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Introduction: The Residential Context of Health
Author(s) -
Hartig Terry,
Lawrence Roderick J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/1540-4560.00073
Subject(s) - residence , coping (psychology) , subject (documents) , set (abstract data type) , context (archaeology) , field (mathematics) , sociology , social environment , psychology , public relations , geography , computer science , social science , political science , demography , mathematics , archaeology , psychiatry , library science , pure mathematics , programming language
Our understanding of the relationship between housing and health will improve with closer attention to the characteristics of residents, their activities in relation to their housing, and social ecological factors that set the boundaries for those activities. To highlight these aspects of the subject area, we propose recharacterizing the housing and health field as one of inquiry into the residential context of health. In introducing this issue of the journal, we first elaborate on this proposal in conceptual and practical terms. We then overview the individual articles, each of which helps us develop a more nuanced view of the subject area. Finally, we comment on two themes running through multiple articles—stress and coping, and social ecological influences on residence .