Relationships between the neighborhood environment and depression in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Barnett, CJP Zhang, JM Johnston… - International …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Background: While depression is a growing public health issue, the percentage of
individuals with depression receiving treatment is low. Physical and social attributes of the …

How do neighborhoods affect depression outcomes? A realist review and a call for the examination of causal pathways

A Blair, NA Ross, G Gariepy, N Schmitz - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose This realist review seeks to elucidate the modifiable causal pathways through
which neighborhoods affect depressive symptoms in adult populations. Methods Studies …

Neighborhood characteristics and depressive mood among older adults: an integrative review

D Julien, L Richard, L Gauvin… - International …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Background: There is growing evidence that neighborhood environments are related to
depressive mood in the general population. Older adults may be even more vulnerable to …

Neighborhood characteristics and differential risk for depressive and anxiety disorders across racial/ethnic groups in the United States

M Alegría, KM Molina, CN Chen - Depression and anxiety, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background The prevalence of psychiatric disorders varies depending on the person's
neighborhood context, their racial/ethnic group, and the specific diagnoses being examined …

Beyond cultural factors to understand immigrant mental health: neighborhood ethnic density and the moderating role of pre-migration and post-migration factors

SP Arévalo, KL Tucker, LM Falcón - Social Science & Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Pre-migration and post-migration factors may influence the health of immigrants. Using a
cross-national framework that considers the effects of the sending and receiving social …

Role of neighborhood physical disorder and social cohesion on racial and ethnic disparities in dementia risk

R Wong, Y Wang - Journal of Aging and Health, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To analyze how neighborhood physical disorder and social cohesion are
associated with racial and ethnic disparities in dementia risk. Methods: Nine years of data …

[HTML][HTML] Urban design and Japanese older adults' depressive symptoms

MJ Koohsari, GR McCormack, T Nakaya, A Shibata… - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite associations found between physical activity and depression, and the built
environment and physical activity, there appears to be inconclusive evidence regarding the …

Perceived social cohesion, frequency of going out, and depressive symptoms in older adults: examination of longitudinal relationships

NG Choi, J Kim, DM DiNitto… - Gerontology and Geriatric …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To examine both cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between older
adults' perceptions of social cohesion in their community and depressive symptoms and the …

Longitudinal associations between neighbourhood physical environments and depressive symptoms of older adults in Hong Kong: The moderating effects of terrain …

Y Liu, S Lu, Y Guo, HC Ho, Y Song, W Cheng… - Health & Place, 2021 - Elsevier
Little is known about the accumulative impacts of neighbourhood physical environments on
older adults' depressive symptoms over time. Based on a cohort study of 2081 older adults …

Ethnic enclaves, social capital, and psychological well-being of immigrants: the case of Chinese older immigrants in Chicago

M Guo, Y Wang, J Liu, XQ Dong - Aging & mental health, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Using a large sample of Chinese older immigrants in Chicago, this study asked
two questions:(1) Is living in Chinatown associated with better psychological well-being?(2) …