Study on the influence factors of community built environment on residents' hypertension

Keywords: built environment;hypertension;health behavior; influence pathways; mediating effects
Abstract Type: Virtual Paper Abstract

Abstract

The rapid development of urbanization has brought about changes in residents' living environment and behavior, which makes residents face health challenges such as hypertension. The improvement of the built environment is conducive to the construction of a healthy city, promoting residents' active life, and preventing and relieving hypertension. Taking Longzihu District of Bengbu City as an example, based on the questionnaire survey and blood pressure measurement data, this paper constructs a structural equation model of built environment, healthy behavior and hypertension, analyzes the factors of urban built environment that affect residents' hypertension, and makes clear the path of influencing behavior. The results show that: ① The built environment of urban communities has a significant impact on residents' hypertension, and it is not interfered by individual health status and bad habits. High-density supermarkets, convenience stores, park squares and low-density clinics and hospitals will increase the risk of residents' hypertension; ② Healthy behavior is an important path for the built environment to affect hypertension. Higher road network density and lower clinic hospital density will increase walking time and reduce the frequency of eating fruits and vegetables, thus increasing the risk of hypertension. ③ Higher supermarket convenience store density will reduce the frequency of eating fruits and vegetables, thus increasing the risk of hypertension. Improving the built environment of communities and strengthening the active health intervention measures in cities will help to change residents' health behaviors and improve their health level.