Home Sweet Home?: The impact of poor housing on health

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Alex Marsh (University of Bristol) David Gordon (Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol)

Home Sweet Home?

The impact of poor housing on health

Alex Marsh (University of Bristol), David Gordon (Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol), Christina Pantazis (Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice,, University of Bristol) , Pauline Heslop (NORAH FRY RESEARCH CENTRE, University of Bristol)

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Policy Press
14 October 1999

Welfare & benefit systems; Environmental factors

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 Development Study (NCDS).

It provides important information to inform the current debate on Our Healthier Nation and to strengthen arguments for health, housing and social care agencies to work together.

It focuses on three main areas:

if, and when, housing deprivation impacts on overall health;

the link between overcrowding and respiratory and infectious disease;

housing deprivation and health in the context of other possible influences on health.

The study uses the innovative approach of creating indices for both the severity of ill-health and housing deprivation.

These indices are incorporated into an analysis of the impact over time of housing deprivation upon health.

The authors conclude that housing plays a significant role in health outcomes and hence provides support for the argument that addressing housing deprivation should be central to thinking about health improvement.

Home Sweet Home? is essential reading for researchers and students in housing, public health, urban renewal, and social policy as well as professionals working in these areas.

By: Alex Marsh (University of Bristol), David Gordon (Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol), Christina Pantazis (Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, University of Bristol), Pauline Heslop (NORAH FRY RESEARCH CENTRE, University of Bristol)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: illustrated edition
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 414g
ISBN: 9781861341761
ISBN 10: 1861341768
Pages: 100
Publication Date: 14 October 1999
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alex Marsh is a Senior Research Fellow at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK. David Gordon is Professor of Social Justice and Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristolat the University of Bristol. Christina Pantazis is Head of the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice in the School for Policy Studies.

Reviews for Home Sweet Home?: The impact of poor housing on health

... an extremely thorough study. BMJ The book adds to the current literature on health and housing, and will be a useful text to policy makers in the field. The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health The contribution these research findings make to the housing and health debate cannot be emphasised too strongly ..The report and its findings should be essential reading for all those working in the arena of housing and health. Health Matters