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Housing and Health: Beyond Disciplinary Confinement

Lawrence, Roderick

In: Journal of Urban Health, 2006, vol. 83, no. 3, p. 540-549

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    Titre
    • Housing and Health: Beyond Disciplinary Confinement
    Auteur
    • Lawrence, Roderick. Centre for Human Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Geneva, 40 Boulevard du Pont d'Arve, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Journal of Urban Health, 2006, vol. 83, no. 3, p. 540-549. Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:321660
    Summary
    There is a need for innovative research on housing and health. In contrast to traditional disciplinary studies, which are sector-based, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary contributions offer a broader approach. Interdisciplinary approaches highlight the difference between a biomedical model that often adopts a symptom-treatment interpretation of housing and health and a holistic or integrated model that combines biological, cultural, economic, political, psychological and social factors in a new way. This article illustrates the pertinence of interdisciplinary contributions to develop a more holistic understanding of housing density and how it can be interpreted to understand the complex relationship between housing conditions and health status