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How Does Neighborhood Investment Affect Residents' Health and Well-Being?

Jun 8, 2021

RAND's PHRESH project has been studying how investments in two Pittsburgh neighborhoods affect diet, sleep, health, and well-being. We've learned that when residents are involved in decisions, communities can become healthier and happier.
Essay

Stress Accumulates in Marginalized Communities, Generation After Generation

Jul 8, 2020

Psychologists and biologists have known for years that prolonged stress is toxic to the human body. A better understanding of how stress builds in communities—and the burden it puts on them—can lead to more effective policies to address it.

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Journal Article

Neighborhood Design and Walking Trips in Ten U.S. Metropolitan Areas

This study investigates to what extent design guidelines are likely to stimulate walking.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

The Importance of Social Context: Neighborhood Stressors, Stress-Buffering Mechanisms, and Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Disorders

This study examines the relationship among neighborhood stressors, stress-buffering mechanisms, and likelihood of alcohol, drug, and mental health disorders in adults from 60 US communities.

Jan 1, 2007
News Release

RAND Study Finds Neighborhood Parks Associated with More Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls

November 6, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Neighborhood Parks Associated with More Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls

Nov 6, 2006
Commentary

Cities Should Enlist Business in Their Battle Against Crime

Published commentary by RAND staff: Cities Should Enlist Business in Their Battle Against Crime.

Jul 3, 2006
News Release

Close-Knit Neighborhoods May Help Prevent Children from Becoming Overweight

RAND news release: RAND Study Finds Close-Knit Neighborhoods May Help Prevent Children from Becoming Overweight

Feb 9, 2006
News Release

Los Angeles Residents Like Their Parks, but Are Most Likely to Use Those Close to Home

RAND news release: Los Angeles Residents Like Their Parks, but Are Most Likely to Use Those Close to Home

Feb 1, 2006
Journal Article

Hispanic Concentration and the Conditional Influence of Collective Efficacy on Adolescent Childbearing

Collective efficacy may help reduce adolescent childbearing in some, but not all, neighborhoods.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Neighborhood Parks Associated with More Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls

Adolescent girls who live within one-half mile of a public park are significantly more physically active than other girls. Parks with amenities such as basketball courts, playgrounds and walking paths were associated with more physical activity than parks with picnic areas and lawn games.

Jan 1, 2006
Report

The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey

This paper describes the development and implementation of the multilevel sample design for the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LAFANS).

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

A Systematic Review of Relations Between Neighborhoods and Mental Health

Relations between neighborhood characteristics and resident mental health have been widely investigated in individual studies.

Jan 1, 2006
Research Brief

Does Neighborhood Deterioration Lead to Poor Health?

Traditional thinking about health in America has been that individuals alone decide whether to engage in unhealthy behaviors. However, the conditions in which individuals live may also contribute to their health and longevity.

Nov 25, 2005
Journal Article

The Significance of Parks to Physical Activity and Public Health: A Conceptual Model

Park-based physical activity is a promising means to satisfy current physical activity requirements.

Jan 1, 2005
Research Brief

Children at Risk: Consequences for School Readiness and Beyond

This research brief describes work documented in Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise (MG-341-PNC).

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Food Prices Linked to Weight Gain in Children

Young school-age children who live in communities where fruits and vegetables are expensive are more likely to gain excessive amounts of weight than children who live in areas where fruits and vegetables cost less.

Jan 1, 2005
Commentary

Downtown is a Pittsburgh Neighborhood

Published commentary by RAND staff.

Oct 3, 2004
Report

Neighborhoods, Poverty and Children's Well-being

Neighborhoods, Poverty and Children's Well-being

Jan 1, 2004
Report

Street Drug Markets in Inner-City Neighborhoods: Matching Policy to Reality

Street Drug Markets in Inner-City Neighborhoods: Matching Policy to Reality

Jan 1, 2004
Dissertation

The Ecological Context of Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes? Implications for NIMBY Disputes and Client Placement Decisions

Examines the effects of location-the physical, social, and economic attributes of neighborhoods where drug treatment clients live and receive treatment-on treatment program retention.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Neighborhood Physical Conditions and Health

The authors explored the relationship between boarded-up housing and rates of gonorrhea and premature mortality.

Jan 1, 2003
Report

An Investigation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birthweight in Chicago Neighborhoods

Differences in the mean birth weight of infants born to non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, and Mexican-origin Hispanic mothers (of any race) in Chicago in 1990.

Jan 1, 2003

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