Making sense of housing disparities research: a review of health and economic inequities.

Housing as a socio-economic determinant of health: findings of a national needs, gaps and opportunities assessment.

BACKGROUND In 2002-2003, a Needs, Gaps and Opportunities Assessment (NGOA) was conducted to investigate relationships between socio-economic dimensions of housing and health. Recent reviews of the literature point to a dearth of research on the socio-economic dimensions of housing and health, despite its potential for promoting health. METHODS The NGOA sought to identify research needs and ga...

Health Care Analysis And Regional Disparities In Different Provinces Of Iran

Urban Planning and Health Disparities: Implications for Research and Practice

In virtually all cities across the world, the worst health problems and premature deaths are highly concentrated in neighbourhoods that also experience a host of other social inequalities, including lack of basic sanitation and water services, high poverty rates, residential segregation, and concentrations of environmentally noxious facilities. Yet, contemporary urban planning practice, which e...

Social determinants of health, universal health coverage, and sustainable development: case studies from Latin American countries.

Many intrinsically related determinants of health and disease exist, including social and economic status, education, employment, housing, and physical and environmental exposures. These factors interact to cumulatively affect health and disease burden of individuals and populations, and to establish health inequities and disparities across and within countries. Biomedical models of health care...

Social inequities in environmental risks associated with housing and residential location--a review of evidence.

BACKGROUND Housing conditions and environmental quality of residential areas are differentially distributed in the population. Less affluent population groups are more often affected by inadequate housing conditions and higher environmental burden in their residential neighbourhoods. A synthesis of the dispersed evidence on health-related housing characteristics and social status is needed to p...