Health Populi January 17, 2019
Health begins at home. I found evidence for that, beyond my own N of 1 understanding, in a research article published in the UK in 2000 by Lyn Harrison and Frances Heywood. Lyn and Frances tested three assumptions that they believed linked housing and health: that housing contributes to health; that housing is not routinely included in health or social planning;’ and that the potential contribution of primary care is wasted. Their conclusion: that the housing-health link was not receiving the recognition that connection needs.
Nearly two decades later, that housing-health link still isn’t universally embraced by health care stakeholders. But it’s starting to get traction as a key social determinant of health in the U.S., by providers, health...
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