Future directions in residential segregation and health research: a multilevel approach.

• Autores: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Kimberly A Lochner, Theresa L. Osypuk, S. V. Subramanian
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 93, Nº. 2, 2003, págs. 215-221
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The authors examine the research evidence on the effect of residential segregation on health, identify research gaps, and propose new research directions. Four recommendations are made on the basis of a review of the sociological and social epidemiology literature on residential segregation: (1) develop multilevel research designs to examine the effects of individual, neighborhood, and metropolitan-area factors on health outcomes; (2) continue examining the health effects of residential segregation among African Americans but also initiate studies examining segregation among Hispanics and Asians; (3) consider racial/ethnic segregation along with income segregation and other metropolitan area factors such as poverty concentration and metropolitan governance fragmentation; and (4) develop better conceptual frameworks of the pathways that may link various segregation dimensions to specific health outcomes.;