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ArticleHealth promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals2026

A Geospatial Linkage Analysis of Environmental Exposures, Socioeconomic Profile and Health Outcomes Among Women of Reproductive Age in Victoria, Australia.

Catherine Helenna Mulyadi, Lisa Hui, Heng Jiang, Mari de Leon, J C Nacpil, Yichao Wang, Jason Choi, Suzanne Mavoa, Melvin Barrientos Marzan

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Article in Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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  1. A Geospatial Linkage Analysis of Environmental Exposures, Socioeconomic Profile and Health Outcomes Among Women of Reproductive Age in Victoria, Australia.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Catherine Helenna MulyadiCollege of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1729-0356
Lisa HuiDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9720-3562
Heng JiangCentre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8394-6077
Mari de LeonThinking Machines, Manila, Philippines.
J C NacpilThinking Machines, Manila, Philippines.
Yichao WangPrevention Innovation, Population Health Theme, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1166-3796
Jason ChoiEnvironment Protection Authority Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5204-8837
Suzanne MavoaMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6071-2988
Melvin Barrientos MarzanDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2696-7335

Funding

2026 Climate Change Accelerator Grant of the University of MelbourneNorman Beischer Medical Research Foundation Innovation GrantUniversity of Melbourne Early Career Research Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

issue addressedNon-communicable disorders (NCDs) in women of reproductive age (WRA) shape maternal and intergenerational outcomes, yet their area-level socio-environmental drivers remain unclear. We examined correlations between socio-environmental factors and NCDs in WRA.

methodsWe linked 2021 Australian Census sociodemographic and health variables with postcode-level environmental exposures, including air pollutants (PM

resultsNCDs among WRA showed strong socioeconomic patterning. Most disadvantaged postcodes recorded the highest composite NCD burden (323.0 and 227.3 per 1000 in the most disadvantaged and advantaged postcodes respectively), with the steepest inequality for diabetes (Wagstaff = -0.16). Environmental exposures demonstrated spatial clustering but weak associations with health outcomes. Notably, peri-urban and fringe postcodes experienced higher heat exposure coinciding with socioeconomic disadvantage. Inner Melbourne (with lower heat exposure and more socioeconomic advantage) showed lower NCD burden despite elevated NO

conclusionNCDs among WRA in Victoria are strongly patterned by socioeconomic disadvantage with geographic clustering by environmental exposures. These inequities persist even where most air quality measures remain within regulatory limits, underscoring the disproportionate burden faced by disadvantaged areas. SO WHAT: Health promotion should prioritise disadvantaged peri-urban and regional communities through proactive, place-based policies that address both environmental conditions and the social systems that influence how and for whom those conditions become harmful.

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Environmental ExposureNoncommunicable DiseasesAdultAir PollutantsFemaleHumansSocioeconomic Disparities in HealthSocioeconomic FactorsSpatial AnalysisVictoriaYoung AdultAir Pollutantschronic health burdensenvironmental exposuresgeospatial linkageVictoriawomen's health

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PMID42663173
PMCPMC13523080

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