Journal article
Formal and Informal Neighborhood Social Organization: Which Promotes Better Resident Health?
Health & social work, Vol.41(3), pp.182-190
08/2016
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlw024
PMCID: PMC4985881
PMID: 29206950
Abstract
Neighborhood social organization captures how neighborhood residents differently organize to exert social control and enact their vision of their community. Whereas structural aspects of neighborhoods have been found to predict the health of neighborhood residents, we know less about whether neighborhood social characteristics, like social organization, matter for resident health. In their study, authors tested whether two types of social organization—formal and informal—were more predictive of resident self-rated health in a diverse sample of Chicago residents. They used multilevel models with survey weights, ordered dependent variables, and multiple imputation. They found that one measure of formal social organization, organizational participation, was significantly associated with self-rated health even when controlling for other types of social organization and individual participation. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications for macro social work practice to address social determinants of health and improve community health.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Formal and Informal Neighborhood Social Organization: Which Promotes Better Resident Health?
- Creators
- Megan E Gilster - Megan E. Gilster, PhD, is assistant professor and Cristian L. Meier, MSW, MPH, is a doctoral student, School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Address correspondence to Megan E. Gilster, School of Social Work, University of Iowa, 308 North Hall, Iowa City, IA 52246; The Chicago Community Adult Health study was supported by Grant #R01HD050467 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy requires that peer-reviewed research publications generated with NIH support are made publically available through PubMed Central. NIH is not responsible for the data collection or analyses represented in this article. The first author was also funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant #T32HD049302. An earlier version of this publication was presented at the Society for Social Work Research (SSWR). The authors would also like to thank Jeanne Saunders, anonymous reviewers, and SSWR attendees for feedback on earlier versions of this publication. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authorsCristian L Meier - Megan E. Gilster, PhD, is assistant professor and Cristian L. Meier, MSW, MPH, is a doctoral student, School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Address correspondence to Megan E. Gilster, School of Social Work, University of Iowa, 308 North Hall, Iowa City, IA 52246; The Chicago Community Adult Health study was supported by Grant #R01HD050467 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy requires that peer-reviewed research publications generated with NIH support are made publically available through PubMed Central. NIH is not responsible for the data collection or analyses represented in this article. The first author was also funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant #T32HD049302. An earlier version of this publication was presented at the Society for Social Work Research (SSWR). The authors would also like to thank Jeanne Saunders, anonymous reviewers, and SSWR attendees for feedback on earlier versions of this publication. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health & social work, Vol.41(3), pp.182-190
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/hsw/hlw024
- PMID
- 29206950
- PMCID
- PMC4985881
- ISSN
- 0360-7283
- eISSN
- 1545-6854
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2016
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work; Center for Social Science Innovation; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984002344002771
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