title: Future directions in residential segregation and health research: a multilevel approach.
abstract: The authors examine the research evidence on the effect of residential segregation on health, identify research gaps, and propose new research directions. Four recommendations are made on the basis of a review of the sociological and social epidemiology literature on residential segregation: (1) develop multilevel research designs to examine the effects of individual, neighborhood, and metropolitan-area factors on health outcomes; (2) continue examining the health effects of residential segregation among African Americans but also initiate studies examining segregation among Hispanics and Asians; (3) consider racial/ethnic segregation along with income segregation and other metropolitan area factors such as poverty concentration and metropolitan governance fragmentation; and (4) develop better conceptual frameworks of the pathways that may link various segregation dimensions to specific health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass 02115, USA. dacevedo@hsph.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Acevedo-Garcia
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lochner
authors.forename: Theresa L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Osypuk
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Subramanian
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006304:Health Status; D006798:Housing / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice; D011593:Psychology, Social; D011634:Public Health; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000145:classification; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health