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Clinical Neurology
Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell, Olivia Nichols, Austin T. Robinson, Jennifer Morozink Boylan, David H. Chae, Mona El-Sheikh
Summary: The study found that racial disparities in sleep health may be partially explained by childhood neighborhood safety, and addressing racial inequities in childhood neighborhood safety could be an important step in reducing racial disparities in sleep health.
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
William R. Buckingham, Lauren Bishop, Christopher Hooper-Lane, Brittany Anderson, Jessica Wolfson, Stephanie Shelton, Amy J. H. Kind
Summary: This study conducted a systematic review to identify key variables for constructing neighborhood-level disadvantage indices, with education and employment being the most prevalent variables. The review identified 7 core domains, which should be considered for inclusion in future indices to enhance understanding of neighborhood-level disadvantage in older adults. Targeting specific domains can lead to the development of a new US-specific index with health policy applications, especially for characterizing the impact of lived disadvantage in older adults.
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Clinical Neurology
Taylor M. Mobley, Crystal Shaw, Eleanor Hayes-Larson, Joseph Fong, Paola Gilsanz, Gilbert C. Gee, Ron Brookmeyer, Rachel A. Whitmer, Joan A. Casey, Elizabeth Rose Mayeda
Summary: Research suggests an association between neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and dementia incidence among non-Latino Whites, but the association is weaker among Asian Americans. Understanding the different mechanisms driving dementia incidence in these two groups could provide valuable insights for dementia prevention.
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Man-Kit Lei, Mark T. Berg, Ronald L. Simons, Steven R. H. Beach
Summary: Research suggests that neighborhood disadvantage is associated with accelerated biological aging among Black Americans, regardless of age or gender. Decreasing neighborhood disadvantage can promote healthy aging, particularly among Black Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Seth Frndak, Yanina Gallo, Elena Queirolo, Gabriel Barg, Nelly Manay, Katarzyna Kordas
Summary: This study examines the impact of neighborhood disadvantage (ND) on child behavior problems (CBPs) through quantitative and qualitative methods. ND was found to be primarily related to behavioral regulation problems, and residents also made suggestions for improving environmental quality and community resources.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2021)
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Pediatrics
Natalie Slopen, Candace Cosgrove, Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Jack P. Shonkoff, Clemens Noelke
Summary: This study examines the association between neighborhood opportunity and mortality risk in children and their caregivers. The results show that neighborhood opportunity is inversely associated with deaths among children and caregivers.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wenna Xi, Samprit Banerjee, Mark Olfson, George S. Alexopoulos, Yunyu Xiao, Jyotishman Pathak
Summary: This study used US nationwide commercial insurance claims data from 2011 to 2015 to examine the impact of social deprivation on clinical and demographic risk factors for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among US youth and adults under 65 years of age who had outpatient encounters for mental health or substance use disorders. The findings revealed that neighborhood social deprivation affects the risk factors for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts differently for youth and adults.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Jenna Meiman, William A. Grobman, David M. Haas, Lynn M. Yee, Jiqiang Wu, Becky McNeil, Jun Wu, Brian Mercer, Hyagriv Simhan, Uma Reddy, Robert Silver, Samuel Parry, George Saade, Courtney D. Lynch, Kartik K. Venkatesh
Summary: In this study, the researchers investigated the association between neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and the risk of postpartum readmission using the Area Deprivation Index (ADI). They found that individuals living in neighborhoods with higher levels of deprivation were at an increased risk of postpartum readmission compared to those living in neighborhoods with lower levels of deprivation. These findings suggest that measures of community-level social determinants of health, such as the ADI, can be useful in informing postpartum care after delivery discharge.
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Emily M. Mann, Kristiann C. Heesch, Jerome N. Rachele, Nicola W. Burton, Gavin Turrell
Summary: This study explores the relationship between individual socioeconomic position (SEP), neighborhood disadvantage, and mental well-being in middle-aged adults. Findings indicate that lower education, inability to work, unemployment, and low-income households are associated with lower levels of mental well-being. Additionally, residents of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods have lower levels of mental well-being compared to those living in the least disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Jason R. Falvey, Erinn M. Hade, Steven Friedman, Rebecca Deng, Joelle Jabbour, Robyn I. Stone, Jasmine L. Travers
Summary: This study found significant staffing disparities within nursing homes located in severely deprived neighborhoods in the United States. Furthermore, for physical therapists and occupational therapists, nurses, and registered nurses, the staffing ratios were lower in facilities in more deprived areas compared to those in less deprived areas, indicating the need for targeted interventions to improve staffing levels in deprived neighborhoods.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2022)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Yuta Mori, Taishi Tsuji, Ryota Watanabe, Masamichi Hanazato, Takuto Miyazawa, Katsunori Kondo
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between built environments and the onset of frailty after 3 years. The findings suggest that both individual-level and community-level built environments are associated with the development of frailty. Negative built environments at the individual level increase the risk of frailty, while positive built environments reduce the risk. In the community level, areas with difficult walking conditions have a lower risk of developing frailty.
ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
(2022)
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Neurosciences
E. Kate Webb, Carissa N. Weis, Ashley A. Huggins, Jacklynn M. Fitzgerald, Kenneth Bennett, Claire M. Bird, Elizabeth A. Parisi, Maddy Kallenbach, Tara Miskovich, Jessica Krukowski, Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Christine L. Larson
Summary: This study investigated the impact of neighborhood disadvantage, acute post-traumatic stress symptoms, and individual socioeconomic position on brain structure and functional connectivity. Findings revealed that living in a disadvantaged neighborhood can have negative effects on certain brain regions and functional connectivity, particularly those involved in processing and regulating emotions.
NEUROBIOLOGY OF STRESS
(2021)
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Automation & Control Systems
Bin Yu, Ruihui Xu, Yu Fu, Zeshui Xu
Summary: This paper proposes a new multi-attribute decision-making method for group-oriented decision analysis. It introduces degrees of local advantage-disadvantage and advantage-disadvantage from the perspective of attribute containing relation between group members, and studies their properties. The proposed method is locally optimized based on these degrees, and its rationality is demonstrated through example analysis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUZZY SYSTEMS
(2022)
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Oncology
Nicole E. Caston, Courtney P. Williams, Clara Wan, Star Ye, Cameron Pywell, Stacey A. Ingram, Andres Azuero, Jesse Sussell, Shilpen Patel, Rebecca Arend, Gabrielle B. Rocque
Summary: This study compares the interest in clinical trial participation among patients living in rural and urban settings. It found that rural patients had similar initial interest and change of interest in clinical trials compared to urban patients. Most rural patients prefer a shared treatment decision-making style.
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Psychiatry
Joanne B. Newbury, Louise Arseneault, Terrie E. Moffitt, Candice L. Odgers, Laura D. Howe, Ioannis Bakolis, Aaron Reuben, Andrea Danese, Karen Sugden, Benjamin Williams, Line J. H. Rasmussen, Antonella Trotta, Antony P. Ambler, Helen L. Fisher
Summary: Children exposed to socioenvironmental adversities are more likely to develop subclinical psychotic experiences during adolescence. This association is partly explained by cognitive ability and inflammation.
SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Gavin Turrell, Andrea Nathan, Nicola W. Burton, Wendy J. Brown, Paul McElwee, Adrian G. Barnett, Nancy A. Pachana, Brian Oldenburg, Jerome N. Rachele, Katrina Giskes, Billie Giles-Corti
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alex Antonio Florindo, Gavin Turrell, Leandro Martin Totaro Garcia, Joao Paulo dos Anjos Souza Barbosa, Michele Santos Cruz, Marcelo Antunes Failla, Breno Souza de Aguiar, Ligia Vizeu Barrozo, Moises Goldbaum
Summary: This study aims to examine the relationship between sitting time and access to a mix of destinations for adults in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The results show that a greater mix of destinations within 500m of residences was associated with shorter sitting times on both weekdays and weekend days. This suggests that built environments more favorable for walking in cities like Sao Paulo may help reduce sedentary behavior and prevent chronic diseases.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Suzanne J. Carroll, Gavin Turrell, Michael J. Dale, Mark Daniel
Summary: There is a variation in the relationship between supermarket availability and body size across Australian capital cities, suggesting that universal solutions to change built environments to support healthy body size may not be effective.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Luis Cereijo, Pedro Gullon, Isabel Del Cura, David Valades, Usama Bilal, Hannah Badland, Manuel Franco
Summary: The study found that people living in areas with lower availability of exercise facilities are more likely to suffer from obesity and type 2 diabetes, especially in low socioeconomic areas and among women.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Emily M. Mann, Kristiann C. Heesch, Jerome N. Rachele, Nicola W. Burton, Gavin Turrell
Summary: This study explores the relationship between individual socioeconomic position (SEP), neighborhood disadvantage, and mental well-being in middle-aged adults. Findings indicate that lower education, inability to work, unemployment, and low-income households are associated with lower levels of mental well-being. Additionally, residents of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods have lower levels of mental well-being compared to those living in the least disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Karen Villanueva, Amanda Alderton, Carl Higgs, Hannah Badland, Sharon Goldfeld
Summary: Healthy development in the early years is crucial for children's ongoing development. This study examines the association between neighbourhood-built environment characteristics and health outcomes in children. Using data linkage techniques, a dataset of neighbourhood-built environment measures was created for children in 21 Australian cities. This dataset is the first of its kind worldwide and allows for comparisons between different contexts, providing valuable insights for intervention strategies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Amanda Alderton, Meredith O'Connor, Hannah Badland, Lucy Gunn, Claire Boulange, Karen Villanueva
