Investigating neighborhood and area effects on health.

Neighborhood racial composition, neighborhood poverty, and the spatial accessibility of supermarkets in metropolitan Detroit. Am J Public Health (2005) 6.26

Choosing area based socioeconomic measures to monitor social inequalities in low birth weight and childhood lead poisoning: The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project (US). J Epidemiol Community Health (2003) 6.21

Health, wealth, and air pollution: advancing theory and methods. Environ Health Perspect (2003) 4.73

Residential environments and cardiovascular risk. J Urban Health (2003) 4.00

Zip code caveat: bias due to spatiotemporal mismatches between zip codes and US census-defined geographic areas--the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project. Am J Public Health (2002) 3.86

The development of a standardized neighborhood deprivation index. J Urban Health (2006) 3.82

Race, race-based discrimination, and health outcomes among African Americans. Annu Rev Psychol (2007) 3.75

Neighborhoods and health: where are we and were do we go from here? Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique (2007) 2.97

Is segregation bad for your health? Epidemiol Rev (2009) 2.92

Toward the next generation of research into small area effects on health: a synthesis of multilevel investigations published since July 1998. J Epidemiol Community Health (2007) 2.87

Preterm birth: the interaction of traffic-related air pollution with economic hardship in Los Angeles neighborhoods. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 2.85

Child health inequities in developing countries: differences across urban and rural areas. Int J Equity Health (2006) 2.73

Can we spot a neighborhood from the air? Defining neighborhood structure in Accra, Ghana. GeoJournal (2007) 2.58

Psychological perspectives on pathways linking socioeconomic status and physical health. Annu Rev Psychol (2011) 2.40

Deprivation amplification revisited; or, is it always true that poorer places have poorer access to resources for healthy diets and physical activity? Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2007) 2.35

Reliability of self-reported neighborhood characteristics. J Urban Health (2004) 2.33

Confronting the challenges in reconnecting urban planning and public health. Am J Public Health (2004) 2.23

Neighborhoods and Fertility in Accra, Ghana: An AMOEBA-based Approach. Ann Assoc Am Geogr (2010) 2.16

Contextual influences on the use of health facilities for childbirth in Africa. Am J Public Health (2005) 2.16

Neighbourhood characteristics, individual level socioeconomic factors, and depressive symptoms in young adults: the CARDIA study. J Epidemiol Community Health (2005) 2.13

Comparing circular and network buffers to examine the influence of land use on walking for leisure and errands. Int J Health Geogr (2007) 2.09

Using Google Earth to conduct a neighborhood audit: reliability of a virtual audit instrument. Health Place (2010) 2.03

The legacy of disadvantage: multigenerational neighborhood effects on cognitive ability. AJS (2011) 1.93

Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and biological 'wear and tear' in a nationally representative sample of US adults. J Epidemiol Community Health (2009) 1.89

Racial/ethnic differences in physician distrust in the United States. Am J Public Health (2007) 1.78

Integration of social epidemiology and community-engaged interventions to improve health equity. Am J Public Health (2011) 1.78

Disparities in cognitive functioning by race/ethnicity in the Baltimore Memory Study. Environ Health Perspect (2004) 1.77

The Physical Activity Resource Assessment (PARA) instrument: evaluating features, amenities and incivilities of physical activity resources in urban neighborhoods. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2005) 1.76

Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess the role of the built environment in influencing obesity: a glossary. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2011) 1.74

Influence of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status on kidney disease. Nat Rev Nephrol (2012) 1.67

Ecological perspectives in health research. J Epidemiol Community Health (2005) 1.65

The built environment and collective efficacy. Health Place (2007) 1.63

Neighborhood income and income distribution and the use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana. Am J Prev Med (2007) 1.61

Role of health in predicting moves to poor neighborhoods among Hurricane Katrina survivors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 1.59

Community attachment, neighborhood context, and sex worker use among Hispanic migrants in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.58

Do poorer people have poorer access to local resources and facilities? The distribution of local resources by area deprivation in Glasgow, Scotland. Soc Sci Med (2008) 1.57

Longitudinal, population-based study of racial/ethnic differences in colorectal cancer survival: impact of neighborhood socioeconomic status, treatment and comorbidity. BMC Cancer (2007) 1.57

Elucidating the role of place in health care disparities: the example of racial/ethnic residential segregation. Health Serv Res (2012) 1.55

Neighborhood social cohesion and disorder in relation to walking in community-dwelling older adults: a multilevel analysis. J Aging Health (2009) 1.54

Explaining racial/ethnic differences in adolescent substance abuse treatment completion in the United States: a decomposition analysis. J Adolesc Health (2014) 1.49

