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Panlilio LV, Preston KL, Bertz JW, Moran LM, Tyburski M, Hertzel SK, Husami S, Adan F, Epstein DH, Phillips KA. Objective Neighborhood-Level Disorder Versus Subjective Safety as Predictors of HIV Transmission Risk and Momentary Well-Being. AIDS Behav 2024:10.1007/s10461-024-04413-z. [PMID: 38965184 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04413-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Mental health and HIV risk behavior have been studied with ecological momentary assessment (EMA), but this approach has not been combined with tracking of activity space (where people go and what they encounter there) in people with HIV and their social relations, who may be HIV+ or HIV-. Activity space represents a modifiable risk or protective factor for behavior related to health status and quality of life, in both clinical and nonclinical populations. We conducted an observational study with 286 participants (243 HIV+ and 43 HIV-), roughly matched for socioeconomic status and neighborhood of residence via three waves of snowball sampling. Each participant carried a smartphone for up to 4 weeks, making 5 randomly prompted entries and 1 end-of-day entry each day, plus self-initiated event-contingent entries for sexual activity and drug use. Responses to randomly prompted items provided subjective evaluations of the safety of the participant's current social and physical environment (the place they were and the people they were with). GPS-based location tracking-coupled with publicly available statistic indicating neighborhood-level physical disorder and socioeconomic disadvantage-provided an indicator of each participant's exposure to objective psychosocial hazard. We examined possible relationships of these objective and subjective environmental exposures with risky sexual and intravenous drug-use behavior, knowledge and utilization of antiretroviral treatment and prophylaxis, and momentary mental health (mood and stress, which relate to risky behavior and overall well-being). We found that both risky behavior and mental health were more related to participants' subjective evaluations of their activity space than to objective measures of neighborhood-level disorder, suggesting that, even within an objectively hazardous neighborhood, people who find a niche they perceive as socially and physically safe may engage in less risky behavior and have better well-being.Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier NCT01571752.
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- Leigh V Panlilio
- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- National Institutes of Health, NIDA Intramural Research Program, Translational Addiction Medicine Branch (TAMB), RAPT (Real-World Assessment, Prediction, and Treatment) Unit, 251 Bayview Blvd., Suite 200, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Choi J, Han SH, Ng YT, Muñoz E. Neighborhood Cohesion Across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2023; 78:1765-1774. [PMID: 37350749 PMCID: PMC10561885 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbad095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Greater neighborhood cohesion is associated with better cognitive function in adulthood and may serve as a protective factor against cognitive impairment and decline. We build on prior work by examining the effects of perceived neighborhood cohesion across the life course on level and change in cognitive function in adulthood. METHODS Utilizing longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998-2016) and its Life History Mail Survey, we leveraged data from 3,599 study participants (baseline age: 51-89) who participated in up to 10 waves. Respondents provided retrospective ratings of neighborhood cohesion at childhood (age 10), young adulthood (age at the first full-time job), early midlife (age 40), and concurrently at baseline (i.e., late midlife/adulthood); they completed the modified version of the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status. We fit a univariate latent growth curve model of change in cognitive function across waves and tested whether neighborhood cohesion during each recollected life stage predicted level and change in cognitive function. RESULTS Greater neighborhood cohesion during childhood and late midlife/adulthood each predicted higher cognitive function at baseline but not the rate of cognitive decline. The final model showed that greater neighborhood cohesion in childhood and in late midlife/adulthood remained significantly associated with higher baseline cognitive function, even after accounting for one another. DISCUSSION Findings provide insight into life-course neighborhood contextual influences on cognitive aging. Our results emphasize the need for more research to understand the life-course dynamics between neighborhood environments and cognitive aging.
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- Jean Choi
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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Birditt KS, Turkelson A, Javaid S, Gonzalez R, Antonucci T. Implications of Cumulative Life Event Stress for Daily Stress Exposure and Cardiovascular Reactivity Among Black and White Americans. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2023; 78:1224-1235. [PMID: 37057965 PMCID: PMC10292837 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbad054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 04/15/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Daily stress and cardiovascular reactivity may be important mechanisms linking cumulative life event stress with cardiovascular health and may help to explain racial health disparities. However, studies have yet to examine links between exposure to life event stress, daily stress exposure, and cardiovascular reactivity. This study assessed links between trajectories of life event stress exposure, daily stressors, and cardiovascular reactivity among Black and White individuals. METHODS Participants are from the Stress and Well-being in Everyday Life Study in which 238 individuals (109 Black 129 White; ages 33-93), drawn from the longitudinal Social Relations Study, reported life event stress in 1992, 2005, 2015, and 2018. Of those individuals, 169 completed an ecological momentary assessment study in which they reported stress exposure every 3 hr, and 164 wore a heart rate monitor for up to 5 days. RESULTS Latent class growth curve models revealed 2 longitudinal trajectories of life event stress: moderate-increasing and low-decreasing. Individuals in the moderate-increasing stress trajectory reported greater daily stress exposure and links did not vary by race. Black individuals in the low-decreasing trajectory and White individuals in the moderate-increasing trajectory showed positive associations between daily stress and heart rate (i.e., were reactive to daily stress exposure). The link between daily stress and heart rate was not significant among Black individuals in the moderate-increasing trajectory and White individuals in the low-decreasing trajectory. DISCUSSION Individuals who experience more life events across the adult life course report greater daily stress exposure which has important implications for daily cardiovascular health. Black individuals with moderate-increasing life event stress show evidence of blunted daily stress reactivity (nonsignificant association between daily stress and heart rate) whereas Black individuals with low-decreasing life event stress show evidence of stress reactivity (positive association between daily stress and heart rate). White individuals showed the opposite pattern (albeit marginally). These findings expand the weathering hypothesis and indicate that chronic life event stress may be associated with blunted stress reactivity among Black individuals.
