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Pediatric Obesity Feb 2020Children who frequently move have poorer behavioural, emotional, and overall health. For similar reasons, the experience of changing home may contextualize children's... (Review)
Review
BACKGROUND
Children who frequently move have poorer behavioural, emotional, and overall health. For similar reasons, the experience of changing home may contextualize children's risk for obesity. Few studies have assessed the relationship between residential mobility and obesity; even fewer explore this relationship with assessment of obesity before school age.
METHODS
We analysed data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort. Obesity at kindergarten age was determined from measured height and weight. Early childhood residential mobility was categorized as not moving or having moved once, twice, or three or more times. Analyses are weighted to be representative of children from the United States and variance estimates account for the complex survey design.
RESULTS
The prevalence of obesity at kindergarten age was 17.5%, and most children (71%) moved in early childhood. Compared with children who did not move, the adjusted odd ratios for obesity at kindergarten age were 0.72 (95% CI, 0.57-0.92), 0.70 (95% CI, 0.55-0.89), and 0.64 (95% CI, 0.50-0.84) for children who experienced 1, 2, or 3+ moves.
CONCLUSIONS
Our study suggests that obesity and mobility in early life are associated, but not in the way we might expect. Residential mobility may fit into a broader picture of instability and, on its own, may not elevate a child's risk for obesity.
Topics: Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Pediatric Obesity; Population Dynamics; United States
PubMed: 31747140
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12576 -
Current Opinion in Psychology Apr 2020Residential mobility has become a common experience for people in most parts of the world. As the number of people moving to different cities, states, and countries... (Review)
Review
Residential mobility has become a common experience for people in most parts of the world. As the number of people moving to different cities, states, and countries increases, it is critical to understand how this residential mobility affects one's thoughts, emotions, and actions. Psychological research on residential mobility over a decade is such an endeavor. We briefly summarize the earlier research in psychology that demonstrated the importance of residential mobility in understanding important psychological constructs such as self-concepts, social relationships, and well-being. We then review recent evidence in psychology and relevant fields that replicated and extended the earlier research. We discuss what is missing in the current literature and what additional research is needed in the future.
Topics: Humans; Population Dynamics; Social Networking; Socioeconomic Factors
PubMed: 31401423
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.07.008 -
Journal of Child and Adolescent... Nov 2016The association between residential mobility and negative behaviors in adolescence has attracted multidisciplinary attention. (Review)
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PROBLEM
The association between residential mobility and negative behaviors in adolescence has attracted multidisciplinary attention.
METHODS
The purpose of this article is to conduct a systematic literature review in order to synthesize research that measured mobility and at least one social behavior among participants 11 thru 18 years of age. The systematic search yielded 22 studies.
FINDINGS
Residential mobility is associated with negative behaviors among adolescents, including social problems, delinquency, substance and nicotine use, and adolescent pregnancy. However, these effects are explained by neighborhood disadvantage and inherent differences between movers and nonmovers.
CONCLUSION
For youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, moving may be one indicator of problem behaviors. Attending to when and why youth move-and to where-contributes to an understanding of the etiology of risky behaviors.
Topics: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Child; Humans; Population Dynamics; Problem Behavior; Social Behavior
PubMed: 28004428
DOI: 10.1111/jcap.12161 -
Journal of Epidemiology and Community... Jun 2022Residential moves are common in early childhood and associations have been found between residential mobility and adverse child health and well-being outcomes. Although...
BACKGROUND
Residential moves are common in early childhood and associations have been found between residential mobility and adverse child health and well-being outcomes. Although there are studies on potentially avoidable hospitalisations (PAH) in children, few have examined PAH in relation to residential mobility. Our aim, therefore, was to investigate residential mobility and PAH in a population-based cohort of New Zealand children.
METHODS
Using a retrospective cohort design, we analysed data from the Integrated Data Infrastructure for a cohort of 314 283 children born since the start of 2004, who had at least one residential address recorded by 2 years of age. Residential mobility was derived from address data and PAH were determined from hospital discharge data.
RESULTS
Half of the cohort children (52%) experienced at least one residential move by 2 years of age, and 22% experienced two or more moves. Fifteen per cent of the cohort experienced one or more PAH between 2 and 4 years of age. A linear association between residential mobility and PAH was found (relative risk (RR)=1.18, CI 1.17 to 1.19) and this remained robust when adjusting for several covariates. Sensitivity analyses for ambulatory care sensitive hospitalisations (ACSH) and PAH attributable to the housing/physical environment (PAH-HE) produced results very similar to those for PAH (ACSH: adjusted RR (aRR)=1.10, CI 1.09 to 1.11; PAH-HE: aRR=1.11, CI 1.10 to 1.12).
