Evaluation of neighborhood resources and mental health in American military Veterans using geographic information systems.
Clustering
Depressive symptoms
Geographic information systems
Neighborhood resources
Psychological distress
Journal
Preventive medicine reports
ISSN: 2211-3355
Titre abrégé: Prev Med Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101643766
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
10
04
2021
revised:
03
08
2021
accepted:
30
08
2021
entrez:
3
1
2022
pubmed:
4
1
2022
medline:
4
1
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Neighborhood-level social determinants are increasingly recognized as factors shaping mental health in adults. Data-driven informatics methods and geographic information systems (GIS) offer innovative approaches for quantifying neighborhood attributes and studying their influence on mental health. Guided by a modification of Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Service Use framework, this cross-sectional study examined associations of neighborhood resource groups with psychological distress and depressive symptoms in 1,528 U.S. Veterans. Data came from the Veteran Affairs (VA) Health Services Research and Development Proactive Mental Health trial and publicly available sources. Hierarchical clustering based on the proportions of neighborhood resources within walkable distance was used to identify neighborhood resource groups and generalized estimating equations analyzed the association of identified neighborhood resource groups with mental health outcomes. Few resources were found in walkable areas except alcohol and/or tobacco outlets. In clustering analysis, four meaningful neighborhood groups were identified characterized by alcohol and tobacco outlets. Living in an alcohol-permissive and tobacco-restrictive neighborhood was associated with increased psychological distress but not depressive symptoms. Living in urban or rural areas and access to VA care facilities were not associated with either outcome. These findings can be used in developing community-based mental health-promoting interventions and public health policies such as zoning policies to regulate alcohol outlets in neighborhoods. Augmenting community-based services with Veteran-specialized services in neighborhoods where Veterans live provides opportunities for improving their mental health.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34976617
doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101546
pii: S2211-3355(21)00236-9
pmc: PMC8683884
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
101546Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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