Quantifying the effects of specific neighborhood features on self-reported health is important in understanding the global health impact of neighborhood context. We investigated associations of neighborhood poverty, sociability and walkability with self-rated physical and mental health in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). In separate models, each neighborhood variable was associated with physical health but… Continue reading Associations between neighborhood characteristics and self-rated health: a cross-sectional investigation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort
Keyword: Self-rated Health
Life course health and socioeconomic profiles of Americans aging with disability
AbstractBackground While cross-sectional data have been invaluable for describing national trends in disability over time, we know comparatively little, at a population level, about the long term experiences of persons living with a disability over the adult life course. Objective In this paper we use nationally representative data from the U.S. Panel Study of Income… Continue reading Life course health and socioeconomic profiles of Americans aging with disability
Using vignettes to rethink Latino-white disparities in self-rated health
Abstract Researchers often rely on respondents' self-rated health (SRH) to measure social disparities in health, but recent studies suggest that systematically different reporting styles across groups can yield misleading conclusions about disparities in SRH. In this study, we test whether this finding extends to ethnic differences in self-assessments of health in particular domains. We document… Continue reading Using vignettes to rethink Latino-white disparities in self-rated health