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Dark Shadow Of The Long White Cloud: Neighborhood Safety Is Associated With Self-Rated Health And Cortisol During Pregnancy In Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Zaneta M. Thayer
Dark Shadow Of The Long White Cloud: Neighborhood Safety Is Associated With Self-Rated Health And Cortisol During Pregnancy In Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Zaneta M. Thayer
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Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand is a culturally and ethnically diverse city. Despite popular global conceptions regarding its utopian nature, the lived experience for many individuals in Auckland attests to the substantial social, economic, and health inequalities that exist there. In particular, rapidly rising home prices constrain housing decisions and force individuals to live in less desirable neighborhoods, with potential impacts on individual health. One of the pathways through which adverse neighborhood conditions could impact health is through alterations in the functioning of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA)-axis, which regulates the physiological stress response. This paper evaluates the relationship between perceived …