McCarthy P, Byrne D, Harrisson S, Keithley J
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1985 Mar;39(1):15-9. doi: 10.1136/jech.39.1.15.
The public health movement has been concerned with the relation between housing and health for well over a century. Nevertheless the Black Report still identified housing as one of the major causes of ill-health and suggested, on one indicator at least, that council housing is the least healthy form of tenure. An exploratory study concerning housing and health in a north eastern local authority area is described. It was found that smoking, work experience, and age were the most important determinants of self assessed respiratory conditions. When the background factors were held constant people in areas of 'bad' housing were found to report more respiratory symptoms than those in 'good' housing areas. Respiratory conditions were affected by the age of housing, and flats were found to be worse than houses. High rise flats were worse than low or medium rise flats.
一个多世纪以来，公共卫生运动一直关注住房与健康之间的关系。然而，《布莱克报告》仍然将住房确定为健康不佳的主要原因之一，并至少在一个指标上表明，市政住房是最不利于健康的居住形式。本文描述了一项关于东北部一个地方当局辖区内住房与健康的探索性研究。研究发现，吸烟、工作经历和年龄是自我评估呼吸状况的最重要决定因素。当背景因素保持不变时，发现居住在“劣质”住房地区的人比居住在“优质”住房地区的人报告更多的呼吸道症状。呼吸状况受住房年代的影响，公寓被发现比房屋状况更差。高层公寓比低层或中层公寓状况更差。