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- Kira S Birditt
- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Nguyen JP, Hoang D, Zhou K, Harvey DJ, Dam Q, Meyer OL. Associations between caregiving status, acculturation, and psychological distress in a diverse sample. Int Psychogeriatr 2022:1-9. [PMID: 36468427 PMCID: PMC10239787 DOI: 10.1017/s1041610222000928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Increasingly diverse caregiver populations have prompted studies examining culture and caregiver outcomes. Still, little is known about the influence of sociocultural factors and how they interact with caregiving context variables to influence psychological health. We explored the role of caregiving and acculturation factors on psychological distress among a diverse sample of adults. DESIGN Secondary data analysis of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). PARTICIPANTS The 2009 CHIS surveyed 47,613 adults representative of the population of California. This study included Latino and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) caregivers and non-caregivers (n = 13,161). MEASUREMENTS Multivariate weighted regression analyses examined caregiver status and acculturation variables (generational status, language of interview, and English language proficiency) and their associations with psychological distress (Kessler-6 scale). Covariates included caregiving context (e.g., support and neighborhood factors) and demographic variables. RESULTS First generation caregivers had more distress than first-generation non-caregivers (β=0.92, 95% CI: (0.18, 1.65)); the difference in distress between caregivers and non-caregivers was smaller in the third than first generation (β=-1.21, 95% CI: (-2.24, -0.17)). Among those who did not interview in English (β=1.17, 95% CI: (0.13, 2.22)) and with low English proficiency (β=2.60, 95% CI: (1.21, 3.98)), caregivers reported more distress than non-caregivers. CONCLUSIONS Non-caregivers exhibited the "healthy immigrant effect," where less acculturated individuals reported less distress. In contrast, caregivers who were less acculturated reported more distress.
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- Julia P. Nguyen
- Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Foresight Mental Health, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
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- Shanghai Unionlab Co., Ltd. Shanghai, CN, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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Guo F, Harris KM, Boardman JD, Robinette JW. Does crime trigger genetic risk for type 2 diabetes in young adults? A G x E interaction study using national data. Soc Sci Med 2022; 313:115396. [PMID: 36215925 PMCID: PMC11081708 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Living in neighborhoods perceived as disordered exacerbates genetic risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) among older adults. It is unknown whether this gene-neighborhood interaction extends to younger adults. The present study aims to investigate whether crime, an objectively measured indicator of neighborhood disorder, triggers genetic risk for T2D among younger adults, and whether this hypothesized triggering occurs through exposure to obesity. METHODS Data were from the Wave I (2008) National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. A standardized T2D polygenic score was created using 2014 GWAS meta-analysis results. Weighted mediation analyses using generalized structural equation models were conducted in a final sample of 7606 adults (age range: 25-34) to test the overall association of T2D polygenic scores with T2D, and the mediating path through obesity exposure in low, moderate, and high county crime-rate groups. Age, sex, ancestry, educational degree, household income, five genetic principal components, and county-level concentrated advantage and population density were adjusted. RESULTS The overall association between T2D polygenic score and T2D was not significant in low-crime areas (p = 0.453), marginally significant in moderate-crime areas (p = 0.064), and statistically significant in high-crime areas (p = 0.007). The mediating path through obesity was not significant in low or moderate crime areas (ps = 0.560 and 0.261, respectively), but was statistically significant in high-crime areas (p = 0.023). The indirect path through obesity accounted for 12% of the overall association in high-crime area. CONCLUSION A gene-crime interaction in T2D was observed among younger adults, and this association was partially explained by exposure to obesity.
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- Fangqi Guo
- Psychology Department, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, CA, USA.
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- Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA; Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA
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- Psychology Department, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, CA, USA
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Houweling R, Power A, Smith D. Parent health and wellbeing at home before and during COVID-19. WELLBEING, SPACE AND SOCIETY 2022; 3:100082. [PMID: 36164311 PMCID: PMC9491882 DOI: 10.1016/j.wss.2022.100082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Environments of parenthood are changing with increasing rates of dual-working households, more single-parent and non-traditional families, increasing cost of childcare, and growing reliance on online communities for information and support. However, everyday parenthood activities are still primarily conducted at "home". In this paper, we draw on a study which initially aimed to explore parent health and wellbeing in everyday contexts before COVID-19, but the pandemic shaped the enquiry further. Our empirical research is based on an online survey with a sample of UK parents (n = 274). Findings presented here relate to qualitative data focused on descriptions of parenthood at home, analysed thematically. Our study reveals how everyday activities of parenthood, including intersections with work and socialisation, are experienced in and through the home in ways that impact health and wellbeing. Significantly, it connects home-life changes created during COVID-19 "lockdowns" with longer-term considerations of parent needs.
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- Rachel Houweling
- School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Geography and Environmental Science, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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