%0 Journal Article
%T Neighborhood Environment and Self-Rated Health among Adults in Southern Sri Lanka
%A Bilesha Perera
%A Truls £¿stbye
%A Chandramali Jayawardana
%J International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
%D 2009
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/ijerph6082102
%X The prevalenceof different neighborhood environmental stressors and associations between the stressors and self-rated health are described in a representative sample of 2,077 individuals, aged 18-85 years, in southern Sri Lanka. Mosquito menace (69.4%), stray dog problems (26.8%), nuisance from neighbors (20.3%), and nuisance from drug users (18.7%) were found to be the most prevalent environmental stressors. None of the stressors investigated were associated with self-rated physical health, but nuisance from neighbors, nuisance from drug users, shortage of water and having poor water/ sewage drainage system were associated with self-rated mental health among the respondents.
%K environment
%K neighborhood
%K stressors
%K self-rated health
%K Sri Lanka
%K ecology
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/6/8/2102