TY - JOUR
T1 - Future directions in residential segregation and health research
T2 - A multilevel approach
AU - Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores
AU - Lochner, Kimberly A.
AU - Osypuk, Theresa L.
AU - Subramanian, S. V.
PY - 2003/2/1
Y1 - 2003/2/1
N2 - The authors examine the research evidence on the effect of residential segregation on health, identify research gaps, and propose new research directions. Four recommendations are made on the basis of a review of the sociological and social epidemiology literature on residential segregation: (1) develop multilevel research designs to examine the effects of individual, neighborhood, and metropolitan-area factors on health outcomes; (2) continue examining the health effects of residential segregation among African Americans but also initiate studies examining segregation among Hispanics and Asians; (3) consider racial/ethnic segregation along with income segregation and other metropolitan area factors such as poverty concentration and metropolitan governance fragmentation; and (4) develop better conceptual frameworks of the pathways that may link various segregation dimensions to specific health outcomes.
AB - The authors examine the research evidence on the effect of residential segregation on health, identify research gaps, and propose new research directions. Four recommendations are made on the basis of a review of the sociological and social epidemiology literature on residential segregation: (1) develop multilevel research designs to examine the effects of individual, neighborhood, and metropolitan-area factors on health outcomes; (2) continue examining the health effects of residential segregation among African Americans but also initiate studies examining segregation among Hispanics and Asians; (3) consider racial/ethnic segregation along with income segregation and other metropolitan area factors such as poverty concentration and metropolitan governance fragmentation; and (4) develop better conceptual frameworks of the pathways that may link various segregation dimensions to specific health outcomes.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.93.2.215
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.93.2.215
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12554572
AN - SCOPUS:0037308434
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 93
SP - 215
EP - 221
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 2
ER -