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Well Homes Initiative: A Home-Based Intervention to Address Housing-Related Ill Health.

Nevil PierseMaddie WhiteJenny OmblerCheryl DavisElinor ChisholmMichael BakerPhilippa Howden-Chapman
Published in: Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education (2021)
Targeted interventions using social partnerships can deliver housing improvements for relatively little health spending. Well Homes provides immediate and practical interventions, education, connection with social agencies, and advocacy for more substantial structural home improvements to help families keep their home warmer, drier, and healthier. This approach will be strengthened when combined with a new regulatory framework to raise the standards of private rental housing.
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