Neighborhoods and Health

Second Edition

Edited by Dustin T. Duncan, Ichiro Kawachi, and Foreword by Ana V. Diez Roux

The originating work at the intersection of place and health (the field now known as spatial epidemiology), now completely revised and expanded
A scientifically grounded work in theory and methods of how neighborhood factors (things like neighborhood stigma, home foreclosure, food access, and walkability) impact health, including manifestations such as obesity, hypertension, and disease
A complete and up-to-date survey of neighborhood-health research being conducted in the fields of epidemiology and geography, with detailed applications to public health and urban planning
Offers accessible, novel approaches from both population science and social science to address problems of public health and health equity
Renders spatial epidemiology in terms of today's greatest health challenges (e.g., smoking, obesity, HIV), with implications and possible health policy solutions
An essential, accessible text for courses and practice in epidemiology, public health, geography, medicine, demography, urban planning, and health policy

New to this Edition:

An update and expansion of the landmark theoretical text, now with expanded coverage of methods and modeling in spatial epidemiology
Includes detailed chapters on use of global-positioning systems (GPS), social media, online data, spatial autocorrelation, and agent-based spatial models
Coverage of neighborhood factors includes research related to home foreclosures and neighborhood stigma, with their implications for health
An essential new addition to ongoing conversations about social inequity and health

Neighborhoods and Health

Second Edition

Edited by Dustin T. Duncan, Ichiro Kawachi, and Foreword by Ana V. Diez Roux

Description

THE GROUNDBREAKING, FORMATIVE WORK IN SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY -- NOW UPDATED FOR A NEW GENERATION OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN PUBLIC HEALTH

In 2003, Neighborhoods and Health codified the idea that a neighborhood's social and physical makeup can influence the health of people who live in it.

More than a decade later, with the relationship between place and health firmly entrenched at the center of how we understand public health (and as its own scientific discipline, spatial epidemiology), this second edition of the landmark text offers another giant leap forward for the field.

Offering both a synthesis of the essential research and a practical overview of the methods used to garner it, the second edition of Neighborhoods and Health is the essential guide to understanding this core component of contemporary population health -- both the journey to date and what's next.

Neighborhoods and Health

Second Edition

Edited by Dustin T. Duncan, Ichiro Kawachi, and Foreword by Ana V. Diez Roux

Foreword
Ana V. Diez Roux

1. Neighborhoods and Health: A Progress Report
Dustin T. Duncan and Ichiro Kawachi

2. Operationalizing Neighborhood Definitions in Health Research: Spatial Misclassification and Other Issues
Dustin T. Duncan, Seann D. Regan, and Basile Chaix

3. Quantitative Methods for Measuring Neighborhood Characteristics in Neighborhood Health Research
Dustin T. Duncan, William C. Goedel, and Rumi Chunara

4. Statistical Methods in Spatial Epidemiology
Samson Gebreab

5. Agent Based Models
Brenda Heaton, Abdulrahman El-Sayed, and Sandro Galea

6. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs in neighborhood health effects research: Strengthening causal inference and promoting translation
Nicole M. Schmidt, Quynh C. Nguyen, and Theresa L. Osypuk

7. Qualitative Methods and Neighborhood Health Research
Danya E. Keene

8. Designing Healthier Built Environments
Pedro Gullón Tosio and Gina S. Lovasi

9. Food Environment and Health
Jason Block, Michael Seward, Peter James

10. Neighborhoods, Social Stigma, and Health
Danya E. Keene and Mark B. Padilla

11. Neighborhood Foreclosure and Health
Maraina Arcaya

12. Residential Segregation and Health
Michael R. Kramer

Index

Neighborhoods and Health

Second Edition

Edited by Dustin T. Duncan, Ichiro Kawachi, and Foreword by Ana V. Diez Roux

Author Information

Dustin T. Duncan, ScD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health at the New York University School of Medicine, where he directs the NYU Spatial Epidemiology Lab. As a social and spatial epidemiologist, he studies how specific neighborhood characteristics influence population health and health disparities. His work includes applying emerging geospatial technologies such as Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and smart phones to, in part, examine mobility and social networks in neighborhoods. Dr. Duncan completed his doctorate and the Alonzo Smythe Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship, both in social epidemiology, at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he has taught since 1992. He has previously co-edited Behavioral Economics and Public Health, Social Epidemiology, Globalization and Health, and the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice, all published by Oxford University Press. Kawachi lectures about social epidemiology through the Harvard University Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform, edX. His course, "Health and Society" (PHx 201), is a version of the class that he has taught for twenty years at Harvard. In 2013-1014, 35,000 students from all over the world were enrolled in the MOOC course.

Contributors:

Mariana Arcaya, ScD
Assistant Professor
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jason Block, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Basile Chaix, PhD
Research Director
INSERM
Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique

Rumi Chunara, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Global Public Health and Tandon School of Enigneering
New York University

Abdulrahman El-Sayed, MD, DPhil
Health Commissioner
Detroit Health Department
City of Detroit

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Robert A. Knox Professor and Dean
School of Public Health
Boston University

Samson Gebreab, PhD
Research Scientist
National Institutes of Health

William Goedel, BA
Program Manager
Spatial Epidemiology Lab
Department of Population Health
New York University School of Medicine

Brenda Heaton, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Dental Medicine
Boston University

Peter James, ScD, MHS
Assistant Professor
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Danya E. Keene, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
School of Public Health
Yale University

Michael Kramer, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University

Gina S. Lovasi, PhD, MPH
Dornsife Associate Professor of Urban Health
Co-Drector, Collaborative Urban Health
Dornsife School of Public Health
Drexel University

Quynh C. Nguyen, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Promotion and Education
University of Utah

Theresa L. Osypuk, ScD
Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
University of Minnesota

Mark B. Padilla, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies
Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs
Florida International University

Seann Regan, MA
Geospatial Analyst
Spatial Epidemiology Lab
Department of Population Health
New York University School of Medicine

Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD
Dean and Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Dornsife School of Public Health
Drexel University

Nicole M. Schmidt, MA
Research Scientist
Minnesota Population Center
University of Minnesota

Michael Seward
Research Assistant
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Pedro Gullón Tosio, MD
Dornsife School of Public Health
Drexel University