ArticlePublic health2023
Racial/ethnic and income disparities in neighborhood-level broadband access in 905 US cities, 2017-2021.
Article in Public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Knowledge and smart health device use in racial-ethnic minority older adults with hypertension: a qualitative study.Innovation in aging · 2026Article
- Equity by Design - Using Digital Technology To Overcome Cardiovascular Health Disparities.Current cardiology reports · 2025Review
- A Smartphone Is Not Enough: Telehealth Attendance and the Digital Divide.Health care science · 2025Article
- The association between rurality, dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibility and chronic conditions with telehealth utilization: An analysis of 2019-2020 national Medicare claims.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2025Article
- Assessing the Impact of Home Environmental Exposures on Allergic Rhinitis Using Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring and Symptom Assessment: Observational Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Observational
- Smart Healthcare: The Role of Digital Health in Modern Medicine.Health care science · 2025Article
- Developing digital health technologies for frontotemporal degeneration.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Review
- Naming and Framing: Six Principles for Embedding Health Equity Language in Policy Research, Writing, and Practice.The Milbank quarterly · 2025Article
- Improving uptake of germline genetic testing amongst individuals at high-risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025Article
- A National Survey of Problem-Solving Court Staff Perceptions of In-Person versus Virtual Hearings.The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law · 2024Article
- Technology Assistance in Dementia (Tech-AiD): A Framework for Care in the Digital Age.Journal of health service psychology · 2024Article
- Protocol for a Scalable StoryListening Intervention for Grief-Related Loneliness During COVID-19.Palliative medicine reports · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
Abstract
objectivesBroadband access is an essential social determinant of health, the importance of which was made apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to understand disparities in broadband access within cities and identify potential solutions to increase urban access. STUDY
designThis was a descriptive secondary analysis using multi-year cross-sectional survey data.
methodsData were obtained from the City Health Dashboard and American Community Survey. We studied broadband access in 905 large US cities, stratifying neighborhood broadband access by neighborhood median household income and racial/ethnic composition.
resultsIn 2017, 30% of urban households across 905 large US cities did not have access to high-speed broadband internet. After controlling for median household income, broadband access in majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods was 10-15% lower than in majority White or Asian neighborhoods. Over time, lack of broadband access in urban households decreased from 30% in 2017 to 24% in 2021, but racial and income disparities persisted.
conclusionsAs an emerging social determinant, broadband access impacts health across the life course, affecting students' ability to learn and adults' ability to find and retain jobs. Resolving lack of broadband access remains an urban priority. City policymakers can harness recent infrastructure funding opportunities to reduce broadband access disparities.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.