ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2022
Housing Insecurity and Mental Health: the Effect of Housing Tenure and the Coexistence of Life Insecurities.
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- Association Between Multidimensional Housing Precarity and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults: Findings from the National Survey of Older Koreans, 2023.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Longitudinal trends and associations between housing and health among migrants in Australia: evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia study (2013-2023).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Stratifying areas at risk of housing insecurity among families with children: a multidimensional index for the improvement of policy interventions in England.BMC public health · 2026Article
- "It's a Process-But It Shouldn't Take This Long": The Psychological Burden of Waiting for Rental Assistance.Housing policy debate · 2026Article
- Loneliness and smoking status: a pilot study of extended-stay hotel residents in Atlanta, Georgia.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Psychological distress among unaccompanied migrants and persons prone to statelessness in Ghana: prevalence and associated factors from a community-based cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Unmet Subsistence and Mental Health Needs in Women Experiencing Homelessness: Rethinking Care Models for Improved Outcomes.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Mental Health Concerns During COVID-19: An Observational Study Among a Predominantly Black Community in New York City.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Observational
- Serious psychological distress among slum dwellers and unhoused people in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a pilot study.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- Home Mortgage Lending and Neighborhood Mental Health: A Spatial Econometric Analysis of 18 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Article
- Rental Housing Type and Self-Reported General Health and Mental Health Status: Evidence from the Canadian Housing Survey 2018-2019.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Review
- The Mental Health Impacts of Fuel Poverty: A Global Scoping Review.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- The effect of housing tenure on health status of migrant populations in China: are health service utilization and social integration mediating factors?Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- The Mental Health Consequences of the Global Housing Crisis.Alpha psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
While the adverse effects of housing insecurity on mental health are known, much less is known about the modifiers underlying these effects. The aim of this study was to analyze the mental health of people with housing insecurity by housing tenure and considering the coexistence of other life insecurities (energy poverty and food insecurity). We conducted a cross-sectional study through a survey performed in all people attending the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages or the Alliance against Energy Poverty of Barcelona for the first time between June 2017 and December 2019 and who reported housing insecurity. The dependent variables were the risk of poor mental health, self-reported anxiety and/or depression, and the use of psychotropic drugs. We fitted age-adjusted robust Poisson regression models for each dependent variable and estimated adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR). The study included 256 women and 104 men. The prevalence of poor mental health was 89% in women and 85.3% in men, which was much higher than that in the general population of Barcelona (19.5% and 14.5%, respectively). Among women, mental health was worse in those living in a squat (aPR 1.16; 95% CI: 1.02-1.31) and in those with food insecurity (aPR 1.11; 95% CI: 1.01-1.21). The number of coexisting insecurities showed a gradient effect (3 insecurities: aPR 1.21; 95% CI: 1.01-1.45). Among men, the results showed no clear pattern. Poor mental health was highly prevalent in people with housing insecurity and was exacerbated by the coexistence of life insecurities. Public policymakers should consider the complexity of persons with housing insecurity.
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