Session 13:
Community and Neighborhood Influences on Health
Chair: Melonie P. Heron, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
Discussant: Karl Eschbach, University of Texas at San Antonio
Community Context and Obesity among Chinese Adults: A Longitudinal and Multilevel Analysis • Hongwei Xu, Brown University ; Tao Liu, Bio Med Community Health
Transit-Oriented Urban Economic Development and Changes in Crime and Drug Use • Magdalena Cerda, The New York Academy of Medicine ; Kimberly Tessari, University of Michigan ; Ana Diez Roux, University of Michigan
The Effects of Neighborhoods on Child Health: New Data and Results from Wave 2 of the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey • Anne Pebley, University of California, Los Angeles
The Importance of Neighborhood Crime, Household Assets, and Sanitation Facilities for Systolic Blood Pressure among South African Adolescents • Paula Griffiths, Loughborough University ; Zoe A. Sheppard, Loughborough University ; Noel Cameron, Loughborough University ; John M. Pettifor, University of the Witwatersrand ; Shane Norris, University of the Witwatersrand
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