| Title: |
Neighborhood social cohesion and serious psychological distress among Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and White adults in the United States: a cross-sectional study |
| Authors: |
Lauren R. Gullett, Dana M. Alhasan, Symielle A. Gaston, W. Braxton Jackson, Ichiro Kawachi, Chandra L. Jackson |
| Source: |
BMC Public Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2022. |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
Residence characteristics, Community support, Psychological distress, Mental health, Race factors, Economic status, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
Abstract Background Serious psychological distress (SPD) is common and more prevalent in women, older adults, and individuals with a low-income. Prior studies have highlighted the role of low neighborhood social cohesion (nSC) in potentially contributing to SPD; however, few have investigated this association in a large, nationally representative sample of the United States. Therefore, our objective was to investigate the overall and racial/ethnic-, sex/gender-, self-rated health status-, age-, and household income-specific relationships between nSC and SPD. Methods We used data from survey years 2013 to 2018 of the National Health Interview Survey to investigate nSC and SPD among Asian, Non-Hispanic (NH)-Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and NH-White men as well as women in the United States (N = 168,573) and to determine modification by race/ethnicity, sex/gender, self-rated health status, age, and annual household income. nSC was measured by asking participants four questions related to the trustworthiness and dependability of their neighbors. nSC scores were trichotomized into low ( |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1471-2458 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12889-022-13572-4 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/a7da08c86ccd41ba86fe433ee226da17 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.7da08c86ccd41ba86fe433ee226da17 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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