Housing as a Determinant o f He a lt h

Housing as a Determinant of Health Equity Housing as a Determinant o f He a lt h Eq u it y National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Nov. [...] 30, 2022 Diana Hernández, PhD Carolyn Swope , MPH 1) Introduction 2) Four pillars of housing and health Overview 3) The historical and ongoing production of housing inequities 4) A vision for housing as a platform for health equity Housing and Health Equity Swope , C. [...] .1016/j.socscimed.2019.112571 Four Pillars of Ho u s in g a n d He a lt h Housing Conditions a n d Qu a lit y ● Thermal comfort ● Pests ● Dampness and mold ● Hazardous building and furniture mate rials (e .g., lead) ● Unsafe drinking wate r ● Secondhand smoke ● Risk factors for injury /infographics/sustainab. [...] .1080 /10511482.2015.1033440 Residential St a b ilit y ● Adverse mental health impacts ● Could move to poorer- ● Disrupts employment; access to quality housing health care facilities and other ● Children and adolescents health-re levant resources especially vulnerable rs.urban.org/articles/when-moratoria-lift- how-can-state -and-local-governments-avoid-covid. [...] Housing pillars don’t exist in the same effects isolation ● Diffe rential vulnerability ● Like lihood of exposure to unhealthy housing is not across the life course randomly distributed ● Vulnerability from exposure ● People may make trade-offs to stress and discrimination ● Behaviors (e .g., physical activity, smoking, nutrition) Interactive, amplifying effects Historical and On g o in g P r o d.