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Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs in Neighborhood Health Effects Research by Schmidt, Nicole M. ;Nguyen, Quynh C. ;Osypuk, Theresa L. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This chapter primarily discusses experiments and quasi-experiments (also known as natural experiments) as designs for examining the causal effect of neighborhood environments on health. The first half of this chapter discusses causal inference, and experimental, quasi-experimental, and longitudinal study designs. These designs are important for causal inference, by providing a clear temporal ordering and the ability to take into account (potential) time lags between exposure to neighborhood environment characteristics and changes in health and health behavior. The second half of the chapter discusses examples in the literature of studies using experimental, quasi-experimental, and longitudinal designs to examine the relationships between neighborhood environments and health. We provide an in-depth empirical look at a large and well-known experiment examining how neighborhoods influence health: the Moving to Opportunity housing policy experiment.

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Author

Schmidt, Nicole M. ;Nguyen, Quynh C. ;Osypuk, Theresa L.

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780190843496

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Social Science, Medicine