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| T LeventhalSummaryAffiliation: Columbia University Country: USA Publications
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The neighborhoods they live in: the effects of neighborhood residence on child and adolescent outcomesT Leventhal
Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
Psychol Bull 126:309-37. 2000..Implications for an emerging developmental framework for research on neighborhoods are discussed...
Patterns of service use in preschool children: correlates, consequences, and the role of early interventionT Leventhal
Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Child Dev 71:802-19. 2000..Findings are discussed in terms of preventive, responsive, and deficit models of service use...
Moving to opportunity: an experimental study of neighborhood effects on mental healthTama Leventhal
National Center for Children and Families, Columbia University, 525 W 120th Street, Box 39, New York, NY 10027, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1576-82. 2003..The health consequences of neighborhood poverty are a public health problem. Data were obtained to examine links between neighborhood residence and mental health outcomes...
Seven years later: effects of a neighborhood mobility program on poor Black and Latino adults' well-beingRebecca C Fauth
National Center for Children and Families, Columbia University, Box 39, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Health Soc Behav 49:119-30. 2008..Adults who remained in low-poverty neighborhoods at the time of the follow-up reported better physical health than adults residing in poor neighborhoods, but mental health did not vary by neighborhood...
Short-term effects of moving from public housing in poor to middle-class neighborhoods on low-income, minority adults' outcomesRebecca C Fauth
National Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 39, New York, NY 10027 6696, USA
Soc Sci Med 59:2271-84. 2004..No program effects were found on adults' symptoms of depression and anxiety. These early program effects inform housing policy initiatives for low-income families...
Depending on the kindness of strangers: current national data initiatives and developmental researchJ Brooks-Gunn
Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Child Dev 71:257-68. 2000....
Neighborhood disadvantage: pathways of effects for young childrenDafna E Kohen
Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, 24 R H Coats Building, 100 Tunney s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0T6
Child Dev 79:156-69. 2008..These processes were, in turn, related to less consistent, less stimulating, and more punitive parenting behaviors, and ultimately, poorer child outcomes...
Neighborhood poverty and public policy: a 5-year follow-up of children's educational outcomes in the New York City moving to opportunity demonstrationTama Leventhal
Institute of Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Dev Psychol 41:933-52. 2005..From a policy standpoint, the complexity of enhancing low-income minority children's educational outcomes is underscored by the multiple dynamics involved--family, neighborhood, housing, and school...
Neighborhood context and racial differences in early adolescent sexual activityChristopher R Browning
Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, 300 Bricker Hall, 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Demography 41:697-720. 2004..Collective efficacy also independently contributed to the delay of sexual onset. No significant baseline difference in age of sexual initiation was found between Latino and European American youths...
Neighborhood structural inequality, collective efficacy, and sexual risk behavior among urban youthChristopher R Browning
Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 1353, USA
J Health Soc Behav 49:269-85. 2008..The effect of collective efficacy is dependent upon age: The regulatory effect of collective efficacy increases for older adolescents...
Neighborhood residence and mental health problems of 5- to 11-year-oldsYange Xue
School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:554-63. 2005..Little research has investigated possible effects of neighborhood residence on mental health problems in children such as depression, anxiety, and withdrawal...
A randomized study of neighborhood effects on low-income children's educational outcomesTama Leventhal
Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dev Psychol 40:488-507. 2004..Homework time and school safety partially accounted for program effects. From a policy perspective, the program benefited disadvantaged male adolescents at high risk for dropping out of school...
