Supporting minority youths' mental health during COVID-19: the role of neighborhood composition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has been shown to worsen mental health outcomes, particularly among minority youths. However, few studies have examined whether neighborhood composition-specifically greater co-ethnic density, which has been linked to better mental health in other contexts-might buffer against these negative effects. Furthermore, existing studies linking neighborhood ethnic composition to health tend to be based in the U.S., where racial/ethnic clustering is intrinsically intertwined with racial discrimination, making it hard to unpack the impact of neighborhood composition on mental health. This study examines how neighborhood composition, as estimated by a spatial measure of neighborhood-scale residential segregation, relates to mental health outcomes of youths of

SUBMITTER: Tan SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12903440 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature