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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Making the Case for "Whole System" Approaches: Integrating Public Health and Housing.

Richard A Sharpe, Tim Taylor, Lora E Fleming, Karyn Morrissey, George Morris, Rachel Wigglesworth

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Richard A SharpePublic Health, Cornwall Council, Truro TR1 3AY, UK. richard.sharpe@cornwall.gov.uk.
Tim TaylorEuropean Centre for Environment and Human Health, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Truro TR1 3HD, UK. timothy.j.taylor@exeter.ac.uk.
Lora E FlemingEuropean Centre for Environment and Human Health, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Truro TR1 3HD, UK. l.e.fleming@exeter.ac.uk.
Karyn MorrisseyEuropean Centre for Environment and Human Health, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Truro TR1 3HD, UK. K.Morrissey@exeter.ac.uk.
George MorrisEuropean Centre for Environment and Human Health, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Truro TR1 3HD, UK. G.Morris2@exeter.ac.uk.
Rachel WigglesworthPublic Health, Cornwall Council, Truro TR1 3AY, UK. Rachel.wigglesworth@cornwall.gov.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Housing conditions have been an enduring focus for public health activity throughout the modern public health era. However, the nature of the housing and health challenge has changed in response to an evolution in the understanding of the diverse factors influencing public health. Today, the traditional public health emphasis on the type and quality of housing merges with other wider determinants of health. These include the neighbourhood, community, and "place" where a house is located, but also the policies which make access to a healthy house possible and affordable for everyone. Encouragingly, these approaches to policy and action on housing have the potential to contribute to the "triple win" of health and well-being, equity, and environmental sustainability. However, more effective housing policies (and in public health in general) that adopt more systemic approaches to addressing the complex interactions between health, housing, and wider environment are needed. This paper illustrates some of the key components of the housing and health challenge in developed countries, and presents a conceptual model to co-ordinate activities that can deliver the "triple win." This is achieved by offering a perspective on how to navigate more effectively, inclusively and across sectors when identifying sustainable housing interventions.

Indexed as

HousingHumansModels, TheoreticalPublic Healthair pollutionfuel povertyhealthhousinginequalitiesinterventionspublic healthsocial carewell-being

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PMID30355973
PMCPMC6267345

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