Summary: Neighbourhood-level interventions can promote child mental health, and improving access to public open spaces can prevent mental health difficulties and enhance children's competence. However, inequalities in access to child friendly public open spaces exist across different education groups and neighbourhood disadvantage levels, calling for actions to address these socio-spatial inequities.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Billie Giles-Corti, Anne Vernez Moudon, Melanie Lowe, Deepti Adlakha, Ester Cerin, Geoff Boeing, Carl Higgs, Jonathan Arundel, Shiqin Liu, Erica Hinckson, Deborah Salvo, Marc A. Adams, Hannah Badland, Alex A. Florindo, Klaus Gebel, Ruth F. Hunter, Josef Mitas, Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Anna Puig-Ribera, Ana Queralt, Maria Paula Santos, Jasper Schipperijn, Mark Stevenson, Delfien Van Dyck, Guillem Vich, James F. Sallis
LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Gerontology
Naomi Paine, Melanie Lowe, Jerome Rachele, Gavin Turrell
Summary: Research findings challenge ageist assumptions by revealing that older people aged 80 and above, living alone in a socio-economically disadvantaged neighborhood in Melbourne, Australia, exhibit a positive outlook on life, supportive relationships, a sense of autonomy, and contribute to society, despite facing hardships.
JOURNAL OF AGING STUDIES
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Nicola Fortune, Bernadette Curryer, Hannah Badland, Jennifer Smith-Merry, Alexandra Devine, Roger J. Stancliffe, Eric Emerson, Gwynnyth Llewellyn
Summary: Employment is a crucial factor for health and well-being, but people with disabilities face disadvantages in the labor market. Environmental factors play an important role in the employment of people with disabilities. However, the current evidence base is insufficient to inform intervention designs. Future research should focus on understanding the mechanisms through which area-level factors influence employment outcomes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andrea Pastor, Xisca Sureda, Roberto Valiente, Hannah Badland, Macarena Garcia-Dorado, Francisco Escobar
Summary: This study used geovisualization-based methods to assess attitudes towards different levels of alcohol exposure in the urban environment, finding that people are more comfortable in environments without alcohol exposure and acceptance towards alcohol exposure decreases as the level of alcohol elements increases in the scenes. Acceptance also decreases when children are present in the scenes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
C. Higgs, A. Alderton, J. Rozek, D. Adlakha, H. Badland, G. Boeing, A. Both, E. Cerin, M. Chandrabose, C. De Gruyter, A. De Livera, L. Gunn, E. Hinckson, S. Liu, S. Mavoa, J. F. Sallis, K. Simons, B. Giles-Corti
Summary: This paper outlines the challenges and lessons from a 5-year collaborative research program, which extended a software workflow for calculating a composite indicator of urban liveability for residential address points across Melbourne to Australia's 21 largest cities and further to 25 global cities with diverse contexts.
URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Karen Villanueva, Hannah Badland, Amanda Alderton, Carl Higgs, Gavin Turrell, Sharon Goldfeld
Summary: This study examined the relationship between neighborhood built environment features and early childhood development (ECD), and found that education and care services, preschool services, and access to healthier food outlets within neighborhoods were associated with reduced developmental vulnerability in children. The study suggests that the built environment can play a role in supporting positive child outcomes.
ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Luis Cereijo, Pedro Gullon, Isabel del Cura, David Valades, Usama Bilal, Manuel Franco, Hannah Badland
Summary: The study found that living in areas with lower availability of exercise facilities is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and its complications. The association is modified by socioeconomic status and sex, with the strongest effect observed in low-income areas. Increasing exercise opportunities, especially in disadvantaged areas, could help reduce the social disparity in diabetes and its complications.
Article
Geography
Hannah Badland, Karen Villanueva, Amanda Alderton, Melanie Davern, Sharon Goldfeld
Summary: Children's development can be enhanced by positive and stimulating environments, including their spatial neighbourhoods. The Neighbourhood Early Childhood Development Framework, a spatial indicators' framework, is proposed to assess and monitor urban neighbourhoods' support for early childhood development. The framework consists of eight domains and 44 indicators, which can be calculated at the smallest geographic scale. The framework aims to improve measurement, monitoring, and research capabilities, and inform evidence-based interventions to reduce childhood developmental inequities.
CHILDRENS GEOGRAPHIES
(2023)
