Neighborhood social organization exposures and racial/ethnic disparities in hypertension risk in Los Angeles.

ABSTRACT: Despite a growing evidence base documenting associations between neighborhood characteristics and the risk of developing high blood pressure, little work has established the role played by neighborhood social organization exposures in racial/ethnic disparities in hypertension risk. There is also ambiguity around prior estimates of neighborhood effects on hypertension prevalence, given the lack of attention paid to individuals' exposures to both residential and nonresidential spaces. This study contributes to the neighborhoods and hypertension literature by using novel longitudinal data from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey to construct exposure-weighted measures of neighborhood social organization characteristics-organizational participation and collective efficacy-and examin

SUBMITTER: Sharp G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987829 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature