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Neighborhood Influences on Health Research Profile
Neighborhoods and General Health
RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities
A RAND center dedicated to the study of the biological and behavioral effects of neighborhood conditions on health outcomes. Current studies include assessments of the effect of neighborhood context on allosteric load and on mental health.
Contact: Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH (Nicole_Lurie@rand.org)
Neighborhoods, Women, and Heart Disease
A project to examine the effect of neighborhood factor—both physical and social—on women's development of coronary heart disease.
Contact: Chloe Bird, PhD (Chloe_Bird@rand.org)
The Healthy Passage Study
A longitudinal study of more than 5,000 ten-year-olds in three communities (Los Angeles, Birmingham, and Houston) representing diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds, to examine individual, peer, family, school, and neighborhood influences on substance use, violence, injuries, physical activity, nutrition, sexual activity, and mental and physical health biennially over a ten-year period.
Contact: Mark Schuster, MD, PhD (Mark_Schuster@rand.org)
Neighborhoods and the Elderly
An investigation of how contextual factors, specifically the structural and socioeconomic features of neighborhoods, affect the health of elderly Americans.
Contact: Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH (Nicole_Lurie@rand.org)
Neighborhoods and Childhood Asthma
An assessment of whether geographic clusters of childhood asthma in Puerto Rico tend to coincide with particular neighborhoods and, if so, the potential factors that might be involved.
Contact: Marielena Lara, MD, MPH (Marielena_Lara@rand.org)
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