Effects of air pollution on the health of older adults during physical activities: Map** review

A Andrade, A D'Oliveira, LC De Souza… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atmospheric pollutants present environmental threats to health and have been investigated
in different environments, such as highways, squares, parks, and gyms. These environments …

[HTML][HTML] Benefits of urban blue and green areas to the health and well-being of older adults

SRQ Serra, MJ Feio - Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban Blue (like lakes, rivers and streams) and Green Areas (like parks or woods), UBGAs,
provide natural areas within cities, potentially contributing to a better health and wellbeing …

Cognability: An ecological theory of neighborhoods and cognitive aging

J Finlay, M Esposito, KM Langa, S Judd… - Social science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
While a growing body of evidence points to potentially modifiable individual risk factors for
dementia, the built and social environments in which people develop and navigate cognitive …

[HTML][HTML] Methods to address self-selection and reverse causation in studies of neighborhood environments and brain health

LM Besser, WD Brenowitz, OL Meyer… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Preliminary evidence suggests that neighborhood environments, such as socioeconomic
disadvantage, pedestrian and physical activity infrastructure, and availability of …

Global association of greenness exposure with risk of nervous system disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

F Li, W Liu, C Hu, M Tang, Y Zhang, HC Ho… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nervous system disease (NSD) is a global health burden with increasing prevalence in the
last 30 years. There is evidence that greenness can improve nervous system health through …

Neighborhood greenspace and cognition: The cardiovascular health study

SL Godina, AL Rosso, JA Hirsch, LM Besser… - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives We examined whether greenspace measures (overall percent greenspace and
forest, and number of greenspace types) were associated with clinically adjudicated …

A sco** review of neighborhoods and cognitive health disparities among US midlife and older adults

A Sullivan, M Armendariz… - Journal of Aging and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The neighborhood environment may be an important determinant of racial/ethnic
disparities in cognitive function. To understand how neighborhoods are linked to cognition …

Exploring the epigenome to identify biological links between the urban environment and neurodegenerative disease: an evidence review

S Glover, C Hill, B McGuinness, AJ McKnight… - Cities & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Global urbanisation has occurred in tandem with population ageing, having implications on
human cognitive health. Urban environmental factors such as air pollution are known risk …

Characteristics of urban neighbourhood environments and cognitive age in mid-age and older adults

MV Soloveva, G Poudel, A Barnett, JE Shaw, E Martino… - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
In this cross-sectional study, we examined the extent to which features of the neighbourhood
natural, built, and socio-economic environments were related to cognitive age in adults (N …

Perceptions of greenspace and social determinants of health across the life course: The Life Course Sociodemographics and Neighborhood Questionnaire (LSNEQ)

LM Besser, OL Meyer, M Streitz, ST Farias, J Olichney… - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract We developed the Life Course Sociodemographics and Neighborhood
Questionnaire (LSNEQ) to query older adults about perceived neighborhood greenspaces …