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Title: Health, Access to Care, and Gentrification Across New York City, 2000-2010
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: Gentrification has taken place in New York City over the past decades. However, little is known about the effects of gentrification on health. An influx of affluent middle class could create positive spillovers such as more health care providers and resources for incumbent residents. Health outcomes for incumbent residents may improve with gentrification, as crime decreases and access to healthy food, transportation, and quality schools improve. On the other hand, if these amenities are restricted to only wealthy in-movers, low-income residents in gentrifying neighborhoods might bear the adverse effects of gentrification. Incumbent residents’ socioeconomic status (SES) is less likely to change along with gentrification, but the increasing living costs such as rents might cause displacement or discourage low-income residents from utilizing health care. A substantial research body on “neighborhood effects” documents the links between disadvantaged neighborhoods and a variety of health outcomes, but studies on the associations between neighborhood gentrification and access to health care are lacking. The effects seem to be mixed, particularly for residents who are not displaced by gentrification.
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Authors: Cai, Sih-Ting; Austensen, Maxwell; Dolatshahi, Jennifer; Ganz, Amy, L; Mahalingam Narsimhamurthy, Gopal
Publisher: New York University
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Topics: Housing and Segregation
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