Residential segregation, neighborhood violence and disorder, and inequalities in anxiety among Jewish and Palestinian-Arab perinatal women in Israel

Abstract Background Residential segregation can foster health inequality mechanisms by increasing stress related to neighborhood violence and disorder. Aims We studied the association between neighborhood violence and disorder and inequalities in anxiety between two groups of perinatal Israeli women...

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Main Authors: Nihaya Daoud, Samira Alfayumi-Zeadna, Aviad Tur-Sinai, Nabil Geraisy, Ilan Talmud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01339-5