Citation
McClure, Elizabeth S.; Feinstein, Lydia; Ferrando-MartÃnez, Sara; Leal, Manuel; Galea, Sandro; & Aiello, Allison E. (2018). The Great Recession and Immune Function. The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 4(4), 62-81. PMCID: PMC6168205Abstract
The Great Recession precipitated unprecedented home foreclosures increases, but documentation of related neighborhood changes and population health is scant. Using the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study (N = 277), we examined associations between neighborhood-level recession indicators and thymic function, a life course immunological health indicator. In covariate-adjusted multilevel models, each 10 percentage point increase in abandoned home prevalence and 1 percentage point increase in 2009 home foreclosures was associated with 1.7-year and 3.3-year increases in thymic aging, respectively. Associations attenuated after adjustment for neighborhood-level social cohesion, suggesting community ties may buffer recession-related immune aging. Effects of neighborhood stressors were strongest in middle-income households, supporting theory of excess vulnerability in this group. Future research should assess whether ongoing foreclosure and blight reduction efforts improve health for residents of recession impacted neighborhoods.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.4.04Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2018Journal Title
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social SciencesAuthor(s)
McClure, Elizabeth S.Feinstein, Lydia
Ferrando-MartÃnez, Sara
Leal, Manuel
Galea, Sandro
Aiello, Allison E.
PMCID
PMC6168205ORCiD
Aiello - 0000-0001-7029-2537McClure - 0000-0002-2339-8766