| Titre : | Social ties and health. Variations in the health conditions of 6 Chicago community areas : A case for local-level data. (2006) |
| Auteurs : | Ami-M SHAH ; Abigail SILVA ; WHITMAN (Steven) : USA. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. North Chicago. ; Sinai Urban Health Institute. Chicago. IL. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 96, n° 8, 2006) |
| Pagination : | 1485-1491 |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Santé communautaire ; Milieu urbain ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Municipalité ; Etat santé ; Homme ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS Y1R0xahP. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. Although local-level chronic disease and risk factor data are not typically available, they are valuable for guiding public health interventions and policies. To present a case for disaggregated community-level health data, we conducted a study exploring the relevance of such data to research on health disparities. Methods. We designed a population-based health survey to gather information on many health measures, 13 of which are presented here. Interviews were conducted with 1699 adults (18-75 years) in 6 Chicago community areas between September 2002 and April 2003. Results. Statistically significant variations in health measures were found between the 6 communities themselves (108 of 195 pairwise comparisons were significant) and between the communities and Chicago as a whole (35 of 54 comparisons were significant). Conclusions. The local-level variations in health revealed in this study emphasize that geographic and racial/ethnic health disparities are still prominent in Chicago and shed light on the limitations of existing city-and regional-level data. |