Community influences on antenatal and delivery care in Bangladesh, Egypt, and Rwanda. Public Health Rep (2012) 1.49

Does socioeconomic disparity in cancer incidence vary across racial/ethnic groups? Cancer Causes Control (2010) 1.47

Neighborhood effects on heat deaths: social and environmental predictors of vulnerability in Maricopa County, Arizona. Environ Health Perspect (2012) 1.46

An approach to studying social disparities in health and health care. Am J Public Health (2004) 1.45

Disparities in lupus care and outcomes. Curr Opin Rheumatol (2009) 1.45

Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and mortality: NIH-AARP diet and health study. PLoS One (2010) 1.44

Neighborhood context and cognitive decline in older Mexican Americans: results from the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.44

Association of area socioeconomic status and breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2009) 1.41

Community characteristics associated with HIV risk among injection drug users in the San Francisco Bay Area: a multilevel analysis. J Urban Health (2007) 1.41

Contextual influences on reproductive wellness in northern India. Am J Public Health (2003) 1.41

Population, behavioural and environmental drivers of malaria prevalence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Malar J (2011) 1.40

Air pollution and individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status: evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Environ Health Perspect (2013) 1.40

Neighborhood characteristics and change in depressive symptoms among older residents of New York City. Am J Public Health (2008) 1.40

Social determinants of the health of urban populations: methodologic considerations. J Urban Health (2007) 1.39

Association of socioeconomic status and CKD among African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. Am J Kidney Dis (2010) 1.36

Defining neighborhood boundaries for urban health research. Am J Prev Med (2007) 1.34

Community- and individual-level socioeconomic status and breast cancer risk: multilevel modeling on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Environ Health Perspect (2008) 1.33

Socioeconomic indicators that matter for population health. Prev Chronic Dis (2010) 1.32

Neighborhood characteristics and disability in older adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2009) 1.32

Association of socioeconomic status with the use of chronic therapies and healthcare utilization in children with cystic fibrosis. J Pediatr (2009) 1.31

Spatial Polygamy and Contextual Exposures (SPACEs): Promoting Activity Space Approaches in Research on Place and Health. Am Behav Sci (2013) 1.31

A Swiss neighbourhood index of socioeconomic position: development and association with mortality. J Epidemiol Community Health (2012) 1.30

Neighborhoods, alcohol outlets and intimate partner violence: addressing research gaps in explanatory mechanisms. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2010) 1.29

Linking perceptions of neighbourhood to health in Hamilton, Canada. J Epidemiol Community Health (2004) 1.27

Surrounding greenness and pregnancy outcomes in four Spanish birth cohorts. Environ Health Perspect (2012) 1.25

Small area and individual level predictors of physical activity in urban communities: a multi-level study in Stoke on Trent, England. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2009) 1.24

Sampling and recruitment in multilevel studies among marginalized urban populations: the IMPACT studies. J Urban Health (2008) 1.23

The role of individual and contextual socioeconomic circumstances on mortality: analysis of time variations in a city of north west Italy. J Epidemiol Community Health (2004) 1.22

Neighborhood socioeconomic status and cognitive function in women. Am J Public Health (2011) 1.22

Residential segregation and injection drug use prevalence among Black adults in US metropolitan areas. Am J Public Health (2006) 1.22

Establishing the soundness of administrative spatial units for operationalising the active living potential of residential environments: an exemplar for designing optimal zones. Int J Health Geogr (2008) 1.22

Incorporating geospatial capacity within clinical data systems to address social determinants of health. Public Health Rep (2011) 1.21

Neurobiological pathways linking socioeconomic position and health. Psychosom Med (2010) 1.20

Neighborhood effects on birthweight: an exploration of psychosocial and behavioral pathways in Baltimore, 1995--1996. Soc Sci Med (2008) 1.20

A multi-perspective approach for defining neighbourhood units in the context of a study on health inequalities in the Quebec City region. Int J Health Geogr (2007) 1.20

Place matters: multilevel investigation of HIV distribution in Tanzania. AIDS (2008) 1.19

Estimating Potential Reductions in Premature Mortality in New York City From Raising the Minimum Wage to $15. Am J Public Health (2016) 1.19

The social course of drug injection and sexual activity among YMSM and other high-risk youth: an agenda for future research. J Urban Health (2003) 1.18

The crossroads of GIS and health information: a workshop on developing a research agenda to improve cancer control. Int J Health Geogr (2006) 1.17

Evaluating options for measurement of neighborhood socioeconomic context: evidence from a myocardial infarction case-control study. Health Place (2007) 1.16

Neighborhood variation in adolescent alcohol use: examination of socioecological and social disorganization theories. J Stud Alcohol Drugs (2011) 1.15

The California Neighborhoods Data System: a new resource for examining the impact of neighborhood characteristics on cancer incidence and outcomes in populations. Cancer Causes Control (2011) 1.15

Neighborhood social capital and dental injuries in Brazilian adolescents. Am J Public Health (2006) 1.15

A multilevel analysis of the determinants and cross-national variations of HIV seropositivity in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the DHS. Health Place (2011) 1.15

Roundtable on Urban Living Environment Research (RULER). J Urban Health (2011) 1.14

Intra-urban vulnerability to heat-related mortality in New York City, 1997-2006. Health Place (2014) 1.14

Neighborhood socioeconomic context and cognitive decline among older Mexican Americans: results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. Am J Epidemiol (2011) 1.14

Estimating the prevalence of injection drug use among black and white adults in large U.S. metropolitan areas over time (1992--2002): estimation methods and prevalence trends. J Urban Health (2008) 1.13

Block observations of neighbourhood physical disorder are associated with neighbourhood crime, firearm injuries and deaths, and teen births. J Epidemiol Community Health (2005) 1.13

Individual and Area Level Socioeconomic Status and Its Association with Cognitive Function and Cognitive Impairment (Low MMSE) among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Singapore. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra (2012) 1.12

Perceptions of the neighbourhood environment and self rated health: a multilevel analysis of the Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Study. BMC Public Health (2007) 1.12

Fast food purchasing and access to fast food restaurants: a multilevel analysis of VicLANES. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2009) 1.12

Racial and social class gradients in life expectancy in contemporary California. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.12

Community-level uninsurance and the unmet medical needs of insured and uninsured adults. Health Serv Res (2006) 1.11

Breast cancer stage at diagnosis and area-based socioeconomic status: a multicenter 10-year retrospective clinical epidemiological study in China. BMC Cancer (2012) 1.11

Beyond the clinic: improving child health through evidence-based community development. BMC Pediatr (2013) 1.10

The dynamics of income and neighborhood context for population health: do long-term measures of socioeconomic status explain more of the black/white health disparity than single-point-in-time measures? Soc Sci Med (2009) 1.10

A multilevel analysis of tobacco use and tobacco consumption levels in France: are there any combination risk groups? Eur J Public Health (2004) 1.08

Are neighborhood sociocultural factors influencing the spatial pattern of gonorrhea in North Carolina? Ann Epidemiol (2011) 1.08

Neighbourhood deprivation and incident mobility disability in older adults. Age Ageing (2008) 1.08

Neighborhoods and violent crime: a multilevel study of collective efficacy. Science (1997) 44.65

Overcoming the absence of socioeconomic data in medical records: validation and application of a census-based methodology. Am J Public Health (1992) 20.06

The neighborhoods they live in: the effects of neighborhood residence on child and adolescent outcomes. Psychol Bull (2000) 13.23

Poverty and health. Prospective evidence from the Alameda County Study. Am J Epidemiol (1987) 12.20

Bringing context back into epidemiology: variables and fallacies in multilevel analysis. Am J Public Health (1998) 11.43

Which deprivation? A comparison of selected deprivation indexes. J Public Health Med (1991) 10.99

The logic in ecological: I. The logic of analysis. Am J Public Health (1994) 10.30

Social deprivation and premature mortality: regional comparison across England. BMJ (1993) 9.74

Epidemiology and the web of causation: has anyone seen the spider? Soc Sci Med (1994) 9.36

The fallacy of the ecological fallacy: the potential misuse of a concept and the consequences. Am J Public Health (1994) 8.03

Higher mortality in deprived areas: community or personal disadvantage? BMJ (1994) 7.69

Neighborhood environments and coronary heart disease: a multilevel analysis. Am J Epidemiol (1997) 7.36

Deprivation and mortality: an alternative to social class? Community Med (1989) 7.07

Individual social class, area-based deprivation, cardiovascular disease risk factors, and mortality: the Renfrew and Paisley Study. J Epidemiol Community Health (1998) 6.99

Context, composition and heterogeneity: using multilevel models in health research. Soc Sci Med (1998) 5.35

Neighborhood social environment and risk of death: multilevel evidence from the Alameda County Study. Am J Epidemiol (1999) 4.99

Neighborhood risk factors for low birthweight in Baltimore: a multilevel analysis. Am J Public Health (1997) 4.88

