Neighborhood
Financial instability identified as stressor in Black mothers of children with asthma
SAN DIEGO — Black/African American mothers of children with asthma often reported financial instability/poverty, home/caretaker instability and neighborhood disorder or violence as daily life stressors, according to a presentation here.
Pediatric patients living in socially vulnerable areas see more asthma hospital admissions
The likelihood for multiple asthma hospital admissions was greater among youth living in more socially vulnerable areas, as well as areas with less opportunity, according to results published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.
Neighborhood-level disadvantage negatively impacts lung function in IPF
Lung function of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in California was poorer if they resided in disadvantaged vs. advantaged neighborhoods, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Neighborhood socioeconomic status linked with heart failure, death for patients with CKD
Neighborhood socioeconomic status was linked with incident heart failure among patients with chronic kidney disease who had more preserved kidney function, study results showed.
Pediatric ICU rates linked to housing quality, income, education
In assessing neighborhood-level socioeconomic position indicators, researchers found a link between pediatric ICU admission rates and housing quality, household income and education, according to results published in CHEST.
Neighborhood deprivation tied to increased breast cancer mortality for white women
Living in the most deprived neighborhoods was associated with increased breast cancer mortality among white, but not Black, women, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.
Neighborhood not associated with subjective cognitive decline in Black women
DENVER – Location of residence was not associated with subjective cognitive decline in Black women, suggesting the Area Deprivation Index may not be a reliable measurement, according to a speaker.
Higher neighborhood poverty level associated with greater stroke incidence
DENVER — Poorer neighborhood socioeconomic status was associated with greater stroke incidence, according to a poster at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
Neighborhood disadvantage linked to poor quality of life in sleep-disordered breathing
Children with sleep-disordered breathing who live in less advantageous neighborhoods may have high symptom burden and poor quality of life, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Neighborhood disadvantage leads to poorer outcomes in those with focal epilepsy
ORLANDO — For a small cohort of individuals with focal epilepsy, “neighborhood disadvantage” was associated with poorer cognition including learning, memory and executive function, according to a poster.