The relation between the residential environment and health is multidimensional and
complex. It is possible not only to determine whether housing promotes or hinders health …

Local environments play influential roles in shaping individual and population-level
outcomes. Yet, most literature and public health initiatives studying the built environment …

This first chapter provides a framework in understanding a deprived community as a central
concept of the book. We explore terminology, how it is measured and what are relevant …

This special issue of the Journal of Psychosocial Intervention aims to contribute to the
understanding of human well-being as a matter of social justice. Inequities in health and well …

People on low-income living in low socio-economic neighbourhoods have poorer health in
comparison with those living in advantaged neighbourhoods. To explore neighbourhood …

[EN] Background: Maintaining good quality of life in urban neighbourhoods is one of the
biggest challenges. The project" Healthy Neighbourhoods-Health Promotion and Prevention …

The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of some personal characteristics, health
variables, and social support on the self-rated health of people in housing exclusion in …

Previous research indicates that residents׳ perceptions of their neighbourhoods can have an
adverse influence on their health and wellbeing over and above the influence of structural …

There is accumulating evidence on both sides of the Atlantic that the shared social
environment at the neighbourhood level exerts significant effects on mental health and …

Although individual mental health is a growing concern for the Global South, the southern
literature on health and planning has paid limited attention to space-sensitive …