Neighborhood deprivation and cardiovascular disease risk factors: Protective and harmful effects
Scandinavian Journal of Social MedicinePublished 13 January 2006
Catherine Cubbin, Kristina Sundquist, Helena Ahlén, Sven‐Erik Johansson, Marilyn A. Winkleby, Jan Sundquist
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The results suggest that interventions focusing on changing contextual aspects of neighborhoods, in addition to changing individual behaviors, may have a greater impact on CVD than a sole focus on individuals.
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Neighborhood-level deprivation exerted important protective and harmful associations with health behaviors/risk factors related to CVD. The significance to public health is substantial because of the number of persons at risk as well as the serious health consequences of CVD. These results suggest that interventions focusing on changing contextual aspects of neighborhoods, in addition to changing individual behaviors, may have a greater impact on CVD than a sole focus on individuals.
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