Using a Twitter Chat to Rapidly Identify Barriers and Policy Solutions for Metastatic Breast Cancer Care: Qualitative Study (JMIR Public Health and Surveillance)
Published Date: August 08, 2014

​What is the influence of street network design on public health? The three fundamental elements of street networks are: street network density, connectivity, and configuration. Without sufficient attention being paid to these individual elements of street network design, building a community for health remains a guessing game.

Authors asked the following question: What is the influence of the three fundamental measures of street networks on obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and asthma? They answer by examining 24 California cities exhibiting a range a street network typologies using health data from the California Health Interview Survey from 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.



Publication Authors:
  • Wesley E. Marshall
  • et al
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