Leanne Cusack, Hind Sbihi, Andrew Larkin, Angela Chow, Jeffrey R Brook, Theo Moraes, Piush J Mandhane, Allan B Becker, Meghan B Azad, Padmaja Subbarao, Anita Kozyrskyj, Tim K Takaro, Malcolm R Sears, Stuart E Turvey, Perry Hystad
BACKGROUND: A growing number of studies observe associations between the amount of green space around a mother's home and positive birth outcomes; however, the robustness of this association and potential pathways of action remain unclear. OBJECTIVES: To examine associations between mother's residential green space and term birth weight within the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) study and examine specific hypothesized pathways. METHODS: We examined 2510 births located in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Toronto Canada...
December 4, 2018: International Journal of Health Geographics