Environmental Health Disparities in Housing

The physical infrastructure and housing make human interaction possible and provide shelter. How well that infrastructure performs and which groups it serves have important implications for social equity and health. Populations in inadequate housing are more likely to have environmental diseases and...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 101; no. S1; pp. S115 - S122
Main Author:	Jacobs, David E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC American Public Health Association 01.12.2011
Subjects:	Architecture Biological and medical sciences Black people Childhood Cholera Dust Energy consumption Environment. Living conditions Environmental diseases Environmental health Environmental Health - standards Environmental Health - statistics & numerical data Fairness General aspects Health care Health disparities Health status Health Status Disparities Hispanic people Homeless people Homelessness Housing Housing - standards Humans Infrastructure Injuries Integrated approach Investments Lead content Lead poisoning Medical research Medical sciences Miscellaneous Mobility Nutrition research Organic chemicals Pesticides Poisoning Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Racial differences Radon Residential segregation Sanitation Segregation Socioeconomic factors Substandard Towards Environmental Justice and Health Equity Tuberculosis Typhoid United States Ventilation United States Health and environment Housing Public health Inequality
ISSN:	0090-0036, 1541-0048, 1541-0048
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Summary:	The physical infrastructure and housing make human interaction possible and provide shelter. How well that infrastructure performs and which groups it serves have important implications for social equity and health. Populations in inadequate housing are more likely to have environmental diseases and injuries. Substantial disparities in housing have remained largely unchanged. Approximately 2.6 million (7.5%) non-Hispanic Blacks and 5.9 million Whites (2.8%) live in substandard housing. Segregation, lack of housing mobility, and homelessness are all associated with adverse health outcomes. Yet the experience with childhood lead poisoning in the United States has shown that housing-related disparities can be reduced. Effective interventions should be implemented to reduce environmental health disparities related to housing.
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ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.2010.300058