Community Asset Density and Past-Year Mental Health Symptoms Among Youths.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many youths experience mental health challenges. Identifying which neighborhood and community factors may influence mental health may guide health policy and practice.

Objective

To explore associations between community assets (eg, schools, parks, libraries, and barbershops) and past-year mental health symptoms among youths.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study leveraged 3 datasets, which were linked by 26 zip codes: the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, the Child Opportunity Index 2.0 database, and the Allegheny County Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The YRBS was administered during the study period in 2018 to youths across 13 high schools in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; the study dates were from October 15 to October

SUBMITTER: Szoko N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11415787 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature