Exploring Neighborhood Social Environment and Social Support in Baltimore

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dc.contributor.authorMair, Christine A.
dc.contributor.authorLehning, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorWaldstein, Shari R.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Michele K.
dc.contributor.authorZonderman, Alan B.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T21:29:30Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T21:29:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-21
dc.description.abstractIntervention efforts include social support as a mechanism to promote well-being in diverse communities. Cultivating support can be complex, particularly in disadvantaged urban communities. This complexity is compounded by a lack of studies that attempt to map associations between urban neighborhood environments and social support exchanges. Authors address this gap by analyzing data from the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span study (Wave 1, 2004ā€“2009), a 20-year epidemiological investigation of African American and White adults living in Baltimore City. Results of ordinary least squares linear regression models (Nā€‰=ā€‰2,002) indicate that individuals who report that their neighborhoods have more social resources (p = .03), social order (p < .001), social cohesion (p = .002), and social control (p = .001) tend to exchange more social support. Respondents in neighborhoods with more social disorder report providing more support (p = .02), but receive less (p = .004). Neighborhood social environment is more consistently associated with support received from friends or other kin compared with spouses and children. These findings suggest that neighborhood social environments may be a key contextual consideration for social work intervention efforts and indicate need for macro-level interventions to complement existing micro-level interventions.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://academic.oup.com/swr/article/45/2/75/6307096en_US
dc.format.extent12 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2bokh-g9ve
dc.identifier.citationMair, Christine A., et al. "Exploring Neighborhood Social Environment and Social Support in Baltimore" Social Work Research 45, no. 2 (June 2021): 75ā€“86. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svab007.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svab007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/28065
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Sociology and Anthropology Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Psychology Department
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC School of Social Work
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.en_US
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dc.titleExploring Neighborhood Social Environment and Social Support in Baltimoreen_US
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8813-6532en_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8053-0041en_US

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