Berke Ethan M, Vernez-Moudon Anne
Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, , Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014 Jun;68(6):586-90. doi: 10.1136/jech-2012-201417. Epub 2014 Jan 23.
As research examining the effect of the built environment on health accelerates, it is critical for health and planning researchers to conduct studies and make recommendations in the context of a robust theoretical framework. We propose a framework for built environment change (BEC) related to improving health. BEC consists of elements of the built environment, how people are exposed to and interact with them perceptually and functionally, and how this exposure may affect health-related behaviours. Integrated into this framework are the legal and regulatory mechanisms and instruments that are commonly used to effect change in the built environment. This framework would be applicable to medical research as well as to issues of policy and community planning.
随着研究人造环境对健康影响的工作加速推进，对于健康和规划领域的研究人员而言，在一个强大的理论框架背景下开展研究并提出建议至关重要。我们提出了一个与改善健康相关的人造环境变化（BEC）框架。BEC由人造环境的要素、人们如何在感知和功能上接触并与之互动，以及这种接触如何影响与健康相关的行为组成。该框架还纳入了常用于促成建筑环境变化的法律和监管机制及手段。这个框架将适用于医学研究以及政策和社区规划问题。
