Do perceived neighborhood factors affect their self-reported physical health differently?
–> Home | Browse by Day | or Program | Author Index 198167 African Americans and Caribbean blacks in the U.S.: Do perceived neighborhood factors affect their self-reported physical health differently? Monday, November 9, 2009: 10:30 AM Arnold Nutifafa Degboe, MB ChB , MBA , Department of Health Policy and Administration, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Rhonda Belue, PhD , Health Policy and Administration, Penn State University, University Park, PA We examined the existence of differences in the self-reported physical health status and perceived neighborhood factors of African Americans and Caribbean blacks, and assessed whether there are dissimilarities in how perceived neighborhood factors affect the self-reported physical health status. The immigrant health hypothesis, place stratification theory, and theoretical propositions relating neighborhood characteristics to health outcomes provided the theoretical perspectives for the study. Past studies not only esta
