Neighborhood Environment and Health of Injured Urban Black Men.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Urban black males are at disproportionately high risk of poor health outcomes; thus, we need to measure neighborhood environments appropriately in order to understand aspects of neighborhoods that influence their mental and physical health. We explored associations between physical and mental health of injured, urban black men with objectively measured and perceived neighborhood characteristics.

Methods

In 2017-2018, we analyzed data from 486 black, adult males in Philadelphia admitted to a trauma center with injury between January 2013 and February 2017. Area-level measures of social, economic, and built environments were obtained from multiple sources. At enrollment, participants answered questions about neighborhood environment and self-reported physical and

SUBMITTER: Palumbo AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6834337 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature