Housing and health: beyond disciplinary confinement.
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.
Lawrence
Roderick J
RJ
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. roderick.lawrence@cueh.unige.ch
D036262:Empirical Research; D004779:Environment Design; D006169:Guinea-Bissau; D006304:Health Status; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D011156:Population Density; D012111:Residence Characteristics