By Rachael Zimlich, August 21, 2020, Contemporary Pediatrics.
Improving neighborhood conditions in disadvantaged areas can help improve health outcomes, but these improvements may be modest and take a long time to see. Still, any improvement is a good improvement, concludes a new study.
The report,1 published in Pediatrics, reviews a collaboration by hospitals and community leadership in Ohio, where efforts were aimed at improving health outcomes by making communities better places to live.
“We hope that this study provides evidence to support expanded investment in addressing upstream, social factors that influence child health and well-being and that it encourages pediatricians to engage directly in improving the communities which they serve in creative ways,” she says. “We also hope that it encourages pediatricians to understand that neighborhood factors can matter for health and to consider such factors when developing treatment strategies.”
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