Keyword: Humans

• Health status and the housing system

  Authors

  | Smith SJ

  Abstract Most research on housing and health seeks causal links between dwelling conditions and the incidence of physical and mental disease. Less attention has been paid to the more sociological question of how health status affects housing opportunities. This paper…

  Journal : Soc Sci Med|Publication Date : 1990|Issue : 31:753­ 62

  • Health status and the housing system

  Keywords

  Health Priorities| Health Status| Homeless Persons| Housing economics| Humans| Private market| Public Health Administration| Scotland

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• Housing and health: does installing heating in their homes improve the health of children with asthma?

  Authors

  | Somerville M | Mackenzie I | Owen P | Miles D

  Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of NHS money to improve health by improving housing conditions. A pilot study assessing health outcomes before and after improving housing conditions was conducted, studying 72 children with previously…

  Journal : Public Health|Publication Date : 2000|Issue : 114(6):434-9

  • Housing and health: does installing heating in their homes improve the health of children with asthma?

  Keywords

  Asthma| Asthma prevention & control| Central heating installation| Child| Child Welfare| England| Follow-Up Studies| Heating| Humans| Improved housing conditions| National Health Programs| Pilot Projects| Public Health| Questionnaires

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