Preventing evictions as a potential public health intervention: Characteristics and social medical risk factors of households at risk in Amsterdam

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 697-705

  Van Laere, Igor ^a   de Wit, Matty ^a   Klazinga, Niek ^b  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Addiction; Amsterdam; evictions; nuisance; pathways into homelessness; public health strategies; rent arrears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349159177     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809343479     Document Type: Article

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