What Promotes Residents' Health?

Identifying the Direct and Indirect Impacts of Community Environment on Residents' Health

Abstract

In fast-paced and high-pressure modern urban environments, the increase in chronic and psychological diseases significantly threatens public physical and mental health. The community environment is a basic unit of residents’ lives and has direct and indirect effects on their health. This study examined the daily activities of residents in 12 communities in Fuzhou City and analysed the influencing mechanism among the community environment, daily activities, and residents’ health by constructing a structural equation model. We identified the direct and indirect effects of the community environment on residents’ health and provided a reference for the construction of community environments to promote residents’ health. The natural environment had the greatest direct impact on residents’ health, and the physical environment had the greatest indirect and comprehensive impact. Daily activities had a mediating effect on the relationship between the community environment, particularly physical, and residents’ health.