Christy L. Erving

Aug 9, 2024 | jech.bmj.com | Nicole Fields |Zachary Martin |Lori S. Hoggard |Christy L. Erving

AbstractBackground Early vascular ageing (EVA) contributes to elevated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which disproportionately affects African American women. Incarceration, an event disproportionately impacting African Americans, may be a stressor contributing to EVA in African American women. Further, the subjective perspective, commonly referred to as appraisal, of incarceration may also be important for health.

May 26, 2023 | tandfonline.com | Christy L. Erving |Ann Nguyen

Focusing on older African Americans, this study aims to (1) identify 9-year trajectories of depressive symptoms, (2) examine the association between baseline neighborhood characteristics (i.e., social cohesion and physical disadvantage) and trajectories of depressive symptoms, and (3) test whether the effects of neighborhood characteristics on depressive symptoms trajectories differ by gender. Data came from the National Health and Aging Trend Study.