Housing as a social determinant of health and wellbeing: developing an empirically-informed realist theoretical framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of housing as a social determinant of health is well-established, but the causal pathways are poorly understood beyond the direct effects of physical housing defects. For low-income, vulnerable households there are particular challenges in creating a sense of home in a new tenancy which may have substantial effects on health and wellbeing. This study examines the role of these less tangible aspects of the housing experience for tenants in the social and private rented sectors in west central Scotland.

Methods

The paper analyses quantitative data from a mixed methods, longitudinal study of tenants from three housing organisations, collected across the first year of their tenancy. The paper postulates causal hypotheses on the basis of staff interviews and t

SUBMITTER: Rolfe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7370492 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature