TY - JOUR
T1 - Change in neighborhood environments and depressive symptoms in New York City
T2 - The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
AU - Mair, C.
AU - Diez Roux, A. V.
AU - Golden, S. H.
AU - Rapp, S.
AU - Seeman, T.
AU - Shea, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by contracts N01-HC-95159 through N01-HC-95169 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and by Grants UL1-RR-024156 and UL1-RR-025005 from the National Center for Research Resources . The authors thank the other investigators, the staff, and the participants of the MESA study for their valuable contributions. A full list of participating MESA investigators and institutions can be found at http://www.mesa-nhlbi.org.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Physical and social features of neighborhoods, such as esthetic environments and social cohesion, change over time. The extent to which changes in neighborhood conditions are associated with changes in mental health outcomes has not been well-established. Using data from the MultiEthnic Study of Atherosclerosis, this study investigated the degree to which neighborhood social cohesion, stress, violence, safety and/or the esthetic environment changed between 2002 and 2007 in 103 New York City Census tracts and the associations of these changes with changes in depressive symptoms. Neighborhoods became less stressful, more socially cohesive, safer, and less violent. White, wealthy, highly educated individuals tended to live in neighborhoods with greater decreasing violence and stress and increasing social cohesion. Individuals living in neighborhoods with adverse changes were more likely to have increased CES-D scores, although due to limited sample size associations were imprecisely estimated (. P>0.05). Changes in specific features of the neighborhood environment may be associated with changes in level of depressive symptoms among residents.
AB - Physical and social features of neighborhoods, such as esthetic environments and social cohesion, change over time. The extent to which changes in neighborhood conditions are associated with changes in mental health outcomes has not been well-established. Using data from the MultiEthnic Study of Atherosclerosis, this study investigated the degree to which neighborhood social cohesion, stress, violence, safety and/or the esthetic environment changed between 2002 and 2007 in 103 New York City Census tracts and the associations of these changes with changes in depressive symptoms. Neighborhoods became less stressful, more socially cohesive, safer, and less violent. White, wealthy, highly educated individuals tended to live in neighborhoods with greater decreasing violence and stress and increasing social cohesion. Individuals living in neighborhoods with adverse changes were more likely to have increased CES-D scores, although due to limited sample size associations were imprecisely estimated (. P>0.05). Changes in specific features of the neighborhood environment may be associated with changes in level of depressive symptoms among residents.
KW - Depression
KW - New York City
KW - Physical environment
KW - Residence characteristics
KW - Social environment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.01.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 25665936
AN - SCOPUS:84922357153
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 32
SP - 93
EP - 98
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
ER -