ArticlePreventing chronic disease2019
A Geospatial Analysis of Health, Mental Health, and Stressful Community Contexts in Los Angeles County.
Article in Preventing chronic disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Associations Between Patient Comfort with a Primary Care Provider and Three Measures of Behavioral Health Services Utilization.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Racial Differences in Self-Report of Mental Illness and Mental Illness Treatment in the Community: An Analysis of Jail Intake Data.Administration and policy in mental health · 2023Article
- Sociodemographic Correlates of Affordable Community Behavioral Health Treatment Facility Availability in Florida: A Cross-Sectional Study.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2023Article
- Geographic Variations in Human Mobility Patterns during the First Six Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in California.Applied sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Investigating Health Context Using a Spatial Data Analytical Tool: Development of a Geospatial Big Data Ecosystem.JMIR medical informatics · 2022Article
- What Are the Relationships between Psychosocial Community Characteristics and Dietary Behaviors in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Urban Population in Los Angeles County?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Using machine learning to examine street green space types at a high spatial resolution: Application in Los Angeles County on socioeconomic disparities in exposure.The Science of the total environment · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionDespite numerous federal investments, chronic disease continues to disproportionately affect certain communities across the United States. Understanding the regional distribution (including any overlaps) of factors that extend beyond built and food environments, especially factors that may adversely affect chronic disease-related behaviors, is important. This case study of Los Angeles County's geospatial landscape sought to address these gaps in research and practice.
methodsWe examined the distributions and geographic overlaps between economic hardship, psychological distress, soda consumption, and availability of publicly funded mental health facilities in 8 Service Planning Areas in Los Angeles County. We categorized the geospatial presence of each variable as low, intermediate, or high. We imported all data, collected during 2014-2018, into ArcGIS Pro version 2.3.3 to create 5 bivariate choropleth maps.
resultsLevels of economic hardship were not equally distributed across communities; the county was characterized by intermediate levels of soda consumption and psychological distress. Most areas had low or intermediate availability of publicly funded mental health facilities. We also found some discordance between psychological distress and availability of publicly funded mental health facilities, and between economic hardship and availability of these facilities.
conclusionThe need exists to address disparities in economic hardship and to increase access to publicly funded mental health supports and providers in Los Angeles County. The information collected in this case study has policy implications for health, public health, and mental health services planning at the local level.
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