Health Impacts of Increased Physical Activity from Changes in Transportation Infrastructure: Quantitative Estimates for Three Communities
Joint Authors
Mansfield, Theodore J.
MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Recently, two quantitative tools have emerged for predicting the health impacts of projects that change population physical activity: the Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) and Dynamic Modeling for Health Impact Assessment (DYNAMO-HIA).
HEAT has been used to support health impact assessments of transportation infrastructure projects, but DYNAMO-HIA has not been previously employed for this purpose nor have the two tools been compared.
To demonstrate the use of DYNAMO-HIA for supporting health impact assessments of transportation infrastructure projects, we employed the model in three communities (urban, suburban, and rural) in North Carolina.
We also compared DYNAMO-HIA and HEAT predictions in the urban community.
Using DYNAMO-HIA, we estimated benefit-cost ratios of 20.2 (95% C.I.: 8.7–30.6), 0.6 (0.3–0.9), and 4.7 (2.1–7.1) for the urban, suburban, and rural projects, respectively.
For a 40-year time period, the HEAT predictions of deaths avoided by the urban infrastructure project were three times as high as DYNAMO-HIA’s predictions due to HEAT’s inability to account for changing population health characteristics over time.
Quantitative health impact assessment coupled with economic valuation is a powerful tool for integrating health considerations into transportation decision-making.
However, to avoid overestimating benefits, such quantitative HIAs should use dynamic, rather than static, approaches.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mansfield, Theodore J.& MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline. 2015. Health Impacts of Increased Physical Activity from Changes in Transportation Infrastructure: Quantitative Estimates for Three Communities. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056819
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mansfield, Theodore J.& MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline. Health Impacts of Increased Physical Activity from Changes in Transportation Infrastructure: Quantitative Estimates for Three Communities. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056819
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mansfield, Theodore J.& MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline. Health Impacts of Increased Physical Activity from Changes in Transportation Infrastructure: Quantitative Estimates for Three Communities. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056819
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1056819