The influence path of community environment and residents' health in the case of Fuzhou, China Online publication date: Thu, 03-Jun-2021
by Lizhen Zhao; Zhenjiang Shen; Yanji Zhang
International Journal of Sustainable Design (IJSDES), Vol. 4, No. 1, 2021
Abstract: Urban health has become an important issue of concern in the world. However, the influence path of community environment on residents' health is not significant. In this study, 1,308 samples were collected from Fuzhou City in China. At the micro level of the community, the research explored the influence path of the community environment on the residents' health based on the intermediary effect of physical activity by building structural equation method. It was found that the built environment and social environment affected physical health through the intermediary effect of physical activity. The social environment directly affected mental health, and the built environment affected mental health through the intermediary role of social environment. Physical health and mental health affected each other. The individual characteristics of residents also affected their health. There were great differences in the influence path of community environment on male's health and female's health.
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