Perceived Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Preventive Healthcare Use.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Neighborhood social cohesion has been linked with better health and health behaviors, but its association with patterns of preventive healthcare use remains understudied. The hypothesis was that people with higher perceived neighborhood social cohesion would display increased use of preventive healthcare services.

Methods

Participants (N=7,168) were drawn from the 2006 wave of the Health and Retirement Study-a prospective and nationally representative panel study of American adults aged >50 years-and tracked for one wave (2 years). Analyses were conducted in 2016.

Results

After adjusting for sociodemographic factors and baseline health, each SD increase in neighborhood social cohesion was associated with a higher likelihood that people would obtain influe

SUBMITTER: Kim ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5522638 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature