Contextual research on time and place requires a consistent measurement instrument for
neighborhood conditions in order to make unbiased inferences about neighborhood …

Background: Multilevel studies of neighborhood effects on health frequently aggregate
individual-level data to create contextual measures. For example, percent of residents living …

Where do you live? Take a moment to visualize your neighborhood. Ask yourself: What are
its class composition and boundaries? What kinds of data would you use to characterize …

Does neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) have a significant positive effect on health
over and above the personal and household socioeconomic status of the residents who live …

Investments in neighborhood built environments could increase physical activity and overall
health. Disproportionate distribution of these changes in advantaged neighborhoods could …

A growing body of research has explored the impact of neighborhood residence on child
and adolescent health and well-being. Most previous research has used the US Census …

Features of neighborhoods or residential environments may affect health and contribute to
social and race/ethnic inequalities in health. The study of neighborhood health effects has …

The literature on neighborhoods and health highlights the difficulty of operationalizing
“neighborhood” in a conceptually and empirically valid manner. Most studies, however …

Most studies examining the relation between residential environment and health have used
census-derived measures of neighborhood socioeconomic position (SEP). There is a need …

This study examines both objective and subjective assessments of neighborhood
conditions, exploring the overlap between different sources of information on neighborhoods …