“Broken windows”: Relationship between neighborhood conditions and behavioral health among low-income African American adolescents

Voisin, Dexter R.; Kim, Dongha

doi:10.1177/1359105316681064

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“…In addition, disadvantaged neighborhoods often feature greater signs of physical (broken windows or graffiti) or social disorder (public drunkenness or rowdy youth groups), which can exacerbate poor health. Exposure to such environmental hazards was found to be associated with psychological stress or chronic health problems [ 20 – 22 ]. Thus, disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to contain environmental risks associated with poor health outcomes.…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluating gentrification’s relation to neighborhood and city health

2018

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Gentrification has been argued to contribute to urban inequalities, including those of health disparities. Extant research has yet to conduct a systematic study of gentrification’s relation with neighborhood health outcomes nationally. This gap is addressed in the current study through the utilization of census-tract data from the Center for Disease Control’s 500 Cities project, the 2000 Census and the 2010–2014 American Community Survey to examine how gentrification relates to local self-rated physical health in select cities across the United States. We examine gentrification’s association with neighborhood rates of poor self-rated physical health. We contextualize this relationship by evaluating gentrification’s relation with city-level self-rated health inequalities. We find gentrification was significantly and positively related with self-rated physical neighborhood health outcomes. However, the presence and magnitude of gentrification within a city was not associated with health outcomes for cities overall. Based on these findings, we argue that gentrification’s health benefits for cities are limited at best, though gentrification does not appear to be associated with deepening city-level health inequalities, either.

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Evaluating gentrification’s relation to neighborhood and city health

2018

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“…For example, Furr-Holden and colleagues (2015) examined the relationship between neighborhood environment and marijuana use among adolescents and found a significant direct effect between neighborhood disorder and youth marijuana use. Similar research conducted by Voisin and Kim (2018) have asserted that disorderly neighborhoods can predict drug use, risky sexual involvement, and poorer mental health among African American youth.…”

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confidence: 60%

“…Moreover, specific risk factors regarding neighborhood quality, environment and conduct disorder have yet to be examined. There is a call for supplemental inspection into specific environmental factors and mental health (Voisin & Kim, 2018). Therefore, the present study examined specific neighborhood and community factors that may be associated with conduct disorder.…”

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Neighborhood and community factors related to youth conduct disorder among adolescents

Yockey

King

Vidourek

2019

Psychol. Community Health

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Aim An estimated 3% to 5% of youth are annually diagnosed with conduct disorder (CD), making it a pressing mental health concern. While many studies have focused on the behavioral aspects of conduct disorder, environmental and neighborhood factors have yet to be explored. The present study examined specific neighborhood and community characteristics associated with youth conduct disorder. Method A secondary analysis of the United States’ 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health was conducted. Participants included a total of 34,601 adolescents aged 12-17 (52.3% were male and 47.7% were female). Results Results from the final multivariate logistic regression model revealed that neighborhoods without parks or playgrounds, libraries or bookmobiles, litter or garbage on the sidewalks, vandalism, not being on to count on others in neighborhoods, and perceived child safety were all significant risk factors for youth conduct disorder. Conclusion Implications of these findings and future strategies for preventing conduct disorder are discussed.

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“…Some reports have explored the influence of neighbourhood incivility on the spiritual wellbeing of residents, given the burden of neighbourhood incivilities [6], whereas others have focused on the role of the broken windows theory (BWT) [7,8]. Although the relevance of material and physical dimensions of neighbourhoods on residents' health has been generally recognised [9][10][11], few studies have considered the dimensions of physical and social incivilities on health simultaneously [2,[12][13][14][15].…”

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Does Facilitating Human–Place Bonds Alleviate the Negative Effects of Incivilities on Health?

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The present study has two purposes—methodological and theoretical. The methodological purpose is to examine a method for the analysis of perceived incivilities and health in urban neighbourhoods. The current study investigates the direct and indirect relationships between the two variables. The theoretical purpose is to measure neighbourhood incivility as a second-order latent variable that represents physical and social incivilities, and investigates place identity and place attachment as mediators in the relationship between incivilities and health. Previous research has focused on a single dimension of incivility. By contrast, the current study considers a multidimensional form of incivility. This quantitative study comprises 265 residents from an urban neighbourhood in Penang, Malaysia. The results of the structural equation modelling suggest that perceptions towards neighbourhood play a mediating role in the relationship between incivility and health. The mediation roles of place identity and place attachment in the relationship between incivilities and health are also supported. Thus, facilitating human–place bonds alleviates the negative effects of incivilities on health in the study neighbourhood. Residents are less attached to neighbourhoods that are perceived as socially and physically deteriorated. Thus, reducing incivilities and improving place attachment may enhance neighbourhood health.

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“Broken windows”: Relationship between neighborhood conditions and behavioral health among low-income African American adolescents

Cited by 19 publications

References 30 publications

Evaluating gentrification’s relation to neighborhood and city health

Evaluating gentrification’s relation to neighborhood and city health

Neighborhood and community factors related to youth conduct disorder among adolescents

Does Facilitating Human–Place Bonds Alleviate the Negative Effects of Incivilities on Health?

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