BACKGROUND To assess the association of socioeconomic position (SEP), measured by family financial situation and housing tenure in childhood and adulthood, with mental health conditions in adulthood. METHODS Representative cross-sectional population data were collected using a risk factor surveillance system in South Australia, Australia. Each month, a random sample were selected from the Ele...

Housing has been central to both global and Irish economic fortunes in the past generation and was a major contributory factor in the Great Recession. Recently, greater attention has been paid around the world to the economics of housing supply, including the costs imposed by regulations relating to land use and building. In Ireland, the last few years have seen a growing shortage of accommodat...

Individual housing of laboratory mice may increase vulnerability to surgical stress, and interfere with postsurgical recovery. To analyse the effect of housing conditions on recovery, pairand single-housed female C57BL/6J mice underwent a minor laparotomy +/analgesia, anaesthesia only or no treatment. Animals were monitored using non-invasive methods during the immediate postsurgical period to ...

Housing conditions affect animal physiology. We previously showed that the hypoxic ventilatory and thermoregulatory responses to hypoxia of adult male rats housed in triads during the juvenile period (postnatal day 21 to adulthood) were significantly reduced compared with animals housed in pairs. Because sex hormones influence development and responsiveness to environmental stressors, this stud...

Real estate owned (REO) housing resulting from the recent foreclosure crisis threatens to destabilize lowand moderate-income neighborhoods across the country. Nonprofit organizations seeking to redevelop these properties into affordable housing face weak market conditions and operate with limited resources and capacity. This study presents a framework through which nonprofits can analyze REO re...

BACKGROUND Housing is a key determinant of the poor health of Aboriginal Australians. Most Aboriginal people live in cities and large towns, yet research into housing conditions has largely focused on those living in remote areas. This paper measures the prevalence of housing problems amongst participants in a study of urban Aboriginal families in New South Wales, Australia, and examines the re...