Leventhal Tama, Brooks-Gunn Jeanne
National Center for Children and Families, Columbia University, 525 W. 120th Street, Box 39, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2003 Sep;93(9):1576-82. doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.9.1576.
The health consequences of neighborhood poverty are a public health problem. Data were obtained to examine links between neighborhood residence and mental health outcomes.
Moving to Opportunity was a randomized, controlled trial in which families from public housing in high-poverty neighborhoods were moved into private housing in near-poor or nonpoor neighborhoods, with a subset remaining in public housing. At the 3-year follow-up of the New York site, 550 families were reinterviewed.
Parents who moved to low-poverty neighborhoods reported significantly less distress than parents who remained in high-poverty neighborhoods. Boys who moved to less poor neighborhoods reported significantly fewer anxious/depressive and dependency problems than did boys who stayed in public housing.
This study provides experimental evidence of neighborhood income effects on mental health.
社区贫困对健康的影响是一个公共卫生问题。获取数据以研究社区居住情况与心理健康结果之间的联系。
“搬到机会”是一项随机对照试验,来自高贫困社区公共住房的家庭被迁至近贫困或非贫困社区的私人住房,其中一部分家庭仍留在公共住房。在纽约站点进行3年随访时,对550个家庭进行了重新访谈。
搬到低贫困社区的父母所报告的苦恼明显少于留在高贫困社区的父母。搬到贫困程度较低社区的男孩所报告的焦虑/抑郁和依赖问题明显少于留在公共住房的男孩。
本研究提供了社区收入对心理健康影响的实验证据。