Journal
HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 43, Issue -, Pages 138-143Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.12.003
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Neighborhood poverty; Older adults; Depression; Crime
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- NIDA NIH HHS [K01 DA030449] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH085132] Funding Source: Medline
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The pathways through which neighborhood poverty can affect resident depression are still unknown. We investigated mechanisms through which neighborhood poverty may influence depression among older adults. Participants were drawn from the New York City Neighborhood and Mental Health in the Elderly Study II, a 3-wave study of adults aged 65-75 (n=3,497) at baseline. Neighborhood poverty and homicide were associated with depressive symptoms at follow-up waves (RR:1.20, 95%CI: 1.05, 1.36; RR: 1.09, 95%CI: 1.02, 1.17, respectively). Homicide accounted for 30% of the effect of neighborhood poverty on depressive symptoms. Neighborhood exposure to violence may be a key mechanism through which neighborhood poverty influences depression among older adults.
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