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ArticleJournal of aging and health2021

Can Neighborhood Social Infrastructure Modify Cognitive Function? A Mixed-Methods Study of Urban-Dwelling Aging Americans.

Jessica Finlay, Michael Esposito, Mao Li, Lindsay C Kobayashi, Anam M Khan, Iris Gomez-Lopez, Robert Melendez, Natalie Colabianchi, Suzanne Judd, Philippa J Clarke

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Article in Journal of aging and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  12. Neighborhood Social and Physical Environment and Cognitive Function Among Brazilian Adults Aged 50.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jessica FinlaySocial Environment and Health Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3427-8003
Michael EspositoSocial Environment and Health Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Mao LiSocial Environment and Health Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Lindsay C KobayashiCenter for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Anam M KhanSocial Environment and Health Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Iris Gomez-LopezSocial Environment and Health Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Robert MelendezSocial Environment and Health Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Natalie ColabianchiSocial Environment and Health Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7951-9475
Suzanne JuddSchool of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Philippa J ClarkeSocial Environment and Health Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1259University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4925-2968

Funding

VCID and Stroke in a Bi-racial National CohortU01NS041588 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CUSHMAN, MARY, HOWARD, GEORGE · 2002 to 2022
$96.0M
Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR)UL1TR002240 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LUMENG, JULIE C, MASHOUR, GEORGE ALEXANDER · 2017 to 2022
$54.9M
Cognitive Resilience and Community Context: Examining the role of Neighborhood Built and Social Environments for Slowing the Progression of Dementia among older AmericansRF1AG057540 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CLARKE, PHILIPPA · 2017 to 2019
$3.0M
ENHANCE: Developing a Clinical Geography Tool to Intervene in Cognitive Decline through Neighborhood DesignF32AG064815 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FINLAY, JESSICA MARIE · 2019 to 2021
$128k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002240NIA NIH HHS F32 AG064815NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG057540NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS041588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Independent LivingResidence CharacteristicsAgedAgingCognitionHumansUrban Populationcognitive functionenvironmentneighborhoodssocial supportwell-being

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PMID34301156
PMCPMC8922945

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