The determinants of health
Housing
Evidence of health impacts focus on:
- Improvements in housing and improved mental health and general health
- The possibility of improved housing leading to rent rises, impacting negatively on health.
- Movement of original tenants after housing improvement and therefore not benefiting from the improvements.
- Housing tenure, outdoor temperature, indoor air quality, dampness, housing design, rent subsidies, relocation, allergens and dust mites, home accident prevention, and fire prevention.
- Homelessness.
Housing evidence documents
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Housing improvement and health gain: A summary and systematic review
Glasgow: MRC (2002) - WHO, Concern for Europe’s tomorrow
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HIA for regeneration projects volume II: Selected evidence base
East London and the City Health Action Zone (2001) - The World Health Report - 2002 Geneva, WHO