Neighbourhood influences on health

Neighbourhood influences on health

[...]studies are needed in which specific aspects of neighbourhood contexts (eg, presence of sidewalks to promote physical activity) are directly manipulated through cluster community trials. 1 The Moving to Opportunity program in the US is an example of a large-scale randomised trial of neighbourho...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2007-01, Vol.61 (1), p.3-4
Hauptverfasser: Kawachi, I, Subramanian, S V
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analytical estimating
Economic models
EDITORIAL
Epidemiologic Measurements
Epidemiologic Methods
Epidemiology
Health outcomes
Humans
Inference
Instrumental variables
Instrumental variables estimation
Methods
Multilevel models
Neighborhoods
Obesity
Poverty
Public Health
Researchers
Residence Characteristics
Segregation
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:[...]studies are needed in which specific aspects of neighbourhood contexts (eg, presence of sidewalks to promote physical activity) are directly manipulated through cluster community trials. 1 The Moving to Opportunity program in the US is an example of a large-scale randomised trial of neighbourhood contexts on health. 8 The trial, which randomised families moving from high-poverty to low-poverty neighbourhoods in five US cities, found some evidence for improved mental health and obesity prevalence among those who moved.
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.2005.045203