Gentrification Yields Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Exposure To Contextual Determinants Of Health.

ABSTRACT: This article examines racial and ethnic disparities in the relationship between gentrification and exposure to contextual determinants of health. In our study, we focused on changes in selected contextual determinants of health (health care access, social deprivation, air pollution, and walkability) and life expectancy during the period 2006-21 among residents of gentrifying census tracts in six large US cities that have experienced different gentrification patterns and have different levels of segregation: Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco, California; and Seattle, Washington. We found that gentrification was associated with overall improvements in the likelihood of living in Medically Underserved Areas across racial

SUBMITTER: Acolin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11322854 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature