BIOL 1002 Chapter : Chapter 18
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Klinenberg"s study of 1995- chicago heat wave social isolation. Neighborhood disorder observable signs that local social control . Living conditions are a fundamental cause of health and disease. Unhealthy urban living situations: live in worst places possible; worst health, high diabetes, homicide, etc. Isolation hopelessness fear: observable signs. Neighborhoods where commercial activity had declined were positively associated with heat wave mortality. Neighborhood disadvantage neighborhood disorder health. Early life neighborhood deprivation exposure: norway mortality study, homeless, worst off. Lowest income, older adults (physical limitations, reduced mobility: crime, chronic health conditions, infectious diseases, mental illness, women: caregivers (ties them to neighborhood); reduced mobility. Spend more time in the home; affected in younger years. Dimensions: physical hazards, social and sociocultural characteristics (rent vs. own, services (stores, banks, libraries) 73% deaths in older adults (those over 65-years-old: due to age, living quarters, and the fact that these individuals were living alone (in isolation, men > women, african americans > whites.
