Effect of housing relocation and neighborhood environment on adolescent mental and behavioral health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined whether relocating from a high-poverty neighborhood to a lower poverty neighborhood as part of a federal housing relocation program (HOPE VI; Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere) had effects on adolescent mental and behavioral health compared to adolescents consistently living in lower poverty neighborhoods.

Methods

Sociodemographic, risk behavior, and neighborhood data were collected from 592 low-income, primarily African-American adolescents and their primary caregivers. Structured psychiatric interviews were conducted with adolescents. Prerelocation neighborhood, demographic, and risk behavior data were also included. Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) was used to test associations between neighborhood variables and risk outcomes. HL

SUBMITTER: Byck GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4771183 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature