BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE There is a documented connection between the home environment and health. Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) can address social and environmental determinants of health. Our objective was to describe a cluster of substandard housing identified and treated by an MLP based in a pediatric primary care setting. METHODS Potential cases of poor-quality housing were identifie...

Adequate shelter has always been one of man’s basic needs; it is a significant component for human survival and a useful barometer for gauging societal development. As a unit of the environment, it has a profound influence on the health, efficiency, social behavior, satisfaction, productivity, and general wellbeing of the individual and the entire community. However, one of the critical challen...

With the acceleration of urban development, population density cities has increased. As spatial characteristics multi-unit housing (MUH) perfectly fit this developmental trend and, simultaneously, have high energy efficiency, number MUHs increased rapidly in recent decades. Although many studies proposed efficiency strategies, weather uncertainty leads to errors between operational performance ...

This paper outlines the process of design and prototyping of a modular housing system aimed at serving the needs of people in the Pacific island nations. Many people in these islands are economically challenged and live in sub-standard housing at low elevations, making them vulnerable to increased tropical storms brought about by climate change. A collaborative team comprised of architecture an...

OBJECTIVE Previous quantitative research has suggested that there is a link between housing, the urban environment, and mental health. However, methodological and design issues make it difficult to disentangle the relative influence of dwelling specific and wider urban environmental influences on individual mental health. The aim of this study was to explore the link between the dwelling, the i...

PURPOSE To understand how adults living in a low-income, public housing community characterize meaningful activity (activity that gives life purpose) and if through short-term intervention, could overcome identified individual and environmental barriers to activity engagement. METHODS We used a mixed methods design where Phase 1 (qualitative) informed the development of Phase 2 (quantitative)...

Dividend relevance has been a subject of significant recent interest for academicians and researchers in the area of hospitality finance. The subject has attracted noticeable controversy, given the stringent or no-dividend payout policies observed in many hospitality firms. This study builds on existent dividend literature in hospitality finance by examining the relevance of cash dividends for ...