Holding, E., Blank, L., Crowder, M. et al. (2 more authors) (2020) Exploring the relationship between housing concerns, mental health and wellbeing : a qualitative study of social housing tenants. Journal of Public Health, 42 (3). e231-e238. ISSN 1741-3842
Abstract
Background
The rising prevalence of mental health problems is a growing public health issue. Poor mental health is not equally distributed across social groups and is associated with poverty and insecure housing. An evaluation of a social housing intervention provided an opportunity to explore the connections between housing and wider determinants of health and wellbeing.
Methods
We undertook 44 interviews with social housing tenants over a two-year period to explore their views on housing, health and wellbeing.
Results
Poor mental health was common. The results suggest that perceptions of housing quality, service responsiveness, community safety, benefit changes and low income all have a detrimental effect on tenants’ mental health.
Conclusions
Social housing providers who wish to have a positive impact on the mental health of their tenants need to consider how to best support or mitigate the impact of these stresses. Addressing traditional housing officer functions such as reporting or monitoring home repairs alongside holistic support remains an important area where social housing departments can have substantial health impact. Tackling the complex nature of mental health requires a joined up approach between housing and a number of services.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | housing; social housing; mental health |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2019 10:15 |
Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2021 18:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/pubmed/fdz076 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:149335 |
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