Abstract
Healthy cities continuously attempt to improve residents’ health. Health is affected by psychological factors, such as happiness and emotions. Therefore, this study investigates the effects of healthy city program performance on individuals’ emotions, as well as the correlation between healthy city program performance and emotions using personal happiness index as a parameter. We conducted a questionnaire survey of residents in areas implementing healthy city projects. A total of 596 responses were obtained. We used structural equations to analyze the relationship of structural influences. Results showed that healthy city program performance had significant static effects on emotion. This observation shows that healthy city programs decrease local residents’ negative emotions, such as stress and depression. Therefore, healthy city programs stabilize residents’ emotions by increasing health friendliness. To improve the performance of healthy city programs, it is necessary to mitigate health risk factors and positively affect individuals’ emotions.
Highlights
The healthy city paradigm was introduced in the 21st century to improve mortality and quality of life based on New Public Health
Women are more likely to participate in healthy city projects than men because they want to improve their health status, especially those in the vulnerable groups, and achieve health equity
The results showed that healthy city program performance and emotions were significant when personal happiness index was used as a parameter
Summary
The healthy city paradigm was introduced in the 21st century to improve mortality and quality of life based on New Public Health. The idea of healthy cities was introduced by the World Health. Organization (WHO) in 1984 to promote healthy cities and communities; Ottawa was selected as the target of the first healthy cities project [1]. Healthy cities maximize the use of resources during physical and social development to allow for expression of members’ full capacities. Healthy cities continuously seek to improve residents’ health through cooperation. Healthy cities attempt to improve social settings using the creativity of local government and society. In Korea, the first attempt to develop a healthy city was begun in 1996 in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do. As of 2018, 93 full member cities and 11 associate member cities actively promote healthy cities as members of the organization [2,3]
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