Abstract
Extreme racial/ethnic disparities exist in children's access to "opportunity neighborhoods." These disparities arise from high levels of residential segregation and have implications for health and well-being in childhood and throughout the life course. The fact that health disparities are rooted in social factors, such as residential segregation and an unequal geography of opportunity, should not have a paralyzing effect on the public health community. However, we need to move beyond conventional public health and health care approaches to consider policies to improve access to opportunity-rich neighborhoods through enhanced housing mobility, and to increase the opportunities for healthy living in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 321-333 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Health Affairs |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:’ Research supported by NSF Grant No. DMS-9402018 and by Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, France.