IMPORTANCE Indoor tanning is widespread among young adults in the United States despite evidence establishing it as a risk factor for skin cancer. The availability of tanning salons on or near college campuses has not been formally evaluated. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the availability of indoor tanning facilities on US college and university campuses (colleges) and in off-campus housing surroundi...

BACKGROUND The adverse health and environmental effects of poor housing quality are well established. A central requirement for evidence-based policies and programmes to improve housing standards is a valid, reliable and practical way of measuring housing quality that is supported by policy agencies, the housing sector, researchers and the public. METHODS This paper provides guidance on the d...

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purpose: the study is descriptive and analytical that was performed with the aim of the study and evaluation of the rural satisfaction level in avramanat region of kermanshah province and identifys the factors affecting their satisfaction of their housing units. methodology: the studies populations are consists of 22279 rural households in 4 cities in of kermanshah province is located in the av...

Research indicates that the need for safe housing and the economic resources to maintain safe housing are two of the most pressing concerns among abused women who are planning to or have recently left abusers. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is frequently an immediate cause or precursor to homelessness and housing instability. The aim of the study is to explore abused women's experiences access...

An economic analysis of housing's linkages to health can assist policy makers and researchers to make better decisions about which housing interventions and policies are the most cost-beneficial. The challenge is to include cobenefits. The adoption in 2015 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals underscores the importance of understanding how policies interact, and the merit of comprehensively ...

The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council. Preface In December 2011 the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council invited me to prepare a report on recent trends and risks in the Swedish housing market. My background for accepting the invitation was my long-standing interest in the Swedish economy and Swedish econo...

In seeking to understand the relationship between housing and health, research attention is often focussed on separate components of people's whole housing 'bundles'. We propose in this paper that such conceptual and methodological abstraction of elements of the housing and health relationship limits our ability to understand the scale of the accumulated effect of housing on health and thereby ...

INTRODUCTION Smoke-free policies can effectively protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in multiunit housing. We surveyed all affordable multiunit housing properties in North Carolina to determine the statewide prevalence of smoke-free policies and to identify predictors of smoke-free policies. METHODS Representatives of affordable housing properties in North Carolina complet...