The Relationship of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Differences and Racial Residential Segregation to Childhood Blood Lead Levels in Metropolitan Detroit

This study uses a new approach to assess the impact of different neighborhood characteristics on blood lead levels (BLLs) of black versus white children in metropolitan Detroit. Data were obtained from the Michigan Department of Community Health and the US Bureau of the Census American Community Sur...

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Published in:Journal of urban health 2016-10, Vol.93 (5), p.820-839
Main Authors: Moody, Heather A., Darden, Joe T., Pigozzi, Bruce Wm
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Blood levels
Child
Child, Preschool
Databases, Factual
Epidemiology
Female
Health Informatics
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Lead
Lead - blood
Lead poisoning
Lead Poisoning - epidemiology
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Michigan - epidemiology
Neighborhoods
Public Health
Race
Residence Characteristics
Segregation
Social Class
Social Segregation
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Urban Population
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Summary:This study uses a new approach to assess the impact of different neighborhood characteristics on blood lead levels (BLLs) of black versus white children in metropolitan Detroit. Data were obtained from the Michigan Department of Community Health and the US Bureau of the Census American Community Survey. The Modified Darden-Kamel Composite Socioeconomic Index, bivariate regression, and the index of dissimilarity were used to compute neighborhood BLL unevenness by neighborhood characteristics. Neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic characteristics and high racial residential segregation predicted higher average childhood BLLs. This reveals a social spatial structure that will aid researchers/policymakers in better understanding disparities in childhood BLLs.
ISSN:1099-3460
1468-2869
DOI:10.1007/s11524-016-0071-8