This paper outlines briefly how the living environment can affect health. It explains the links
between social and environmental determinants of health in urban settings. Interventions to …

How much does the condition of our housing affect our health? This timely new study looks
in detail at the impact poor housing has on health, using data from the National Child …

More than half of the global population now live in urban settings. Urbanization can and
should be beneficial for health. In general, nations with high life expectancies and low infant …

Green building systems have proliferated recently, but studies are limited of associated
health and housing outcomes. The authors measured self-reported resident physical and …

Urban places and health equity are two of the most challenging concepts for 21st century
environmental health. More people live in cities than at any other time in human history and …

Recent crises have underscored the importance that housing has in sustaining good health
and, equally, its potential to harm health. Considering this and building on Howden …

CONTEXT: This article reviews and updates the evidence base informing four
recommendations of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier …

Importance Housing insecurity—that is, difficulty with housing affordability and stability—is
prevalent and results in increased risk for both homelessness and poor health. However …

Research has shown that public housing residents have the worst health of any population
in the USA. However, it is unclear what the cause of that poor health is among this …