Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Neighborhood Characteristics

Characteristics that may describe the demographic, social, built environment, or economic characteristics of a geographic area in which people live and can affect health and well-being of neighborhood residents. Neighborhood environments include the physical environment (unsafe air/water), built environment (sidewalks/greenspace) and the social environment (safety, sense of community).

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Abstract

Characteristics that may describe the demographic, social, built environment, or economic characteristics of a geographic area in which people live and can affect health and well-being of neighborhood residents. Neighborhood environments include the physical environment (unsafe air/water), built environment (sidewalks/greenspace) and the social environment (safety, sense of community).

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Neighborhood Disadvantage
  • Neighborhood Effects
  • Neighborhood Environment
  • Neighborhood Safety
  • Effect, Neighborhood
  • Environment, Neighborhood
  • Neighborhood Disadvantages
  • Neighborhood Effect
  • Neighborhood Environments
  • Safety, Neighborhood

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3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, history, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; specify geographic location if pertinent

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History Note

2022

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Previous Indexing

  • Residence Characteristics (2007-2021)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neighborhood Characteristics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091542. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091542
  2. Neighborhood Characteristics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112207543