Measures of Neighborhood Opportunity and Adherence to Recommended Pediatric Primary Care.
Measures of Neighborhood Opportunity and Adherence to Recommended Pediatric Primary Care.
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10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30784
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发表时间:
2023-08-01
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13.8
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Is neighborhood opportunity, measured with the Childhood Opportunity Index, associated with preventive care access and well-being outcomes in pediatric primary care? In this cross-sectional study including 338 277 children aged 0 to 19 years in a large pediatric primary care network, children in very high opportunity neighborhoods were significantly more likely to be up-to-date on preventive visits and vaccinations and were less likely to have obesity or to screen positive for adolescent or maternal depression and suicidality, compared with children in very low opportunity neighborhoods. These findings suggest that neighborhood opportunity is associated with pediatric primary care outcomes related to preventive care access and child well-being, underscoring the importance of improving preventive care resources and access in low-opportunity communities. This cross-sectional study examines the association of neighborhood opportunity, measured with the Childhood Opportunity Index, with health metrics commonly captured clinically in pediatric primary care, reflecting both access to preventive care and child well-being. Neighborhood conditions are known to broadly impact child health. Research to date has not examined the association of the Childhood Opportunity Index (COI), a multidimensional indicator of neighborhood environment conditions, specifically with pediatric primary care outcomes. To determine the association of neighborhood opportunity measured by the COI with health metrics commonly captured clinically in pediatric primary care, reflecting both access to preventive care and child well-being. This cross-sectional observational study used electronic health record data from a large pediatric primary care network in the northeastern US. Participants included patients aged 0 to 19 years who were active in the primary care network between November 2020 and November 2022. Data were analyzed in December 2022. Census tract–level COI overall score (in quintiles). Outcomes included up-to-date preventive care and immunization status and presence of obesity, adolescent depression and suicidality, and maternal depression and suicidality. Multivariable mixed-effects logistic regressions estimated associations of these outcomes with COI quintiles, adjusted for age, sex, race and ethnicity, and insurance type. Among 338 277 patients (mean [SD] age, 9.8 [5.9] years; 165 223 female [48.8%]; 158 054 [46.7%] non-Hispanic White, 209 482 [61.9%] commercially insured), 81 739 (24.2%) and 130 361 (38.5%) lived in neighborhoods of very low and very high COI, respectively. Living in very high COI neighborhoods (vs very low COI) was associated with higher odds of being up-to-date on preventive visits (odds ratio [OR], 1.40; 95% CI, 1.32-1.48) and immunizations (OR, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.58-2.00), and with lower odds of obesity (OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.52-0.58), adolescent depression (OR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.72-0.84) and suicidality (OR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.73-0.85), and maternal depression (OR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.72-0.86) and suicidality (OR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.61-0.83). This cross-sectional study of electronic health record data found that neighborhood opportunity was associated with multiple pediatric primary care outcomes. Understanding these associations can help health systems identify neighborhoods that need additional support and advocate for and develop partnerships with community groups to promote child well-being. The findings underscore the importance of improving access to preventive care in low COI communities.