BMJ public health
Individual perceptions of neighbourhood collective efficacy and associations with resource awareness and health: a cross-sectional study in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
By Fusfeld Z, Headen I, Jannetti M and 5 others.
Abstract
Introduction
The social environment of neighbourhoods, including collective efficacy, has been shown to positively impact a variety of health outcomes. One potential important mechanism is via greater awareness of available health and other resources, which has implications for targeting collective efficacy in place-based interventions to improve health equity. Utilising population-based survey data from a child-focused, multisectoral place-based initiative in Philadelphia, we assessed associations between caregiver self-reported neighbourhood collective efficacy, awareness of community resources and self-rated health.
Methods
We used multiple imputation and Poisson regression with robust SEs using generalised estimating equations to examine associations between neighbourhood collective efficacy and awareness of five types of community resources, a count of resource awareness (range 0-5) and self-rated general health (excellent/very good/good vs fair/poor).