The role of neighborhood characteristics in racial/ethnic disparities in type 2 diabetes: Results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-90

  Piccolo, Rebecca S ^a   Duncan, Dustin T ^b   Pearce, Neil ^c   McKinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boston Massachusetts; Contextual research; Disparities; Local environment; Multilevel modeling; Neighborhood research; Race ethnicity; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL DISPARITY; RESEARCH WORK;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CRIME; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECREATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84922726438     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.041     Document Type: Article

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