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Table 4 Identified opportunities and problems in the living environment

From: Local professionals’ perceptions of health assets in a low-SES Dutch neighbourhood: a qualitative study

Neighbourhood dimensions (Egan 2004)

Asset

# Mentioned*

Deficit

# Mentioned*

(+) Services

Many services available

32 (13 resp)

Budget cuts

10 (7 resp)

 

Accessible/adapted to community needs

21 (10 resp)

Poor link to community

7 (6 resp)

 

Cooperation

7 (6 resp)

  

(+) Housing and the built environment

Green space / Sloterplas lake

29 (15 resp)

Poor housing

18 (15 resp)

 

Renovated dwellings

5 (5 resp)

Small dwellings for large families

5 (5 resp)

   

Unsafe

5 (4 resp)

   

insufficient green space/ clean area

4 (2 resp)

(+) Transport and connectivity

Public transport and connectivity

13 (13 resp)

  

(−) Governance

  

No insight in public administration

7 (7 resp)

(−) Environmental

  

Rubbish in the streets

10 (10 resp)

(−) Social and cultural

Many activities

12 (8 resp)

Poor social cohesion

19 (11 resp)

 

Culture mix (positive)

4 (4 resp)

Insufficient culture mix

13 (8 resp)

(−) Economy

  

Poverty

42 (17 resp)

   

One-sided economy

8 (8 resp)

   

Unemployment

7 (4 resp)

   

Unhealthy food supply

5 (5 resp)

  1. This concerns the number of times the issue was presented in the interviews. In brackets: number of professionals bringing the issue forward