Reduction in socioeconomic inequalities in self-reported mental health conditions with increasing greenspace exposure

Abstract

Depression and other mental health conditions are consistently among the top ten contributors to the global public health burden (Patel et al., 2018). Between 1990 and 2019, the number of disability-adjusted life-years due to mental disorders world-wide increased from 80.8 million to 125.3 million (GBD 2019 Mental Disorders Collaborators, 2022). This mental health burden is not experienced equally between social groups, with lower-income and other marginalized groups often bearing a disproportionately high burden (Ridley et al., 2020). These inequalities may be explained by unjust systems of disadvantage with respect to race, gender identity, ethnicity, income, or numerous other traits (whether real or assigned), in the form of access to economic and geographic resources, privilege, and sociopolitical power, among others (McLeod et al., 2021).

Citation

Kondo, Michelle C.; McIntire, Russell K.; Bilal, Usama; Schinasi, Leah H. 2022. Reduction in socioeconomic inequalities in self-reported mental health conditions with increasing greenspace exposure. Health & Place. 78(10077): 102908. 7 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102908.