Associations Between Neighborhood Environment, Childhood Adversity, and Cancer Risk: A Geospatial Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Using a socio-ecological perspective that includes consideration for the effects of the built environment, this study investigated the association between neighborhood-level measures of childhood trauma, adult cancer prevention behaviors, and cancer mortality in Philadelphia.

Methods

Cancer registry data and five neighborhood-level risk factors, including three measures related to trauma and two indices related to adherence to cancer prevention guidelines, were utilized. Multivariate linear regression analyses were performed to assess how risk factors relate to variation in cancer mortality. Associations between each of the neighborhood risk factors and high cancer mortality were identified and visualized geospatially.

Results

Trauma and adherence to cancer

SUBMITTER: DuBois TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12572626 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature