Multiple contexts of exposure: Activity spaces, residential neighborhoods, and self-rated health

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 146; pp. 204 - 213
• Main Authors: Sharp, Gregory, Denney, Justin T., Kimbro, Rachel T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2015; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Activity space; Adult; Contextual exposure; Cross-classified modeling; Diagnostic Self Evaluation; Female; Health Status; Human exposure; Humans; Longitudinal analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Los Angeles; Los Angeles County; Male; Middle Aged; Neighborhood effects; Neighborhoods; Poverty Areas; Public health; Relative deprivation; Residence Characteristics; Self-rated health; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time Factors; Vulnerable Populations; Workplace; Los Angeles; Los Angeles California; United States > US; Activity space; Los Angeles County; Neighborhood effects; Longitudinal analysis; Self-rated health; Cross-classified modeling; Contextual exposure

Although health researchers have made progress in detecting place effects on health, existing work has largely focused on the local residential neighborhood and has lacked a temporal dimension. Little research has integrated both time and space to understand how exposure to multiple contexts – where...