Neighborhood effects on health: concentrated advantage and disadvantage
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We investigate an alternative conceptualization of neighborhood context and its association with health. Using an index that measures a continuum of concentrated advantage and disadvantage, we examine whether the relationship between neighborhood conditions and health varies by socio-economic status. Using NHANES III data geocoded to census tracts, we find that while largely uneducated neighborhoods are universally deleterious, individuals with more education benefit from living in highly educated neighborhoods to a greater degree than individuals with lower levels of education.
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Environmental factors such as neighborhood may play a significant role in health disparities through differential exposures to social, psychological, and physical influences.
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- Authors
- Finch, B. K., Phuong Do, D., Heron, M., Bird, C., Seeman, T., & Lurie, N.
- Affiliations
- San Diego State University (US)
- National Center for Health Statistics (US)
- RAND Corporation (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Finch, Brian K.
- Venue
- Health & Place
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-09
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1058-1060
- ISSN
- 1353-8292 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2918664
- OpenAlex
- W2134839815
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 4.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Health & Place (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- NHLBI Center (1 P50 ESO12383-01)
- NICHD (1R21HD055612)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Keywords
- neighborhood effects on health, concentrated disadvantage, neighborhood context, educational attainment, socioeconomic status, neighborhood education, health disparities, NHANES III
- MeSH terms
- Educational Status, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Nutrition Surveys, Residence Characteristics, Social Class, United States, Censuses
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