Neighborhood Disadvantage and Health

Neighborhood Disadvantage and Health

Our research examines the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and mental health. These studies leverage a natural experiment in which refugees to Denmark were dispersed nearly randomly across the country. This allows us to examine the effects of various modifiable neighborhood-level characteristics on mental health among adults and children. The goal is to inform the development of clinical, community, and policy strategies to address place-based determinants impacting vulnerable populations.

Projects

Child and Adult Mental Health

Funding: NIA R01

Recent Publications:

Neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and psychiatric disorders among refugees: a population-based, quasi-experimental study in Denmark.

Risk of Psychiatric Disorders Among Refugee Children and Adolescents Living in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods.

Brief: Refugee Resettlement and Mental Health

Neighborhood Deprivation and Mental Health Among Immigrants to Sweden.

Physical Health and Mortality

Funding: NIA R01;  NHLBI K08

Recent Publications:

Neighborhood disadvantage and birth outcomes among refugees.

Mediating pathways between neighborhood disadvantage and cardiovascular risk: Quasi-experimental evidence from a Danish refugee dispersal policy.

Immigrants to the United States contribute to society: Here are 3 ways to support their transition.

The association of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics with cardiovascular health: A quasi-experimental study of refugees to Denmark.

Neighborhood disadvantage and the risk of dementia and mortality among refugees to Denmark: A quasi-experimental study.