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Associations between neighborhood characteristics and self-rated health: A cross-sectional investigation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort
Health & place, v 24
Nov 2013
PMID: 24211514
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Abstract
Quantifying the effects of specific neighborhood features on self-reported health is important in understanding the global health impact of neighborhood context. We investigated associations of neighborhood poverty, sociability and walkability with self-rated physical and mental health in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). In separate models, each neighborhood variable was associated with physical health but associations with sociability and walkability were stronger than those for poverty. Only walkability remained significant after adjusting for the other neighborhood variables. There was no evidence that self-rated mental health as assessed by the SF12 was associated with neighborhood poverty, walkability or sociability. This study provides information on how neighborhood context is associated with global health in diverse midlife and older persons.
•Neighborhood walkability is more strongly associated with physical health than neighborhood sociability or neighborhood poverty.•Physical health was associated with neighborhood walkability more strongly in those with lower income levels.•Mental health was associated with neighborhood sociability only in those not employed.
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- Title
- Associations between neighborhood characteristics and self-rated health: A cross-sectional investigation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort
- Creators
- Kristin Tomey - University of MichiganAna V. Diez Roux - University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USAPhilippa Clarke - University of MichiganTeresa Seeman - University of California, Los Angeles
- Publication Details
- Health & place, v 24
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000326985300034
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84887215492
- Other Identifier
- 991020112076204721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health