People living in black concentrated areas more likely to report bad health

[J Bananas]

In a study examining the relationship between racial/ethnic neighborhood concentration and self-reported health, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that individuals living in neighborhoods with a high concentration of Blacks were twice as likely to report poor health when compared to their counterparts living in neighborhoods with a lower concentration of Blacks. Based on data from more than 2,800 people who self-identified as white, black, Hispanic, or Asian, this is the first study to examine the effects of racial/ethnic neighborhood concentration and self-reported health in New York City.

People living in highly Black concentrated neighborhoods were more likely to report their health as poor (27%) when compared to counterparts living in low (17%) and medium Black concentrated neighborhoods (22%). Living in a neighborhood with a high concentration of Blacks, regardless of individuals' race or ethnicity, education, income or access to health insurance resulted in a twofold increased chance that residents would report poor health. This finding persisted even after additional adjustments for the socioeconomic circumstances of the neighborhoods and the individual's perception of their own neighborhoods.

"We used proportion of Black residents living in a zip code as a measure of residential segregation. Residential segregation is the damaging form of racial discrimination in this country and one that affects everyone regardless of their race or ethnicity." said Luisa N. Borrell, DDS, PhD, assistant professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and co-author of the study. "This study demonstrates that poor self-reported health was associated with patterns of concentration of Blacks in a neighborhood. Our findings also suggest that individuals living in the most concentrated neighborhoods were almost two times more likely to perceive their health as poor compared to those living in less concentrated neighborhoods," according to Kellee White, MPH, doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and study co-author. "Moreover, segregated neighborhoods tend to suffer from concentrated poverty, economic disinvestment, and a lack of health resources. It is important to continue to determine the neighborhood elements that may facilitate or impede health."

The study was based on information from the New York City Social Indicator Survey and U.S. Census. Administered since 1997, the NYC-SIS is a biennial survey that measures individual and family well-being on a range of social and economic living conditions, adequacy of governmental services, and satisfaction and perception of the city.

"Although the deleterious effects of residential segregation on health are not well-understood, residential segregation has implications for most of the disparities of interest in the U.S., such as racial/ethnic, socioeconomic position, and geographic region," observed Dr. Borrell.


The research was funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program. The full study, Racial/ethnic neighborhood concentration and self-reported health in New York City, will be published in Ethnicity and Disease Vol 16, Autumn 2006.

About the Mailman School of Public Health
The only accredited school of public health in New York City, and among the first in the nation Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health provides instruction and research opportunities to more than 900 graduate students in pursuit of masters and doctoral degrees. Its students and more than 270 multi-disciplinary faculty engage in research and service in the city, nation, and around the world, concentrating on biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health policy and management, population and family health, and sociomedical sciences. www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu

[Mr. O]

I wouldn't be surprised.

[J Bananas]

i like how they had to make an official serious report about this just to rub it in their faces, when u can just go in a black neighborhood, take a look around and be like no shit!

[QuietTruth]

Unbelievable.

[Nutty]

i like how they had to make an official serious report about this just to rub it in their faces, when u can just go in a black neighborhood, take a look around and be like no shit!

lol. ^

[Sikotic™]

It's the fried chicken.

[Trauma-san]

Black people make less money than white people.  Poor people are less healthy than rich people.  It would naturally follow that poor black people are less healthy than rich white people.  Who the fuck needed to spend money to figure that one out?

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

It's the fried chicken.

There's alot of truth to that.  There used to be an urban legend started by black revolutionaries called the "Cornel's secret ingredient", and the story went that the government had purposely put something in the Kentucky Fried Chicken to poison black people and keep them ignorant.  There was no proof for this claim, but it did influence some blacks to make wiser choices with their health. 

Other similar urban legends is the one that Tommy Hillfinger said he hated black people on Oprah (to get blacks to stop spending all their money buying clothes from the white man) and the urban legend Chuck D helped influence about 2pac being alive (cause he felt like white people had Elvis, and black people should be able to keep their legend alive).

 

[jeromechickenbone]

It's the fried chicken.

There's alot of truth to that.  There used to be an urban legend started by black revolutionaries called the "Cornel's secret ingredient", and the story went that the government had purposely put something in the Kentucky Fried Chicken to poison black people and keep them ignorant.  There was no proof for this claim, but it did influence some blacks to make wiser choices with their health. 

Other similar urban legends is the one that Tommy Hillfinger said he hated black people on Oprah (to get blacks to stop spending all their money buying clothes from the white man) and the urban legend Chuck D helped influence about 2pac being alive (cause he felt like white people had Elvis, and black people should be able to keep their legend alive).

HAHAHAHAHA!

Jesus fucking allah is there any conspiracy that you don't believe?  Did the poison only work on blacks?  And that Tommy Hilfiger (NOT HILLFINGER) thing is definitely bullshit.  Maybe he said poor people shouldn't spend their money on designer shit (which I really fucking doubt he said) but ain't no way he said he "hated black people"  Prodigy from Mobb Deep said, and I quote "Tommy Hill is my nigga".  Could P be wrong?  I think not...

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

HAHAHAHAHA!

Jesus fucking allah is there any conspiracy that you don't believe?  Did the poison only work on blacks?  And that Tommy Hilfiger (NOT HILLFINGER) thing is definitely bullshit.  Maybe he said poor people shouldn't spend their money on designer shit (which I really fucking doubt he said) but ain't no way he said he "hated black people"  Prodigy from Mobb Deep said, and I quote "Tommy Hill is my nigga".  Could P be wrong?  I think not...

I didn't say I believed anything, in fact I mentioned that there was no proof to back up the claims... All I did was offer the urban legends as a topic of interest.  Relax.

[Sanford - V. President of the Dangerous Crew Movement]

It's the fried chicken.

i would put swine before good ol chicken.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Jrome,

by the way, here's the definition of Urban Legend so you won't be confused next time I use the phrase.

www.Dictionary.com

Urban Legend:  -  a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror.

[jeromechickenbone]

Jrome,

by the way, here's the definition of Urban Legend so you won't be confused next time I use the phrase.

www.Dictionary.com

Urban Legend:  -  a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror.

LET ME QUOTE YOU HOMEBOY:

It's the fried chicken.

There's alot of truth to that.  

[Trauma-san]

CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Jrome,

by the way, here's the definition of Urban Legend so you won't be confused next time I use the phrase.

www.Dictionary.com

Urban Legend:  -  a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror.

LET ME QUOTE YOU HOMEBOY:

It's the fried chicken.

There's alot of truth to that.   

Jrome,

What does that prove?  You quoted me saying that "there is alot of truth" to the linking of bad health with fried chicken.

After that, I went on to mention as a point of interest, that the problem is so pervasive in the black community that black revolutionaries had motivation enough to create an urban legend of the issue to frighten blacks away from consuming so much fried chicken.