Gender Differences in Impacts of Place-Based Neighborhood Greening Interventions on Fear of Violence Based on a Cluster-Randomized Controlled ﻿Trial

Michelle C Kondo; Jane E Clougherty; Bernadette C Hohl; Charles C Branas

doi:10.1007/s11524-021-00580-9

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Gender Differences in Impacts of Place-Based Neighborhood Greening Interventions on Fear of Violence Based on a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

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Gender Differences in Impacts of Place-Based Neighborhood Greening Interventions on Fear of Violence Based on a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Michelle C Kondo, Jane E Clougherty, Bernadette C Hohl and Charles C Branas

Journal of urban health, v 98(6), pp 812-821

Dec 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-021-00580-9

PMID: 34750735

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Abstract

Emotions

Fear

Female

Humans

Male

Residence Characteristics

Sex Factors

Violence

Maintained green space in underserved urban neighborhoods may be an important environmental pathway to improving community health and safety, though effects may vary across population subgroups and by time of day. We examined survey responses from 442 participants (178 men and 264 women), living near vacant lots in a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a cleaning and greening intervention, on perceived safety during the day and at night. At the intervention sites after the intervention, only men reported feeling less unsafe during the day. Women reported more fear, and men reported less fear, after the intervention, although these results and tests for effect modification were not statistically significant. The clean-and-green intervention may have allayed fears for men during the day and supported their ease of movement throughout their neighborhoods. However, at night, it may have had the opposite effect on women. Though our study was under-powered, not designed to test associations stratified by gender, directions and magnitudes of associations differed substantially, indicating a need for further investigations into potential gender differences in the benefits of green space, to inform and better tailor interventions to improve perceived safety for all.

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Title: Gender Differences in Impacts of Place-Based Neighborhood Greening Interventions on Fear of Violence Based on a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Creators: Michelle C Kondo - Northern Research Station
Jane E Clougherty - Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Bernadette C Hohl - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Charles C Branas - Department of Epidemiology, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA
Publication Details: Journal of urban health, v 98(6), pp 812-821
Publisher: Springer Nature
Grant note: R01 DA010164 / NIDA NIH HHS R01 AA020331 / NIAAA NIH HHS R49 CE002474 / NCIPC CDC HHS R49CE002474 / ACL HHS R01 DA037820 / NIDA NIH HHS
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Environmental and Occupational Health
Web of Science ID: WOS:000715661600001
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85118628924
Other Identifier: 991019168720404721

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration
Web of Science research areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health