Home Is Where the Harm Is: Inadequate Housing as a Public Health Crisis

2002/05/01 by Samiya Bashir · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Environmental Science · Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · Nursing · #Health disparities and outcomes #Climate Change and Health Impacts #Noise Effects and Management #Overcrowding #Harm #Environmental health #Public health #Medicine #Mental health #Psychiatry #Psychology #Economic growth #Economics #Nursing #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.2105/ajph.92.5.733

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Abstract

Overcrowding and poor-quality housing have a direct relationship to poor mental health, developmental delay, heart disease, and even short stature.

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