Chang Virginia W, Hillier Amy E, Mehta Neil K
University of Pennsylvania.
Soc Forces. 2009 Jun 1;87(4):2063-2092. doi: 10.1353/sof.0.0188.
Recent research suggests that racial residential segregation may be detrimental to health. This study investigates the influence of neighborhood racial isolation on obesity and considers the role of neighborhood disorder as a mediator in this relationship. For the city of Philadelphia, we find that residence in a neighborhood with high black racial isolation is associated with a higher body mass index and higher odds of obesity among women, but not men, highlighting important sex differences in the influence of neighborhood structure on health. Furthermore, the influence of high racial isolation on women's weight status is mediated, in part, by the physically disordered nature of such neighborhoods. Disorder of a more social nature (as measured by incident crime) is not associated with weight status.
近期研究表明，种族居住隔离可能对健康有害。本研究调查了邻里种族隔离对肥胖的影响，并将邻里混乱视为这种关系中的一个中介因素。对于费城，我们发现居住在黑人种族隔离程度高的社区与女性（而非男性）较高的体重指数和肥胖几率相关，这凸显了邻里结构对健康影响方面重要的性别差异。此外，高种族隔离对女性体重状况的影响部分是由这类社区的物理环境混乱所介导的。更具社会性的混乱（以犯罪发生率衡量）与体重状况无关。