Mortality effects of community socioeconomic status. Epidemiology (1997) 4.82

Should we use a case-crossover design? Annu Rev Public Health (2000) 4.32

Community-level socioeconomic status effects on adult health. J Health Soc Behav (1998) 4.08

The social environment and health: a discussion of the epidemiologic literature. Annu Rev Public Health (1999) 3.97

Violence by male partners against women during the childbearing year: a contextual analysis. Am J Public Health (1995) 3.73

Cardiovascular risk factors and the neighbourhood environment: a multilevel analysis. Int J Epidemiol (1999) 3.71

Socioeconomic status and injury mortality: individual and neighbourhood determinants. J Epidemiol Community Health (2000) 3.53

Phantom of the area: poverty-area residence and mortality in the United States. Am J Public Health (1998) 3.36

Smoking behaviour can be predicted by neighbourhood deprivation measures. J Epidemiol Community Health (1995) 3.25

The relationship of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics to birthweight among 5 ethnic groups in California. Am J Public Health (2001) 3.19

Neighborhood social context and racial differences in women's heart disease mortality. J Health Soc Behav (1998) 3.14

People and places: contrasting perspectives on the association between social class and health. Int J Health Serv (1996) 2.97

Multi-level analysis in epidemiologic research on health behaviors and outcomes. Am J Epidemiol (1992) 2.94

Does where you live predict health related behaviours?: a case study in Glasgow. Health Bull (Edinb) (1996) 2.93

Does area of residence affect body size and shape? Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1997) 2.83

Smoking and deprivation: are there neighbourhood effects? Soc Sci Med (1999) 2.79

Separate but lethal: the effects of economic segregation on mortality in metropolitan America. Milbank Q (1998) 2.77

Neighborhood social environments and the distribution of low birthweight in Chicago. Am J Public Health (1997) 2.72

Small area analysis: a review and analysis of the North American literature. J Health Polit Policy Law (1987) 2.65

Discrepant legacies: premature mortality in two industrial towns. Soc Sci Med (1991) 2.62

Poverty area residence and changes in physical activity level: evidence from the Alameda County Study. Am J Public Health (1998) 2.62

Area variations in health outcomes: artefact or ecology. Int J Epidemiol (1991) 2.51

Socioecological stressor areas and black-white blood pressure: Detroit. J Chronic Dis (1973) 2.48

Place effects for areas defined by administrative boundaries. Am J Epidemiol (1999) 2.46

Life expectancy in England: variations and trends by gender, health authority, and level of deprivation. J Epidemiol Community Health (1997) 2.36

Whither studies on the socioeconomic foundations of population health? Am J Public Health (1997) 2.32

Individual causal models and population system models in epidemiology. Am J Public Health (1999) 2.24

The contribution of maternal age to racial disparities in birthweight: a multilevel perspective. Am J Public Health (2001) 2.21

Modelling inequality in reported long term illness in the UK: combining individual and area characteristics. J Epidemiol Community Health (1996) 2.17

People, places and coronary heart disease risk factors: a multilevel analysis of the Scottish Heart Health Study archive. Soc Sci Med (1997) 2.06

Deprivation indicators as predictors of life events 1981-1992 based on the UK ONS Longitudinal Study. J Epidemiol Community Health (1998) 1.91

Geographic and socioeconomic variation in the onset of decline of coronary heart disease mortality in white women. Am J Public Health (1992) 1.90

A future for epidemiology? Annu Rev Public Health (1999) 1.81

Environmental indicators: a tool for evaluating community-based health-promotion programs. Am J Prev Med (1993) 1.76

Levels of mortality, education, and social conditions in the 107 local education authority areas of England. J Epidemiol Community Health (1996) 1.69

Do communities differ in health behaviors? J Clin Epidemiol (1993) 1.60

Infant mortality: a multi-level analysis of individual and community risk factors. Soc Sci Med (1998) 1.56

Socioecologic stress and hypertension related mortality rates in North Carolina. Am J Public Health (1976) 1.44

Diets for disease? Intraurban variation in reported food consumption in Glasgow. Appetite (1994) 1.27

Relations between individual and neighborhood-based measures of socioeconomic position and bone lead concentrations among community-exposed men: the Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol (1999) 1.17

Mental health and the urban environment: some doubts and second thoughts. J Health Soc Behav (1975) 1.14

Finke's 1792 map of human diseases: the first world disease map? Soc Sci Med (2000) 1.03

Mortality and ecological structure: a canonical approach. Soc Sci Med (1977) 1.01

Death and deprivation: an exploratory analysis of deaths in the health and lifestyle survey. Soc Sci Med (2000) 0.98