Exposure to Violence Tied to Loneliness, Hypervigilance, Health Issues [psychcentral.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 11/1/194:00 AM

By Traci Pedersen, PsychCentral, October 9, 2019

Exposure to community and police violence can negatively impact a person’s physical and psychosocial health, according to new research published in the journal Health Affairs.

The research involved two studies based on in-person surveys of more than 500 adults living in Chicago neighborhoods with high rates of violent crime, and mostly comprising racial and ethnic minority groups. Of the study participants, 77% were age 50 and up.

Elizabeth L. Tung, M.D., a social epidemiologist from the University of Chicago Medicine and coauthor of both studies, was inspired to conduct this research after she noticed that more of her patients from violent neighborhoods were struggling to follow their prescribed health regimens.

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