Neighborhood Influences On Health

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The Women's Health Initiative: The Food Environment, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, BMI, and Blood Pressure — Mar 31, 2012

Post menopausal women living in neighborhoods with higher socioeconomic status and more supermarkets have lower body mass and lower blood pressure.

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Two Years and Counting: How Will the Effects of the Affordable Care Act Be Monitored? — Jan 1, 2012

The Affordable Care Act marks a new era in US health care and US medicine. This commentary suggests ways to monitor the act's effect on the health of the US population.

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Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Family Fitness Zones: A Natural Experiment in Urban Public Parks — Jan 1, 2012

Outdoor exercise equipment in parks seems to attract more new park users and result in a higher expenditure of energy.

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REPORT

Community Engagement as Input to the Design of the Environmental Center at Frick Park and Beyond — Nov 8, 2011

Researchers obtained community group and resident input into the design of the new environmental center building at Frick Park and acquired information about residents' attitudes toward and use of Frick Park more generally. The authors offer recommendations for the design of the new building, for the structuring and content of center programs, for improving access to the park and the center, and for successfully marketing park programs.

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How Much Observation Is Enough? Refining the Administration of SOPARC — Oct 31, 2011

Monitoring parts 4 days/week, 4 times/day is sufficient to estimate park use, park user characteristics, and physical activity. Applying these observation methods can augment physical activity surveillance.

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Medicare's Bundled Payment Pilot for Acute and Postacute Care:: Analysis and Recommendations on Where to Begin — Aug 31, 2011

Medicare's National Pilot Program on Payment Bundling should use hip fracture and joint replacement as the conditions to include and use longer episodes, capturing a higher percentage of costs and hospital readmissions but adding little financial risk.

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RESEARCH BRIEF

Preventing Obesity and Its Consequences: Highlights of RAND Health Research — Aug 3, 2011

Summarizes key RAND studies on the causes of obesity, its economic and health consequences, and potential strategies for prevention, including work on health care costs, junk food, food deserts, school meals, and proximity of parks.

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NEWS RELEASE

Older Women More Likely to Have Lower Cognitive Function if They Live in Low-Income Neighborhoods — Aug 2, 2011

Older women who live in a lower socioeconomic status neighborhood are more likely to exhibit lower cognitive functioning than women who live in more affluent neighborhoods.

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Older Women More Likely to Have Lower Cognitive Function if They Live in Low-Income Neighborhoods — Aug 2, 2011

Older women who live in a lower socioeconomic status neighborhood are more likely to exhibit lower cognitive functioning than women who live in more affluent neighborhoods—regardless of their own education level or income.

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Racial/ethnic Differences in US Health Behaviors: A Decomposition Analysis — Apr 30, 2011

Racial/ethnic differences influence the way that neighborhood socioeconomic status affects health behaviors.

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Economic Analysis of Physical Activity Interventions — Jan 31, 2011

This study compared the cost-effectiveness of different public interventions for promoting exercise and found that community-based campaigns and school-based interventions have the greatest potential to be scaled up at the lowest costs.

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Childhood and Adult Socioeconomic Position, Cumulative Lead Levels, and Pessimism in Later Life: The VA Normative Aging Study — Jan 1, 2011

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Neighborhood Archetypes for Population Health Research: Is There No Place Like Home? — Dec 31, 2010

Latent class analysis. A new approach to studying the role of place in population health, can be used in both research and practice.

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Using Geographic Information Systems to Match Local Health Needs with Public Health Services and Programs — Dec 31, 2010

Large local health departments could better inform planning and investments by using geographic information systems to align community needs and health outcomes with public health programs.

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Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status and Biological 'Wear and Tear' in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults — Sep 30, 2010

Living in a lower SES neighborhood is associated with greater biological wear and tear.

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Small Area Variations in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Does the Neighborhood Matter? — Jun 30, 2010

Using surveillance data, researchers identified neighborhoods in a Georgia county with a persistently high incidence of cardiac arrest and low rates of bystander CPR. Such neighborhoods are promising targets for community-based interventions.

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Examination of Perceived Neighborhood Characteristics and Transportation on Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: The Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls — Dec 31, 2009

Physical activity is declining and sedentary behavior is increasing among adolescent girls but neighborhood and transportation characteristics do not seem to be the reason.

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Cognitive Behavioral Theories Used to Explain Injection Risk Behavior Among Injection Drug Users: A Review and Suggestions for the Integration of Cognitive and Environmental Models — Dec 31, 2009

Some cognitive behavioral theories, including self-efficacy and social norms, can help explain risky drug injection behaviors, while others, such as perceived susceptibility and perceived barriers, have yielded inconsistent or inconclusive results.

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Neighborhood Effects on Health: Concentrated Advantage and Disadvantage — Dec 31, 2009

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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The Effect of Light Rail Transit on Body Mass Index and Physical Activity — Dec 31, 2009

The results of this study suggest that improving neighborhood environments and increasing the public's use of light rail transit systems could provide improvements in health outcomes for millions of individuals.

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