@article{ref1,
title="Exploring how the urban neighborhood environment influences mental well-being using walking interviews",
journal="Health and place",
year="2020",
author="Lauwers, Laura and Leone, Michael and Guyot, Madeleine and Pelgrims, Ingrid and Remmen, Roy and Van den Broeck, Kris and Keune, Hans and Bastiaens, Hilde",
volume="67",
number="",
pages="e102497-e102497",
abstract="Mental well-being in cities is being challenged worldwide and a more detailed understanding of how urban environments influence mental well-being is needed. This qualitative study explores neighborhood factors and their interactions in relation to mental well-being. Individual semi-structured walking interviews were conducted with 28 adults living in the Brussels-Capital Region. This paper provides a detailed description of physical neighborhood factors (green-blue spaces, services, design and maintenance, traffic, cellphone towers) and social neighborhood factors (neighbor ties, neighbor diversity, social security) that link to mental well-being. A socio-ecological framework is presented to explain interactions among those neighborhood factors, and personal and institutional factors, in relation to mental well-being. The findings are linked to existing concepts and theories to better understand the mechanisms underlying the associations between the urban neighborhood environment and mental well-being. Finally, implications of the walking interview method are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-8292",
doi="10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102497",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102497"
}