103 -- The Effects of Gentrification on Minority Health and Wellbeing in New York City

Gentrification, which can be defined as “a process in which formerly under-resourced, neighborhoods experience reinvestment and in-migration of increasingly affluent new residents”, is a multi-level phenomenon that has been linked with negative resident health outcomes, specifically among minority groups (Tulier et al., 2019, 1). Attempts to reduce health inequalities have resulted in increased research on the relationship between gentrification and health (Tuiler et al., 2019, 1). Although scholars have been able to identify the several benefits and costs of gentrification on minority health, there are significant challenges to studying this relationship. Current scholarship has demonstrated that a negative relationship exists between gentrification and health, especially for low-income minority groups; however, scholars agree that massive gaps in the literature surrounding this relationship need to be addressed and this requires coming up with a better measurement for gentrification. Doing so “may be necessary for the implementation of public health policies impacting gentrifying neighborhoods” (Smith 2020, 854). My research is motivated to better understand the relationship between gentrification and minority health. I will conduct data analysis and semi-structured interviews with Geneseo student minorities who live in NYC and have experienced gentrification in some way, shape, or form. I will ask questions to see how their experiences with gentrification have shaped their health and overall well-being.