Assessing the Impact of Neighborhood Conditions on Neurodevelopmental Disorders during Childhood.

ABSTRACT: Nearly three out of ten neurodevelopmental disabilities in the United States have been linked to environmental conditions, prompting emerging lines of research examining the role of the neighborhood on children's developmental outcomes. Utilizing data from a natural experiment in Denver, this study quantifies the impact of exposure to varied neighborhood contexts on the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders over the course of childhood. Our analysis is based upon retrospective child, caregiver, household and neighborhood data derived from the Denver Child Study for a sample of approximately 590 Latino and African American children and youth whose families were quasi-randomly assigned to subsidized housing operated by the Denver (CO) Housing Authority during part of their childho

SUBMITTER: Santiago AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8430861 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature