Impacts of Transit on Health in Rural and Small Urban Areas
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Description
Overview of how public transportation affects health in rural and
small urban areas. Summarizes findings from a literature review that looked at public transportation as it relates to the social determinants of health, healthcare access, physical activity, social isolation, and mental health. Also reports results from a survey of rural older adults supplemented by data analysis looking at travel for healthcare, challenges related to public transportation, and the impacts of missed or delayed healthcare trips.
Author(s)
Jeremy Mattson, Bright Quayson
Date
12/2023
Type
Document
Organization
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Tagged as
Access · Elderly population · Mental health · Physical activity · Social determinants of health · Transportation