Association of neighborhood-level social determinants and food environments with pediatric hypertension care

• Published in: Health & place Vol. 65; p. 102383
• Main Authors: Min, Jungwon, Griffis, Heather M., Tam, Vicky, Meyers, Kevin E., Natarajan, Shobha S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2020; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Body mass index; Body weight; Children; Childrens health; Expenditures; Fast food; Food; Food environments; Health technology assessment; Healthy food; Hypertension; Neighborhood; Neighborhoods; Obesity; Overweight; Patients; Pediatrics; Regression analysis; Regression models; Social disorganization; Social factors; Takeaway food; Urban environments; Hypertension; Pediatrics; Obesity; Neighborhood; Food environments

Despite the apparent relationship between neighborhood characteristics and health, few studies of child health address neighborhood-level barriers, which may contribute to clinic no-show rates and difficulties following treatment plans in children and youth. We used longitudinal data from an outpati...