Titre :
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Moving to opportunity : An experimental study of neighborhood effects on mental health. (2003)
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Auteurs :
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Tama LEVENTHAL ;
Jeanne BROOKS-GUNN ;
National Center for Children and Families. Columbia University. New York. NY. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 93, n° 9, 2003)
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Pagination :
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1576-1582
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Psychopathologie
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Homme
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Pronostic
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Résumé :
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[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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