −1.35, −0.67), and lower odds of overweight/obesity (aOR: 0.73, 95% CI: 0.62, 0.85), diabetes (aOR: 0.77, 95% CI: 0.62, 0.96), and having ≥3 allostatic load components compared to none (aOR: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.52, 0.85). Except for diabetes, these remained statistically significant after Bonferroni correction. We observed no association between NDVI and hypertension or cholesterol. Our findings are consistent with health benefits of neighborhood greenness reported in other countries, suggesting greening strategies could be considered as part of broader public health interventions for NCDs.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIyer, H. S., James, P., Valeri, L., Bajunirwe, F., Nankya-Mutyoba, J., Njelekela, M., ... & Holmes, M. D. (2021). Neighborhood greenness and burden of non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country cross-sectional study. Environmental Research, 196, 110397.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110397en_US
dc.identifier.issn1201-9712
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/663
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEnvironmental Researchen_US
dc.titleNeighborhood greenness and burden of non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country cross-sectional studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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