Historical Redlining, Social Determinants of Health, and Stroke Prevalence in Communities in New York City.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Historical redlining was a discriminatory housing policy that placed financial services beyond the reach of residents in inner-city communities. The extent of the impact of this discriminatory policy on contemporary health outcomes remains to be elucidated.

Objective

To evaluate the associations among historical redlining, social determinants of health (SDOH), and contemporary community-level stroke prevalence in New York City.

Design, setting, and participants

An ecological, retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted using New York City data from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2018. Data from the population-based sample were aggregated on the census tract level. Quantile regression analysis and a quantile regression forests machine learning model

SUBMITTER: Jadow BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10077098 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature