cep | community cohesion
a theme within our cep community wellbeing programme. find out more about our research and staff working on community cohesion
youth associations: social cohesion begins in neighborhoods. - tomorrow.city - the biggest platform about urban innovation
international youth day will be held on august 12 and it returns on an extremely crucial point for cities: the active integration and participation of young people in social dynamics. why is it so important?
coronavirus (covid-19): impact on wellbeing - survey findings
findings from wave 4 of a telephone survey we commissioned to better understand the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on people in scotland
toward a better understanding of perceptions of neighborhood
despite longstanding ideas in sociology and related disciplines that hold rural life as being more communal and harmonious, little is known about the ways that social cohesion is defined or distribut
association between neighborhood social cohesion, awareness of chronic diseases, and participation in healthy behaviors in a community cohort - bmc public health
background neighborhood social cohesion (nsc) is the network of relationships as well as the shared values and norms of residents in a neighborhood. higher nsc has been associated with improved cardiovascular health, largely among whites but not african americans. in a bi-racial cohort, we aimed to study the association between nsc and chronic disease awareness and engagement in healthy self-management behaviors, two potential mechanisms by which nsc could impact cardiovascular health outcomes. methods using the healthy aging in neighborhoods of diversity across the lifespan study (handls), we cross-sectionally examined the association between nsc and awareness of three chronic conditions (diabetes, chronic kidney disease (ckd), and hypertension) and engagement in healthy self-management behaviors including physical activity, healthy eating, and cigarette avoidance. results study participants (n = 2082) had a mean age of 56.5 years; 38.7% were white and 61.4% african american. of the participants, 26% had diabetes, 70% had hypertension and 20.2% had ckd. mean nsc was 3.3 (sd = 0.80) on a scale of 1 (lowest score) to 5 (highest score). there was no significant association between nsc and any chronic disease awareness, overall or by race. however, each higher point in mean nsc score was associated with less cigarette use and healthier eating scores, among whites (adjusted odds ratio [aor], 95% confidence interval [ci]: =0.76, 0.61–0.94; beta coefficient [βc]:, 95% ci: 1.75; 0.55–2.97, respectively) but not african americans (aor = 0.95, 0.79–1.13; βc: 0.46, − 0.48–1.39, respectively; pinteraction = 0.08 and 0.06). among both whites and african americans, higher nsc scores were associated with increases in self-reported physical activity (βc: 0.12; 0.08–0.16; pinteraction = 0.40). conclusions community engagement and neighborhood social cohesion may be important targets for promotion of healthy behaviors and cardiovascular disease prevention. more research is needed to understand the different associations of nsc and healthy behaviors by race.
neighborhood social cohesion as a mediator of neighborhood conditions on mothers’ engagement in physical activity: results from the geographic research on wellbeing study
the purpose of this study was to determine if social cohesion mediates the effects of neighborhood and household-level socioeconomic status (ses), perceptions of neighborhood safety, and access to parks on mothers’ engagement in physical activity ...
toward a better understanding of perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion in rural and urban places - social indicators research
despite longstanding ideas in sociology and related disciplines that hold rural life as being more communal and harmonious, little is known about the ways that social cohesion is defined or distributed in rural versus urban places. stemming largely from scholarship on urban neighborhood inequality and concentrated disadvantage, as well as subsequent offshoots of collective efficacy theory, studies of place-based cohesion have been largely urban-centric. in this study we seek to examine whether cohesion varies significantly across rural and urban contexts and whether place-based poverty is related to cohesion similarly in each context. we expand beyond local studies to use data from the 2016 missouri crime victimization survey (n = 1873), which contains strong rural and urban samples, and is broadly representative of the state of missouri—a state in which the population is approximately 30 percent rural—to examine these questions. descriptive statistics show the social cohesion index, neighbors’ willingness to help, and perceptions of them being close knit and trusted as being significantly higher in rural communities, but that perceptions that neighbors get along and share the same values did not significantly differ. local poverty significantly predicted one item, trust, in rural communities and the cohesion index and all of its components in urban communities. after including controls, coefficients on poverty retained significance for trust in rural communities and for four of six outcomes in urban ones, but they did not differ significantly across groups in equality of coefficients tests. poverty was most strongly and consistently associated with perceptions of trust in both locales. results contribute to a more refined understanding of the ways that social cohesion is conceptualized in different places, and the extent to which poverty plays into residents’ perceptions.
social cohesion in housing and neighbourhood research in europe
this paper takes as its starting point the interdependency of housing and neighbourhood and through a multiscalar perspective explores a tension between heterogeneity and cohesion in the arenas of housing and neighbourhood. first, it discusses
community engagement and community cohesion
an exploration of the challenges to be addressed if government policies to promote community engagement are to be genuinely inclusive of newcomers as well as more established communities.
open spaces and community cohesion improve wellbeing - nihr evidence
someone's health, finances and other individual factors impact their wellbeing. but their environment (open spaces, community) also matters.
neighborhood social cohesion and disorder in relation to walking in community-dwelling older adults: a multi-level analysis
to examine the role of neighborhood social conditions and walking in community-dwelling older adults. a multi-level analysis of data from 4,317 older adults (mean age = 74.5; 73% black) from a geographically-defined urban community. participants ...
neighbourhood cohesion and territorial cohesion: in search for conceptual integrity - geojournal
neighbourhood cohesion is a concept describing the residents’ sense of community, engagement in acts of neighbouring, and attractiveness of living in the neighbourhood. since 2000’s the term ‘cohesion’ has also been used in geography and in spatial policy to represent the distribution of functions and opportunities in space. the two approaches seem be complementary, but they lack consistency and appropriate conceptual framework. this paper aims at developing an integrated methodological framework which will include both social and spatial aspects of cohesion at the local level. its empirical content refers to studies conducted in 2017–2019 in five locations in poland. three methods of spatial analysis are presented depicting various aspects of territorial cohesion of a neighbourhood: functional balance, accessibility of facilities and match between supply and demand. such approach enables effective measurement and comparison of neighbourhoods representing various settlement types. the results show that the highest levels of cohesion were obtained for large cities where the density of amenities is the highest, and the lowest levels were noted in suburban settlements which confirms their malfunctioning character. the paper concludes with a critical revision of the concept of neighbourhood cohesion which can serve as a guideline for local urban policy.
opportunities for social cohesion in diverse and deprived neighbourhoods
dr. anouk tersteeg and dr. gideon bolt from utrecht university explore the opportunities ahead for social cohesion in diverse and deprived neighbourhoods
community cohesion
guidance on the six facets that can provide a useful framework for schools to develop their work to promote community cohesion.
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definition and purpose of community cohesion index (cci) the community cohesion index (cci) is a statistical measure that is used
neighbourhoods with too much or too little social cohesion may increase risk of schizophrenia | bps
research has shown that in socially fragmented neighbourhoods, people at risk of schizophrenia are less likely to receive the support they need to prevent them from developing psychosis.
what is community cohesion, and why is it important?
defining and measuring community cohesion will be tricky but we must try. stephen muers looks at its history and how we can define it in the future
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