CONCLUSION
This study found a linear association between higher residential mobility and an increased likelihood of PAH in young children. Avenues for further investigation are suggested.
Topics: Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Hospitalization; Humans; New Zealand; Population Dynamics; Retrospective Studies
PubMed: 35292510
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2021-218509 -
Journal of Community Psychology Sep 2022Mechanisms linking residential mobility and depressive symptoms among urban-dwelling African American adolescents have received little attention. This study examined...
Mechanisms linking residential mobility and depressive symptoms among urban-dwelling African American adolescents have received little attention. This study examined neighborhood cohesion as a possible mechanism. Participants were 358 urban-dwelling African American adolescents (M = 14.78; SD = 0.34) who reported their neighborhood cohesion in Grade 10 and depressive symptoms in Grades 9 and 11, and for whom residential address information was available. There was a significant indirect effect of past moves in middle school on depressive symptoms 1 year later through reduced neighborhood cohesion. However, the indirect effect was not significant in a propensity score-matched sample. Results from the full sample of adolescents suggest that neighborhood cohesion may play a role in the experience of depressive symptoms following past moves in middle school. Different findings for the propensity score-matched sample highlight the need for future studies of residential mobility to employ strategies to correct for possible selection bias.
Topics: Adolescent; Black or African American; Depression; Humans; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Urban Population
PubMed: 35332553
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22837 -
Journal of Epidemiology and Community... Jul 2008To assess evidence for residential mobility in childhood having an adverse association with health outcomes through the life course. (Review)
Review
OBJECTIVE
To assess evidence for residential mobility in childhood having an adverse association with health outcomes through the life course.
METHODS
A systematic search of medical and social sciences literature was undertaken to identify research defining residential mobility as an independent variable and in which health outcomes were described and objectively measured. Studies were excluded that investigated international migration for asylum or were limited to educational outcomes. Two reviewers assessed each study using quality criteria with particular attention to the consideration of confounders and potential for bias. Data were extracted for analysis using a structured form.
RESULTS
Twenty-two studies were included for this review. Outcomes identified in association with residential mobility included: higher levels of behavioural and emotional problems; increased teenage pregnancy rates; accelerated initiation of illicit drug use; adolescent depression; reduced continuity of healthcare. Studies assessed as having lower quality were less likely to demonstrate statistically significant effects. Heterogeneity precluded meta-analysis.
CONCLUSIONS
Residential mobility interacts at neighbourhood, family and individual levels in cumulative and compounding ways with significance for the wellbeing of children. High frequency residential change is potentially a useful marker for the clinical risk of behavioural and emotional problems. The evidence supports the reorientation of health services effectively to engage these residentially mobile children for whom health and psychological needs may be identified. The impact of housing and economic policies on childhood residential mobility should be evaluated considering this evidence.
Topics: Adolescent; Canada; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Finland; Health Status; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mental Disorders; Mood Disorders; New Zealand; Population Dynamics; Risk Factors; United Kingdom; United States
PubMed: 18559440
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.060103 -
Health & Place Sep 2021This study assesses the association between childhood residential mobility and health-related outcomes by way of a meta-analysis of studies published between 1989 and... (Meta-Analysis)
Meta-Analysis
This study assesses the association between childhood residential mobility and health-related outcomes by way of a meta-analysis of studies published between 1989 and 2020. The sample includes 844 effect sizes from 64 unique studies. The results point to a negative association (small to medium) between childhood mobility and health. This association is contingent upon the type of health outcome studied, age at outcome assessment, age at moving, and frequency of moves. The major confounders of this association are parental SES, parental marital status, ethnicity, and co-occurring childhood adversities. The implications for future research are discussed.
Topics: Child; Ethnicity; Humans; Marital Status; Population Dynamics
PubMed: 34428708
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102650 -
Frontiers in Public Health 2022Vaccination is one of the most effective strategies to contain the transmission of infectious diseases; however, people's intentions and behavior for vaccination vary...
AIM
Vaccination is one of the most effective strategies to contain the transmission of infectious diseases; however, people's intentions and behavior for vaccination vary across different regions and countries around the world. It is not clear how socioecological factors such as residential mobility influence people's vaccination behaviors for infectious diseases.
METHODS
We analyzed public data on residential mobility and vaccination rates for COVID-19 and seasonal flu in the United States and explored how residential mobility in the previous year influenced vaccination rates for COVID-19 and seasonal flu (2011-2018) across 50 states of the US. The data were accessed and analyzed in 2021.
RESULTS
Study 1 demonstrated that collective-level residential mobility predicted COVID-19 vaccination rates across the United States ( = -168.162, 95% CI [-307.097, -29.227], adjusted = 0.091, = 0.019). Study 2 corroborated this finding by documenting that collective-level residential mobility predicted vaccination rates for seasonal flu from 2011 to 2018 across the United States ( = -0.789, 95% CI = [-1.018, -0.56], adjusted = 0.222, < 0.001). The link between residential mobility and vaccination behavior was robust after controlling relevant variables, including collectivism, cultural tightness-looseness, and sociodemographic variables.
CONCLUSIONS
Our research demonstrated that residential mobility is an important socioecological factor that influences people's vaccination behaviors for COVID-19 and seasonal flu. The results enrich our understanding of the socioecological factors that influence vaccination behaviors and have implications for developing tailored interventions to promote vaccination during pandemics of infectious diseases.
Topics: Humans; United States; COVID-19; Seasons; COVID-19 Vaccines; Influenza, Human; Vaccination; Population Dynamics; Communicable Diseases
PubMed: 36777774
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1064962 -
Environmental Research Jul 2018Studies of environmental exposures and childhood leukemia studies do not usually account for residential mobility. Yet, in addition to being a potential risk factor,...
AIMS
Studies of environmental exposures and childhood leukemia studies do not usually account for residential mobility. Yet, in addition to being a potential risk factor, mobility can induce selection bias, confounding, or measurement error in such studies. Using data collected for California Powerline Study (CAPS), we attempt to disentangle the effect of mobility.
METHODS
We analyzed data from a population-based case-control study of childhood leukemia using cases who were born in California and diagnosed between 1988 and 2008 and birth certificate controls. We used stratified logistic regression, case-only analysis, and propensity-score adjustments to assess predictors of residential mobility between birth and diagnosis, and account for potential confounding due to residential mobility.
RESULTS
Children who moved tended to be older, lived in housing other than single-family homes, had younger mothers and fewer siblings, and were of lower socioeconomic status. Odds ratios for leukemia among non-movers living <50 meters (m) from a 200+ kilovolt line (OR: 1.62; 95% CI: 0.72-3.65) and for calculated fields ≥ 0.4 microTesla (OR: 1.71; 95% CI: 0.65-4.52) were slightly higher than previously reported overall results. Adjustments for propensity scores based on all variables predictive of mobility, including dwelling type, increased odds ratios for leukemia to 2.61 (95% CI: 1.76-3.86) for living < 50 m from a 200 + kilovolt line and to 1.98 (1.11-3.52) for calculated fields. Individual or propensity-score adjustments for all variables, except dwelling type, did not materially change the estimates of power line exposures on childhood leukemia.
CONCLUSION
The residential mobility of childhood leukemia cases varied by several sociodemographic characteristics, but not by the distance to the nearest power line or calculated magnetic fields. Mobility appears to be an unlikely explanation for the associations observed between power lines exposure and childhood leukemia.
Topics: California; Case-Control Studies; Child; Electromagnetic Fields; Environmental Exposure; Female; Humans; Leukemia; Odds Ratio; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy
PubMed: 29574256
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.016 -
Addictive Behaviors Mar 2019Young adulthood, typically conceptualized as stretching from the late teens to the mid-twenties, is a period of elevated risk for residential mobility (i.e., moving or... (Review)
Review
INTRODUCTION
Young adulthood, typically conceptualized as stretching from the late teens to the mid-twenties, is a period of elevated risk for residential mobility (i.e., moving or changing residences frequently) and drug involvement. However, our understanding of the trends and drug-related correlates of residential mobility among young adults remains limited.
METHODS
We analyzed national trend data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2003-2016) on residential mobility and drug involvement among young adults (N = 230,790) in the United States. For tests of trend, we conducted logistic regression analyses with survey year specified as a continuous independent variable and residential mobility as the dependent variable (no/yes), controlling for sociodemographic factors.
RESULTS
The prevalence of residential mobility was stable among females, but decreased significantly-a 20% reduction in the relative proportion of respondents-among males during the study period (AOR = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.97-0.99). Male and female young adults reporting residential mobility were significantly more likely to report involvement in all drug-related outcomes examined, but effects were larger among females for drug selling and drug-related arrests.
DISCUSSION
Study findings show that a substantial minority of young adults experience residential mobility and that, while rates are declining among young men, the experience of mobility is connected with risk for drug involvement, particularly among females. Mobility may be an important target for drug prevention/intervention efforts, but further research is needed to provide insight into how mobility and drug involvement are connected in the lives of young adults.
Topics: Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Sex Factors; Substance-Related Disorders; United States; Young Adult
PubMed: 30396097
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.10.045