Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Public Housing Areas: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Residing in public housing is associated with adverse health outcomes, partly due to higher prevalence of unhealthy lifestyle behaviors linked to lower socioeconomic status. Health promotion and disease prevention interventions can mitigate these disparities but are often underutilized due to accessibility barriers and low health literacy. Delivering interventions directly within public housing areas may enhance reach and effectiveness. However, synthesized knowledge of such interventions remains limited. This scoping review aimed to identify and summarize available evidence on health-promoting and disease-preventive interventions in these settings. The review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRIMA-ScR) guideline

SUBMITTER: Engelbrecht Giese I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12652447 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature