RESUMO
The health implications of urban development, particularly in rapidly changing, low-income urban neighborhoods, are poorly understood. We describe the Healthy Neighborhoods Study (HNS), a Participatory Action Research study examining the relationship between neighborhood change and population health in nine Massachusetts neighborhoods. Baseline data from the HNS survey show that social factors, specifically income insecurity, food insecurity, social support, experiencing discrimination, expecting to move, connectedness to the neighborhood, and local housing construction that participants believed would improve their lives, identified by a network of 45 Resident Researchers exhibited robust associations with self-rated and mental health. Resident-derived insights into relationships between neighborhoods and health may provide a powerful mechanism for residents to drive change in their communities.
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Nível de Saúde , Pobreza/estatística & dados numéricos , Características de Residência/estatística & dados numéricos , Mudança Social , Reforma Urbana , Adolescente , Adulto , Negro ou Afro-Americano , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Boston , Pesquisa Participativa Baseada na Comunidade , Relações Comunidade-Instituição , Feminino , Abastecimento de Alimentos , Hispânico ou Latino , Humanos , Modelos Lineares , Masculino , Saúde Mental , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Desenvolvimento de Programas , Autorrelato , Apoio Social , População Urbana , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Sleep deprivation alters mood and anxiety in man. In rats, 24 h of treadmill-induced total sleep deprivation or sleep fragmentation increased exploratory behavior in an open field test of anxiety compared to cage or exercise controls. Plasma corticosterone (CORT) levels of sleep disturbed and exercise control rats were elevated compared to cage controls, suggesting that the increased exploration observed in the sleep disturbed rats was not due to a hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) stress response.
