Perceived Neighborhood Disorder, Health Behaviors, and Inflammation Among Older Adults: A Mediation Analysis

Weidi Qin, Jiao Yu, Tatyana Brown, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, University of Wisconsin

Journal of Aging and Health

Published online on July 01, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Aging and Health, Ahead of Print.
ObjectivesThis study investigates whether neighborhood disorder has indirect effects on inflammation via health behaviors and whether the pathways vary by race and ethnicity.MethodsThe study sample came from the Health and Retirement Study in 2014 and ...