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Neighborhood Environmental Influences on Health and Well-Being Ⅱ: A Focus on Structures and Process

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 12277

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Prof. Dr. Irene H. Yen

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Department of Public Health, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, USA
Interests: neighborhood and place; housing; education—quality and trajectories; structural racism
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Prof. Dr. Irene E Headen

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Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, 3215 Market Street, Nesbitt Hall, 4th Fl, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Interests: health disparities; health and place; maternal and child health; mixed methods research; social determinants of racial/ethnic inequities in maternal health; urban health

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Globally, large-scale structures and processes that affect the physical, social, and economic design of place play an integral role in shaping people’s health and wellness. These structures and processes include climate change, structural racism, social exclusion and marginalization, displacement, and migration. Neighborhoods can change as populations migrate through them driven by positive factors, such as economic opportunities, or negative factors, such as fleeing unrest. Populations may be able to leverage the positive benefits of these structures and policies for health and wellness depending on the different types of structural marginalization that they experience. We are interested in research that explores the health and wellness effects of these processes, policies, or other contemporary developments which provoke an examination of place and health. Featured studies could highlight an unconventional method or dataset, could be a case study or longitudinal analyses of natural experiments, interventions, or large cohort studies.

Prof. Dr. Irene H. Yen
Prof. Dr. Irene E Headen
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Keywords

  • neighborhood
  • climate change
  • structural racism
  • social exclusion and marginalization
  • displacement
  • migration
  • policies
  • social and structural determinants

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Urban Agriculture as a Means to Food Sovereignty? A Case Study of Baltimore City Residents
by Brionna Colson-Fearon and H. Shellae Versey
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12752; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912752 - 05 Oct 2022
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A large body of research suggests that neighborhood disparities in food access persist. Emerging evidence suggests that the global COVID-19 pandemic likely exacerbated disparities in food access. Given the potential role that alternative food networks (AFNs) and local food sources may play during [...] Read more.
A large body of research suggests that neighborhood disparities in food access persist. Emerging evidence suggests that the global COVID-19 pandemic likely exacerbated disparities in food access. Given the potential role that alternative food networks (AFNs) and local food sources may play during times of extreme scarcity, this study examines urban agriculture (e.g., community farms and gardens) as a sustainable strategy to address food insecurity. In-depth qualitative interviews with fifteen community stakeholders revealed several major themes including food insecurity as a feature of systemic racism, food affordability and distance to food as major barriers to food security, and the role of AFNs in creating community empowerment. Our findings indicate that urban agricultural practices help build social capital, inform and educate community members about healthy eating behaviors, and facilitate the distribution of affordable food. Implications for future research and policy targeting sustainable food distribution in marginalized communities of color are discussed. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Neighborhood Environmental Influences on Health and Well-Being Ⅱ: A Focus on Structures and Process)
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Neighborhood Poverty in Combination with Older Housing Is Associated with Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Study on Ubiquitous Lead Risk among 1 Million Births in Texas
by Bethany Marie Wood and Catherine Cubbin
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(3), 1578; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031578 - 29 Jan 2022
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether housing age in combination with neighborhood poverty, as a proxy for fetal exposure to heavy metal lead, is associated with adverse birth outcomes. We linked population-level birth certificate data for Black, Hispanic, White and [...] Read more.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether housing age in combination with neighborhood poverty, as a proxy for fetal exposure to heavy metal lead, is associated with adverse birth outcomes. We linked population-level birth certificate data for Black, Hispanic, White and Other women, stratified by nativity, from 2009–2011 in Texas (n = 1,040,642) to census the tract-level median housing age/poverty level from the American Community Survey, 2007–2011. Tracts with median housing age values before 1975 with a poverty level of 20% or more were considered to be neighborhoods with a high risk of exposure to deteriorating lead-based paint. We estimated multilevel models to examine the relationship between neighborhood housing age/poverty level and each dependent variable (preterm birth, low birth weight, small-for-gestational age). The odds of adverse birth outcomes were significantly higher for mothers living in high-poverty neighborhoods with median housing built before the lead-based paint ban. Increased awareness of—and improved methods of alleviating— ubiquitous lead-based paint exposure in Texas may be necessary interventions for positive developmental trajectories of children. Allocating federal funds for place-based interventions, including universal lead paint mitigation, in older, high-poverty neighborhoods may reduce the disproportionate risk of adverse birth outcomes. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Neighborhood Environmental Influences on Health and Well-Being Ⅱ: A Focus on Structures and Process)
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Income Inequality, Neighbourhood Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being in China: Exploration of a Moderating Effect
by Jiawen Huang and Yitong Fang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(13), 6799; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136799 - 24 Jun 2021
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With the continuous global rise in inequality and the growing importance of subjective welfare, the relationship between income inequality and subjective well-being has received increasing attention. This paper focuses on neighbourhood social capital, measured at the individual and community levels, to explore its [...] Read more.
With the continuous global rise in inequality and the growing importance of subjective welfare, the relationship between income inequality and subjective well-being has received increasing attention. This paper focuses on neighbourhood social capital, measured at the individual and community levels, to explore its moderating effect on the association between income inequality and subjective well-being in the context of China, an issue few studies have examined. Using data from the China Labour-force Dynamics Survey and multilevel models, the results show that income inequality measured using three different indicators had a stable and negative association with subjective well-being in China, after controlling for various individual characteristics and aggregate-level factors. Although neighbourhood social capital at the individual level has been proven to promote subjective well-being, a dark side of social capital is also found at the community level. More notably, neighbourhood social capital at the individual level can attenuate the negative impact of income inequality on subjective well-being, especially for vulnerable groups, such as those with low income or low education. How to reasonably guide the community to develop social capital is an important policy implication to attenuate the negative psychological experience of income inequality. Full article
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Street Food Stand Availability, Density, and Distribution Across Income Levels in Mexico City
by Jose B. Rosales Chavez, Meg Bruening, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati, Rebecca E. Lee and Megan Jehn
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(8), 3953; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083953 - 09 Apr 2021
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Street food stands (SFS) are an understudied element of the food environment. Previous SFS studies have not used a rigorous approach to document the availability, density, and distribution of SFS across neighborhood income levels and points of access in Mexico City. A random [...] Read more.
Street food stands (SFS) are an understudied element of the food environment. Previous SFS studies have not used a rigorous approach to document the availability, density, and distribution of SFS across neighborhood income levels and points of access in Mexico City. A random sample (n = 761) of street segments representing 20 low-, middle-, and high-income neighborhoods were assessed using geographic information system (GIS) and ground-truthing methods. All three income levels contained SFS. However, SFS availability and density were higher in middle-income neighborhoods. The distribution of SFS showed that SFS were most often found near homes, transportation centers, and worksites. SFS availability near schools may have been limited by local school policies. Additional studies are needed to further document relationships between SFS availability, density, and distribution, and current structures and processes. Full article
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