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Neighborhood Environment and Self-Rated Health among Adults in Southern Sri Lanka

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  • Bilesha Perera

    (Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka)

  • Truls Østbye

    (Duke Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA)

  • Chandramali Jayawardana

    (Faculty of Applied Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka)

Abstract

The prevalenceof different neighborhood environmental stressors and associations between the stressors and self-rated health are described in a representative sample of 2,077 individuals, aged 18-85 years, in southern Sri Lanka. Mosquito menace (69.4%), stray dog problems (26.8%), nuisance from neighbors (20.3%), and nuisance from drug users (18.7%) were found to be the most prevalent environmental stressors. None of the stressors investigated were associated with self-rated physical health, but nuisance from neighbors, nuisance from drug users, shortage of water and having poor water/ sewage drainage system were associated with self-rated mental health among the respondents.

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  • Bilesha Perera & Truls Østbye & Chandramali Jayawardana, 2009. "Neighborhood Environment and Self-Rated Health among Adults in Southern Sri Lanka," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(8), pages 1-11, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:6:y:2009:i:8:p:2102-2112:d:5440
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