title: Where does the neighborhood go? Trust, social engagement, and health among older adults in Baltimore City.
abstract: Trust is often cited as a necessary predecessor of social engagement, and a public-health good. We question those suppositions through analysis of the life histories of lower-income older adults aging in place in Baltimore. These people desired to continue living independently, but also expressed a complex mix of trust and mistrust in their neighbors, neighborhoods, and broader environments. This was the product of interrelated processes of multilevel physical and social changes over time and space - and, we argue, often featured a "healthy mistrust" that pushed participants to pursue personally meaningful forms of social engagement, whether new or continued.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community & Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Agricultural Hall, Room 340A, 1450 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, United States. Electronic address: garoon@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 4432 Sewell Social Sciences, Madison, WI 53706, United States. Electronic address: mengelman@ssc.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Engelman
authors.affiliation: Department of Community-Public Health, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States. Electronic address: lgitlin1@jhu.edu.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gitlin
authors.affiliation: Department of Community-Public Health, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States. Electronic address: Sszanto1@jhu.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Szanton
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D015142:Baltimore; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living / Q000523:psychology*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011203:Poverty; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012931:Social Environment; D012934:Social Isolation; D012944:Social Support; D035502:Trust
keywords: Aging; Neighborhood; Physical limitations; Social engagement; Trust