Abstract
The positive impact of green spaces on public health has attracted increasing attention, and maternal health has also been shown to be related to green spaces. However, there are different kinds of green space indicators that represent different mechanisms for mitigating maternal health, and few studies have investigated the different relevance amongst them with longitudinal data. This study explores the correlation between various green space indicators and maternal health using spatial panel models with provincial data from China from 2007 to 2016. The results indicate that all kinds of green spaces could decrease maternal mortality, wherein public green spaces may play a key role. In terms of spatial correlation, an increase in green space coverage in adjacent provinces may also result in a slight decline in maternal mortality. This paper provides valuable insight into the correlation between maternal health and green spaces.
Highlights
Maternal health has been a key area of concern for public health and plays an important role in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the World Health Organization (WHO) [1]
Previous studies have revealed four factors that may affect the inequalities of maternal health: personal state [11], socioeconomic status, healthcare condition [12], and environmental exposure [13] (Figure 1a), wherein green spaces play an important role in environmental intervention
There are different influences amongst various kinds of green spaces, wherein public green spaces in particular may play a key role in ensuring maternal health
Summary
Maternal health has been a key area of concern for public health and plays an important role in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the World Health Organization (WHO) [1]. Green spaces could benefit public health by increasing residents’ physical activities [14], relieving mental stress and depression [15,16], reducing noise and air pollution [17,18], and regulating high-temperature environments [19,20]. This mechanism may affect maternal health from physical, Healthcare 2019, 7, 154; doi:10.3390/healthcare7040154 www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare
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