%0 Journal Article
%T Use of community-level data in the National ChildrenĄ¯s Study to establish the representativeness of segment selection in the Queens Vanguard Site
%A Andrew Rundle
%A Virginia A Rauh
%A James Quinn
%A Gina Lovasi
%A Leonardo Trasande
%A Ezra Susser
%A Howard F Andrews
%J International Journal of Health Geographics
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1476-072x-11-18
%X Nine domains (demographic, socioeconomic, households, birth rated, transit, playground/greenspace, safety and social disorder, land use, and pollution sources) and 53 indicator measures of the domains were identified. Geographic information systems were used to create community-level indicators for US Census tracts containing the 18 study neighborhoods in Queens selected for recruitment, using US Census, New York City Vital Statistics, and other sources of community-level information. Mean and inter-quartile range values for each indicator were compared for Tracts in recruitment and non-recruitment neighborhoods in Queens.Across the nine domains, except in a very few instances, the NCS segment-containing tracts (N = 43) were not statistically different from those 597 populated tracts in Queens not containing portions of NCS segments; variability in most indicators was comparable in tracts containing and not containing segments.In a diverse urban setting, the NCS segment selection process succeeded in identifying recruitment areas that are, as a whole, representative of Queens County, for a broad range of community-level variables.
%K Neighborhood health
%K Social environment
%K Built environment
%K Children
%K Study design
%U http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/11/1/18/abstract