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Titre :	Moving to opportunity : An experimental study of neighborhood effects on mental health. (2003)
Auteurs :	Tama LEVENTHAL ; Jeanne BROOKS-GUNN ; National Center for Children and Families. Columbia University. New York. NY. USA
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 93, n° 9, 2003)
Pagination :	1576-1582
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Psychopathologie ; Homme ; Pronostic
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS nUVR0x4m. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. The health consequences of neighborhood poverty are a public health problem. Data were obtained to examine links between neighborhood residence and mental health outcomes. Methods. Moving to Opportunity was a randomized, controlled trial in which families from public housing in high-poverty neighborhoods were moved into private housing in near-poor or nonpoor neighborhoods, with a subset remaining in public housing. At the 3-year follow-up of the New York site, 550 families were reinterviewed. Results. Parents who moved to low-poverty neighborhoods reported significantly less distress than parents who remained in high-poverty neighborhoods. Boys who moved to less poor neighborhoods reported significantly fewer anxious/depressive and dependency problems than did boys who stayed in public housing. Conclusions. This study provides experimental evidence of neighborhood income effects on mental health.

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