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The impact of the built environment on health behaviours and disease transmission in social systems

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences, 2018-08, Vol.373 (1753), p.20170245-20170245 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2018 The Author(s) ;2018 The Author(s). ;Copyright The Royal Society Publishing Aug 19, 2018 ;2018 The Author(s) 2018 ;ISSN: 0962-8436 ;EISSN: 1471-2970 ;DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0245 ;PMID: 29967306

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Title:
The impact of the built environment on health behaviours and disease transmission in social systems
Author: Pinter-Wollman, Noa ; Jelić, Andrea ; Wells, Nancy M.
Subjects: Animals ; Architecture ; Built Environment ; Chronic Disease ; Chronic Disease - prevention & control ; Chronic Disease - veterinary ; Containment ; Disease transmission ; Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control ; Disease Transmission, Infectious - veterinary ; Environmental effects ; Environmental impact ; Environmental quality ; Health ; Health Behavior ; Humans ; Infectious Disease ; Infectious diseases ; Nesting Behavior ; Prevention ; Review ; Social Behavior ; Urban areas ; Urban environments
Is Part Of: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences, 2018-08, Vol.373 (1753), p.20170245-20170245
Description: The environment plays an important role in disease dynamics and in determining the health of individuals. Specifically, the built environment has a large impact on the prevention and containment of both chronic and infectious disease in humans and in non-human animals. The effects of the built environment on health can be direct, for example, by influencing environmental quality, or indirect by influencing behaviours that impact disease transmission and health. Furthermore, these impacts can happen at many scales, from the individual to the society, and from the design of the plates we eat from to the design of cities. In this paper, we review the ways that the built environment affects both the prevention and the containment of chronic and infectious disease. We bring examples from both human and animal societies and attempt to identify parallels and gaps between the study of humans and animals that can be capitalized on to advance the scope and perspective of research in each respective field. By consolidating this literature, we hope to highlight the importance of built structures in determining the complex dynamics of disease and in impacting the health behaviours of both humans and animals. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Interdisciplinary approaches for uncovering the impacts of architecture on collective behaviour’.
Publisher: England: The Royal Society
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0962-8436
EISSN: 1471-2970
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0245
PMID: 29967306
Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
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The impact of the built environment on health behaviours and disease transmission in social systems

2018 The Author(s) ;2018 The Author(s). ;Copyright The Royal Society Publishing Aug 19, 2018 ;2018 The Author(s) 2018 ;ISSN: 0962-8436 ;EISSN: 1471-2970 ;DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0245 ;PMID: 29967306

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