Neighborhood quality and positive health indicators among urban adolescents.

ABSTRACT: There is a growing epidemiologic interest to expand the scope of health research beyond disease and risk factors to a more comprehensive evaluation of all health states, including those on the positive end of the spectrum ("positive health"). Neighborhood quality (NQ) is a potentially modifiable factor that may influence positive health. We evaluated the association between perception of NQ in childhood and indicators of positive health among adolescents who live in low-income, urban neighborhoods of New York City. Mothers assessed NQ prospectively via questionnaire at child ages 5, 7, 9, and 11. Indicators of positive health domains including general health, physical health, and mental health were assessed and reported by mothers when their children were between the ages of 10-20 years an

SUBMITTER: Oo HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11257161 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature