What do New York City children have to say about their neighborhoods?
Neighborhood research, the body of work exploring the link between the
neighborhood context and residents health, has received increasing attention
in recent years. Despite the recent growth of neighborhood research,
there has been surprisingly little attention to what children themselves say
about the neighborhoods they live in. This study moves beyond traditional research
by examining childrens views of their inner-city New York City neighborhoods
to inform on the neighborhood attributes most important to them.
The...