The impact of tract‐ and county‐level segregation on 10‐year cognitive and everyday functioning outcomes of Black/African American older adults in the ACTIVE study
Segregation may restrict access to important resources, and this disadvantage may accelerate cognitive and everyday functioning declines. However, segregation may also increase cultural capital and social resources that have a positive impact on levels of cognitive and everyday functioning performance. Results also revealed that the magnitude and consistency of segregation effects differ across geospatial levels of analysis and highlight that targeted interventions at multiple levels may help reduce racial disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Authors
- Abbey M. Hamlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1239-8322)
- Alexandra J. Weigand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-1383)
- Wassim Tarraf
- Alexandra L. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7437-5409)
- Michael Marsiske (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5973-2116)
- Shannon Sisco
- Kelsey R. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-8876)
- Ashley Chikkala
Institutions
- Wayne State University (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- VA San Diego Healthcare System (US)
- University Memory and Aging Center (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging
- Published
- 2025-04-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bsa3.70014
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.40
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Alzheimer's Association
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging