Gentrification and Mental Health: Health Effects of Gentrification

Order Description What is Gentrification? What does it mean? What does it look like? • Defin" rel="nofollow">inition of the word gentrification and history of the term • Why does it occur? Where does it occur? What does gentrification look like? What are the underlyin" rel="nofollow">ing policies that allow certain" rel="nofollow">in to undergo gentrification? • The previous characteristics of the neighborhoods and or cities in" rel="nofollow">in which gentrification occurs. Examples to possibly in" rel="nofollow">include: Harlem and Crown Heights • Structural and in" rel="nofollow">institutional racism, redlin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing and blockbustin" rel="nofollow">ing, urban renewal and revitalizations contribute to the disin" rel="nofollow">investment of these areas • Concentration of poverty, adverse health outcomes, joblessness, etc. Perceived Advantages/Disadvantages of Gentrification How does housin" rel="nofollow">ing effect Mental Health? • What is mental health? • WHO Defin" rel="nofollow">inition of mental health • What are the social determin" rel="nofollow">inants of mental health? • What is housin" rel="nofollow">ing and health equity? • How does the defin" rel="nofollow">inition of health, health equity, and social determin" rel="nofollow">inants of health relate to gentrification? Policy Recommendations What can be done to reduce gentrification which has a direct affect on mental health.