Understanding the psychosocial impacts of housing type: Qualitative evidence from a housing and regeneration intervention

Housing Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-573

  Gibson, Marcia ^a   Thomson, Hilary ^a   Kearns, Ade ^b   Petticrew, Mark ^c  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Housing and environment; Mixed methods; Psychosocial; Social housing; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING PROJECT; SOCIAL HOUSING; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN RENEWAL;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79956328922     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2011.559724     Document Type: Article

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