'Broken windows' and the risk of gonorrhea

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Objectives. We examined the relationships between neighborhood conditions and gonorrhea. Methods. We assessed 55 block groups by rating housing and street conditions. We mapped all cases of gonorrhea between 1994 and 1996 and calculated aggregated case rates by block group. We obtained public school inspection reports and assigned findings to the block groups served by the neighborhood schools. A 'broken windows' index measured housing quality, abondoned cars, graffiti, trash, and public school deterioration. Using data from the 1990 census and 1995 updates, we determined the association between 'broken windows,' demographic characteristics, and gonorrhea rates. Results. The broken windows index explained more of the variance in gonorrhea rates than did a poverty index measuring income, unemployment, and low education. In high-poverty neighborhood, block groups with high broken windows scores had significantly higher gonorrhea rates than block groups with low broken windows scores (46.6 per 1000 vs 25.8 per 1000; P

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Cohen, D., Spear, S., Scribner, R., Kissinger, P., Mason, K., & Wildgen, J. (2000). “Broken windows” and the risk of gonorrhea. American Journal of Public Health, 90(2), 230–236. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.90.2.230

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