TY - JOUR
T1 - Neighborhood features and physiological risk
T2 - An examination of allostatic load
AU - Robinette, Jennifer W.
AU - Charles, Susan T.
AU - Almeida, David M.
AU - Gruenewald, Tara L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Poor neighborhoods may represent a situation of chronic stress, and may therefore be associated with health-related correlates of stress. We examined whether lower neighborhood income would relate to higher allostatic load, or physiological well-being, through psychological, affective, and behavioral pathways. Using data from the Biomarker Project of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study and the 2000 Census, we demonstrated that people living in lower income neighborhoods have higher allostatic load net of individual income. Moreover, findings indicate that this relation is partially accounted for by anxious arousal symptoms, fast food consumption, smoking, and exercise habits.
AB - Poor neighborhoods may represent a situation of chronic stress, and may therefore be associated with health-related correlates of stress. We examined whether lower neighborhood income would relate to higher allostatic load, or physiological well-being, through psychological, affective, and behavioral pathways. Using data from the Biomarker Project of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study and the 2000 Census, we demonstrated that people living in lower income neighborhoods have higher allostatic load net of individual income. Moreover, findings indicate that this relation is partially accounted for by anxious arousal symptoms, fast food consumption, smoking, and exercise habits.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.08.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 27583527
AN - SCOPUS:84984619692
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 41
SP - 110
EP - 118
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
ER -