Patrice C Williams1, Robert Krafty2, Terrence Alexander3, Zipporah Davis3, Akil-Vuai Gregory3, Raven Proby3, Wendy Troxel4, Christopher Coutts5. 1. Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. pcw04@my.fsu.edu. 2. Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. 3. Master of Public Health Program, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. 4. RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 5. Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little is known on how greenspace redevelopment-creating or improving existing parks and trails-targeted for low-income and/or majority Black neighborhoods could amplify existing social environmental stressors, increase residents' susceptibility to displacement, and impact their sleep quality. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between social environmental stressors associated with displacement and sleep quality among Black adults. METHODS: Linear regression models were employed on survey data to investigate the association between social environmental stressors, independently and combined, on sleep quality among Black adults residing in block groups targeted for greenspace redevelopment (i.e., exposed) and matched with block groups that were not (i.e., unexposed). RESULTS: The independent associations between everyday discrimination, heightened vigilance, housing unaffordability, and subjective sleep quality were not modified by greenspace redevelopment, controlling for other factors. The association between financial strain and subjective sleep quality was different for exposed and unexposed participants with exposed participants having a poorer sleep quality. The combined model revealed that the association between financial strain and sleep quality persisted. However, for different financial strain categories exposed participants slept poorer and/or better than unexposed participants. SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings suggest a nuanced relationship between social environmental stressors, pressure of displacement related to greenspace redevelopment, and sleep quality among Black adults.
BACKGROUND: Little is known on how greenspace redevelopment-creating or improving existing parks and trails-targeted for low-income and/or majority Black neighborhoods could amplify existing social environmental stressors, increase residents' susceptibility to displacement, and impact their sleep quality. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between social environmental stressors associated with displacement and sleep quality among Black adults. METHODS: Linear regression models were employed on survey data to investigate the association between social environmental stressors, independently and combined, on sleep quality among Black adults residing in block groups targeted for greenspace redevelopment (i.e., exposed) and matched with block groups that were not (i.e., unexposed). RESULTS: The independent associations between everyday discrimination, heightened vigilance, housing unaffordability, and subjective sleep quality were not modified by greenspace redevelopment, controlling for other factors. The association between financial strain and subjective sleep quality was different for exposed and unexposed participants with exposed participants having a poorer sleep quality. The combined model revealed that the association between financial strain and sleep quality persisted. However, for different financial strain categories exposed participants slept poorer and/or better than unexposed participants. SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings suggest a nuanced relationship between social environmental stressors, pressure of displacement related to greenspace redevelopment, and sleep quality among Black adults.
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Atlanta BeltLine; Black adults; Greenspace redevelopment; Pressure of displacement; Sleep quality; Social environmental stressors
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