THE GROUNDBREAKING, FORMATIVE WORK IN SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY -- NOW UPDATED FOR A NEW GENERATION OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN PUBLIC HEALTHIn 2003, Neighborhoods and Health codified the idea that a neighborhood's social and physical makeup can influence the health of people who live in it.More than a decade later, with the relationship between place and health firmly entrenched at the center of how we understand public health (and as its own scientific discipline, spatial epidemiology), this second edition of the landmark text offers another giant leap forward for the field.Offering both a synthesis of the essential research and a practical overview of the methods used to garner it, the second edition of Neighborhoods and Health is the essential guide to understanding this core component of contemporary population health -- both the journey to date and what's next.

ForewordAna V. Diez Roux1. Neighborhoods and Health: A Progress ReportDustin T. Duncan and Ichiro Kawachi2. Operationalizing Neighborhood Definitions in Health Research: Spatial Misclassification and Other IssuesDustin T. Duncan, Seann D. Regan, and Basile Chaix3. Quantitative Methods for Measuring Neighborhood Characteristics in Neighborhood Health ResearchDustin T. Duncan, William C. Goedel, and Rumi Chunara4. Statistical Methods in Spatial EpidemiologySamson Gebreab5. Agent Based ModelsBrenda Heaton, Abdulrahman El-Sayed, and Sandro Galea6. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs in neighborhood health effects research: Strengthening causal inference and promoting translationNicole M. Schmidt, Quynh C. Nguyen, and Theresa L. Osypuk7. Qualitative Methods and Neighborhood Health ResearchDanya E. Keene8. Designing Healthier Built EnvironmentsPedro Gull?n Tosio and Gina S. Lovasi9. Food Environment and HealthJason Block, Michael Seward, Peter James10. Neighborhoods, Social Stigma, and HealthDanya E. Keene and Mark B. Padilla11. Neighborhood Foreclosure and HealthMaraina Arcaya12. Residential Segregation and HealthMichael R. KramerIndex