TAILIEUCHUNG - Framing the Issues— the Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health

In 1902 hemispheric collaboration to deal with yellow fever led to the creation of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (now called the Pan American Health Organization), which soon became a model for transnational information sharing and health promotion. Following World War I, organizations from different corners of the globe (the leading one being the League of Nations Health Committee) expanded international health from a focus on infectious disease to a discipline addressing maternal and infant health, nutrition, housing, physical education, drug trafficking, and occupational health. . | Framing the Issues the Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health By Jeffrey Lubell Rosalyn Crain and Rebecca Cohen July 2007 Framing the Issues - the Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health by Jeffrey Lubell Rosalyn Crain and Rebecca Cohen 1 Introduction Few would argue with the proposition that providing quality affordable housing helps to meet families fundamental need for shelter. Shelter is an important end in and of itself whose achievement warrants significant societal investment. But many practitioners point to benefits from affordable housing that extend beyond shelter. For example some emphasize the role of affordable housing in increasing residential stability which may lead to improved educational outcomes for children and improved labor market outcomes for adults. Others focus on the community-wide impacts of affordable housing arguing that affordable housing contributes to the economic development of distressed neighborhoods and to economically vibrant and successful communities. Still others focus on the benefits of affordable housing for particular populations such as the elderly the homeless and people with HIV AIDS. Our review of the literature on the impact of housing on health education and economic development outcomes revealed a number of promising hypotheses that are consistent with the available research. While much of this research is still in preliminary stages and not yet definitive the findings help to illuminate some of the potential pathways through which housing may contribute positively to societal outcomes beyond shelter. This series seeks to identify and clarify the more promising hypotheses on the societal impacts of housing and examine the growing body of research supporting these hypotheses. This paper focuses on the impact of housing on education. Other papers in this series will focus on the impact of housing on health and economic development. The Center for Housing Policy gratefully acknowledges the support of

• Y học thường thức
• Human Fetuses
• Congenital Malformations
• Normal Karyotype
• Placental Angiogenesis
• Fetal Growth Restriction
• Reduced Fetal Movements
• Human Papilloma
• Virus Infection
• Papillomavirus Infection
• Vaccine Delivery