Moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods offers broad benefits for children with asthma, regardless of sex or other baseline characteristics.

Background: It was previously found that moving to lower-poverty/higher-opportunity neighborhoods as part of a housing mobility program was associated with improvements in asthma exacerbations and symptoms among children with asthma. Whether some subsets of children with asthma experience a greater improvement in asthma morbidity after moving is unknown.

Objective: Our aim was to determine whether the benefits of moving to lower-poverty/higher-opportunity neighborhoods were concentrated in subsets of participants with asthma.

Estimation of place-based vulnerability scores for HIV viral non-suppression: an application leveraging data from a cohort of people with histories of using drugs.

The relationships between place (e.g., neighborhood) and HIV are commonly investigated.

Clinical trial participation predicts improved survival in older adults receiving allogeneic blood and marrow transplant.

Background: Older adults represent a large oncologic demographic and are under-represented within oncology research despite constituting nearly two-thirds of the oncologic population in the United States. Because many social factors influence research participation, those who enroll in research do not reflect the oncology population at large, introducing bias and creating issue with external validity of studies. The same factors that influence study enrollment may also impact cancer outcomes, meaning that those who enroll in studies may already have an improved chance of cancer survival, further skewing results of these studies.

Propensity score weighted associations between financial strain and subsequent inflammatory biomarkers of aging among a representative sample of U.S. older adults.

Background: Despite known socioeconomic disparities in aging-related outcomes, the underlying physiologic mechanisms are understudied. This study applied propensity score weighting to estimate the effect of financial strain on inflammation-related aging biomarkers among a national sample of older adults.

Methods: Financial strain severe enough to lack money for housing, utilities, medical/prescription bills or food was measured among 4,593 community-dwelling National Health and Aging Trends Study participants aged ≥ 65 years in 2016.

Social Norms About Handling Financial Challenges in Relation to Health-Protective Capacity Among Low-Income Older Adults.

Background And Objectives: Despite evidence linking financial challenges to poor health among older adults, effective interventions are lacking. This study examined the experience of living with financial challenges, useful strategies to handle them, and social norms that may constrain options and decision-making.

Research Design And Methods: This two-staged qualitative study recruited low-income older adults from the United States Baltimore City area.

Social isolation, homebound status, and race among older adults: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (2011-2019).

Background: Multiple factors may influence the risk of being homebound, including social isolation and race. This study examines the relationship between social isolation and homebound status by race over 9 years in a sample of adults.

Methods: Utilizing a representative sample of 7788 Medicare beneficiaries aged 65+ from 2011-2019, we assessed the odds of becoming homebound by social isolation.

Residential Street Block Disorder and Biological Markers of Aging in Older Adults: The National Health and Aging Trends Study.

Background: Residential environments are associated with older adults' health, but underlying physiologic causal mechanisms are not well understood. As adults age, street blocks are likely more relevant to their health than the larger neighborhood environment. This study examined the effects of adverse street block conditions on aging biomarkers among older adults.

Community-dwelling older adults who are low-income and disabled weathering financial challenges.

Despite interventions aiming to improve outcomes among older adults experiencing financial challenges, the challenges and strategies employed to handle them are poorly understood. This study examined the experiences of financial challenges among low-income adults aged ≥65 years. Eleven semi-structured interviews were analyzed using thematic analyses.