Residential Housing Abandonment in the United States: The Effects on Those Who Remain

The presence of abandoned housing reduces the quality of life of residents who remain in an area. Respondents in a national survey of the United States who report abandoned housing problems in their neighbourhood also report lower levels of neighbourhood satisfaction. In areas where abandoned housing is found, community services and neighbourhood conditions also tend to be rated low. The effects of abandonment, which is found in bigger cities and in areas of lower social standing, do not carry through to cause individuals to say they desire to move out of the neighbourhood. The idea of demolishing abandoned housing to reduce the problem is ratified, but abandonment is only one problem which must be addressed to improve the quality of life.

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A Review of Studies of the Association of Vision-Related Quality of Life with Measures of Visual Function and Structure in Patients with Glaucoma in the United States

Ophthalmic Epidemiology ◽

10.1080/09286586.2020.1863992 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 265-276

Author(s):

Naira Khachatryan ◽

Maxwell Pistilli ◽

Maureen G. Maguire ◽

Angela Y. Chang ◽

Marissa R. Samuels ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

United States ◽

Visual Function ◽

The United States ◽

Related Quality

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What is Happening in the United States? How Social Classes Influence the Political Life of the Country and its Health and Quality of Life

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.1177/0020731421994841 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002073142199484

Author(s):

Vicente Navarro

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

United States ◽

Access To Health Care ◽

Universal Access ◽

The United States ◽

Political Context ◽

Political Life ◽

The Political ◽

Race And Gender

This article analyses the political changes that have been occurring in the United States (including the elections for the presidency of the country) and their consequences for the health and quality of life of the population. A major thesis of this article is that there is a need to analyse, besides race and gender, other categories of power - such as social class - in order to understand what happens in the country. While the class structure of the United States is similar to that of major Western European countries, the political context is very different. The U.S. political context has resulted in the very limited power of its working class, which explains the scarcity of labor, political and social rights in the country, such as universal access to health care.

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Anxiety- and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Breast Cancer: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of China and the United States

Journal of Global Oncology ◽

10.1200/jgo.2016.008763 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Jin You ◽

Qian Lu ◽

Michael J. Zvolensky ◽

Zhiqiang Meng ◽

Kay Garcia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Quality Of Life ◽

United States ◽

Trait Anxiety ◽

State Anxiety ◽

Cultural Context ◽

The United States ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Chinese Patients

Purpose Literature has documented the prevalence of anxiety and its adverse effect on quality of life among patients with breast cancer from Western countries, yet cross-cultural examinations with non-Western patients are rare. This cross-cultural study investigated differences in anxiety and its association with quality of life between US and Chinese patients with breast cancer. Methods Patients with breast cancer from the United States and China completed measures for anxiety (Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and quality of life (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast). Results After controlling for demographic and medical characteristics, Chinese patients reported higher levels of trait and state anxiety than US patients. Although there was an association between anxiety and quality of life in both groups of patients, the association between state anxiety and quality of life was stronger among Chinese patients than among US patients, with the association between trait anxiety and quality of life the same between the two cultural samples. Conclusion These findings suggest that anxiety and its association with quality of life among patients with breast cancer varies depending on cultural context, which reveals greater anxiety and poorer quality of life among Chinese patients compared with US patients. This suggests greater unmet psychosocial needs among Chinese patients and highlights the need to build comprehensive cancer care systems for a better quality of life in Chinese populations.

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