Are the poverty histories of neighbourhoods associated with psychosocial well-being among a representative sample of California mothers? An observational study

Abstract

Policies aimed at reducing neighbourhood poverty may improve mothers' psychosocial well-being.

Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Composition Trajectories and Black-White Differences in Preterm Birth among Women in Texas

“…Neighborhood-level covariates are neighborhood poverty and population density (as a proxy of urbanization [72]). Advantaged neighborhoods and urban neighborhoods tend to have greater political power to build health-promoting environments (e.g., easy access to high-quality education, employment, information, and resources) [73][74][75], which are plausibly related to prepregnancy health and adverse birth outcomes [26,76]. A cross-sectional measure of neighborhood poverty was created based on the 2006-2010 American Community Survey.…”