Health-Promoting Home and Workplace Neighborhoods: Associations With Multiple Facets of Men’s Health
Despite the importance of healthy settings for health promotion, little is known about how neighborhood characteristics affect men’s health. The present study aims to explore the associations between perceptions of home and workplace neighborhoods with diverse health outcomes, and to examine mediati...
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| author | Simon Coulombe PhD (cand.) Sophie Meunier PhD Lyne Cloutier PhD Nathalie Auger MD, MSc Bernard Roy PhD Gilles Tremblay PhD Francine de Montigny PhD Isabelle Gaboury PhD François-Olivier Bernard MServSoc Brigitte Lavoie MPs Harold Dion MD Janie Houle PhD |
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| description | Despite the importance of healthy settings for health promotion, little is known about how neighborhood characteristics affect men’s health. The present study aims to explore the associations between perceptions of home and workplace neighborhoods with diverse health outcomes, and to examine mediating mechanisms. A sample of 669 men members of labor unions in Quebec, Canada, completed a questionnaire assessing social and physical aspects of their work and home neighborhoods (the Health-Promoting Neighborhood Questionnaire) as well as subjective and objective health outcomes (perceived health, positive mental health, body mass index) and potential mediators (health behaviors, self-efficacy). Structural equation modeling (path analysis) revealed that the Health-Promoting Neighborhood Questionnaire was associated with all three health outcomes, either directly or indirectly through health behaviors and self-efficacy. Both home and workplace neighborhoods were associated with men’s health, home neighborhood being more strongly associated. The findings suggest that physical and social aspects of neighborhood might contribute to men’s health. The study highlights positive environmental levers for urban planners, policy makers, and health professionals to promote men’s health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-25a8e5f11180405eb4247a527a928ea52022-12-22T01:52:37ZengSAGE PublishingAmerican Journal of Men's Health1557-98831557-98912017-11-011110.1177/1557988315625774Health-Promoting Home and Workplace Neighborhoods: Associations With Multiple Facets of Men’s HealthSimon Coulombe PhD (cand.)0Sophie Meunier PhD1Lyne Cloutier PhD2Nathalie Auger MD, MSc3Bernard Roy PhD4Gilles Tremblay PhD5Francine de Montigny PhD6Isabelle Gaboury PhD7François-Olivier Bernard MServSoc8Brigitte Lavoie MPs9Harold Dion MD10Janie Houle PhD11Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaUniversité du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaUniversité du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, CanadaInstitut national de santé publique du Québec, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaUniversité Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, CanadaUniversité Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, CanadaUniversité du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, CanadaUniversité de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, CanadaUniversité Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, CanadaLavoie Solutions, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaClinique médicale l’Actuel, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaUniversité du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDespite the importance of healthy settings for health promotion, little is known about how neighborhood characteristics affect men’s health. The present study aims to explore the associations between perceptions of home and workplace neighborhoods with diverse health outcomes, and to examine mediating mechanisms. A sample of 669 men members of labor unions in Quebec, Canada, completed a questionnaire assessing social and physical aspects of their work and home neighborhoods (the Health-Promoting Neighborhood Questionnaire) as well as subjective and objective health outcomes (perceived health, positive mental health, body mass index) and potential mediators (health behaviors, self-efficacy). Structural equation modeling (path analysis) revealed that the Health-Promoting Neighborhood Questionnaire was associated with all three health outcomes, either directly or indirectly through health behaviors and self-efficacy. Both home and workplace neighborhoods were associated with men’s health, home neighborhood being more strongly associated. The findings suggest that physical and social aspects of neighborhood might contribute to men’s health. The study highlights positive environmental levers for urban planners, policy makers, and health professionals to promote men’s health.https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988315625774 |
| spellingShingle | Simon Coulombe PhD (cand.) Sophie Meunier PhD Lyne Cloutier PhD Nathalie Auger MD, MSc Bernard Roy PhD Gilles Tremblay PhD Francine de Montigny PhD Isabelle Gaboury PhD François-Olivier Bernard MServSoc Brigitte Lavoie MPs Harold Dion MD Janie Houle PhD Health-Promoting Home and Workplace Neighborhoods: Associations With Multiple Facets of Men’s Health American Journal of Men's Health |
| title | Health-Promoting Home and Workplace Neighborhoods: Associations With Multiple Facets of Men’s Health |
| title_full | Health-Promoting Home and Workplace Neighborhoods: Associations With Multiple Facets of Men’s Health |
| title_fullStr | Health-Promoting Home and Workplace Neighborhoods: Associations With Multiple Facets of Men’s Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health-Promoting Home and Workplace Neighborhoods: Associations With Multiple Facets of Men’s Health |
| title_short | Health-Promoting Home and Workplace Neighborhoods: Associations With Multiple Facets of Men’s Health |
| title_sort | health promoting home and workplace neighborhoods associations with multiple facets of men s health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988315625774 |
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