SynthesisBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2001
Health effects of housing improvement: systematic review of intervention studies.
Synthesis in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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104 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The relationship between buildings and health: a systematic review.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2019Pooled it
- Remediating buildings damaged by dampness and mould for preventing or reducing respiratory tract symptoms, infections and asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Home foreclosure, health, and mental health: a systematic review of individual, aggregate, and contextual associations.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Housing improvements for health and associated socio-economic outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Modification of the home environment for the reduction of injuries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- The health impacts of housing improvement: a systematic review of intervention studies from 1887 to 2007.American journal of public health · 2009Pooled it
- The psychosocial and health effects of workplace reorganisation. 2. A systematic review of task restructuring interventions.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2007Pooled it
- The psychosocial and health effects of workplace reorganisation. 1. A systematic review of organisational-level interventions that aim to increase employee control.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2007Pooled it
- Health impact assessment of housing improvements: incorporating research evidence.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2003Pooled it
- Health and well-being outcomes from a non-health population-level intervention: the impact of home upgrades in Victoria, Australia.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Trial
- Outcomes from the Victorian Healthy Homes Program: a randomised control trial of home energy upgrades.BMJ open · 2025Trial
- Enhancing ventilation in homes of children with asthma: cost-effectiveness study alongside randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Trial
- Enhancing ventilation in homes of children with asthma: pragmatic randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Trial
- Effects of improved home heating on asthma in community dwelling children: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2008Trial
- Effect of insulating existing houses on health inequality: cluster randomised study in the community.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2007Trial
- From local concern to randomized trial: the Watcombe Housing Project.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2002Trial
- Large-scale modeling for housing condition prediction using machine learning algorithms.Scientific data · 2026Article
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- Adverse Relations between Substandard Housing and Self-Regulation are Accentuated for Children with Difficult Temperament.Journal of environmental psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo review the evidence on the effects of interventions to improve housing on health.
designSystematic review of experimental and non-experimental housing intervention studies that measured quantitative health outcomes. DATA SOURCES: Studies dating from 1887, in any language or format, identified from clinical, social science, and grey literature databases, personal collections, expert consultation, and reference lists.
main outcome measuresSocioeconomic change and health, illness, and social measures.
results18 completed primary intervention studies were identified. 11 studies were prospective, of which six had control groups. Three of the seven retrospective studies used a control group. The interventions included rehousing, refurbishment, and energy efficiency measures. Many studies showed health gains after the intervention, but the small study populations and lack of controlling for confounders limit the generalisability of these findings.
conclusionsThe lack of evidence linking housing and health may be attributable to pragmatic difficulties with housing studies as well as the political climate in the United Kingdom. A holistic approach is needed that recognises the multifactorial and complex nature of poor housing and deprivation. Large scale studies that investigate the wider social context of housing interventions are required.
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