Mindell, JS;
Watkins, Stephen J;
(2024)
Transport, health and inequality. An overview of current evidence.
Journal of Transport & Health
, 38
, Article 101886. 10.1016/j.jth.2024.101886.
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Abstract
The editorial to this special issue summarises the history of the three Health on the Move reports, published in 1991 by the UK Public Health Alliance, in 2011 by the Transport and Study Group and in 2024, written by the Transport and Health Science Group. The benefits of travel are the 3 As: Access, Activity, and Attractive Environments. We summarise the adverse effects as the 8 Cs: Cacophony, Carbon emissions, Community severance, Congestion, Concern, Contamination, Couch potatoes, and Crashes/casualties. There is an inequitable distribution of both the benefits and the harms. In car-based societies, the more affluent gain the benefits more easily while the more deprived, particularly the young, the old, women, those in poorer households and those from ethnic minorities. This article summarises the various ways in which transport impacts both health and inequalities, and how health can itself affect whether and how individuals can travel. We also summarise recent, relevant, systematic reviews for topics that were not included in Health on the Move 3: The reviews nor this special journal issue. This paper ends by discussing future needs in this field.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Transport, health and inequality. An overview of current evidence |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jth.2024.101886 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101886 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Transport, Health, Inequalities, Access, Physical activity, Noise pollution, Air pollution, Road travel injuries, Community severance |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10206408 |
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