TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the mechanisms linking holistic housing renovations to health and well-being of adults in disadvantaged neighbourhoods
T2 - A realist review
AU - Koops-Van Hoffen, H E
AU - Lenthe van, F J
AU - Poelman, M P
AU - Droomers, M
AU - Borlée, F
AU - Vendrig-De Punder, Y M R
AU - Jambroes, M
AU - Kamphuis, C B M
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - Holistic housing renovations combine physical housing improvements with social and socioeconomic interventions (e.g. referral to social services, debt counselling, involvement in decision-making, promoting social cohesion). This realist review aimed at understanding underlying mechanisms linking holistic housing renovations to health and well-being of adults in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Following systematic and iterative searching, and relevance and quality appraisals, 18 scientific articles and reports were analysed. We identified three pathways via which physical housing improvements affect health, four pathways via which social and socioeconomic interventions affect health, and two pathways via which both reinforce each other in their health effects. Our findings are theoretically novel, relevant for those conducting holistic housing renovations, and point towards gaps in the literature.
AB - Holistic housing renovations combine physical housing improvements with social and socioeconomic interventions (e.g. referral to social services, debt counselling, involvement in decision-making, promoting social cohesion). This realist review aimed at understanding underlying mechanisms linking holistic housing renovations to health and well-being of adults in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Following systematic and iterative searching, and relevance and quality appraisals, 18 scientific articles and reports were analysed. We identified three pathways via which physical housing improvements affect health, four pathways via which social and socioeconomic interventions affect health, and two pathways via which both reinforce each other in their health effects. Our findings are theoretically novel, relevant for those conducting holistic housing renovations, and point towards gaps in the literature.
KW - Adult
KW - Counseling
KW - Housing
KW - Humans
KW - Vulnerable Populations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85150178654&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102995
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102995
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36930992
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 80
JO - Health & place
JF - Health & place
M1 - 102995
ER -