"…Housing as a Health Care Investment - Children's HealthWatch
Housing as a Health Care Investment, is a new report released by the National Housing Conference that examines research conducted by Children's HealthWatch. The findings show that homelessness and unstable or unaffordable housing can harm the health of vulnerable infants and young children and contribute to higher health care spending.
Previous research from Children's HealthWatch demonstrated the harmful impact homelessness has on the health of young children and that the negative health outcomes are compounded when a mother is homeless both before and after her child is born. New findings from Children's HealthWatch researchers show affordable and stable housing made possible through rental assistance is associated with better health outcomes for infants in vulnerable families. …"
http://homelesshub.ca/resource/housing-health-care-investment-affordable-housing-supports-children%E2%80%99s-health
Direct URL to PDFHousing as a Health Care Investment, is a new report released by the National Housing Conference that examines research conducted by Children's HealthWatch. The findings show that homelessness and unstable or unaffordable housing can harm the health of vulnerable infants and young children and contribute to higher health care spending.
Previous research from Children's HealthWatch demonstrated the harmful impact homelessness has on the health of young children and that the negative health outcomes are compounded when a mother is homeless both before and after her child is born. New findings from Children's HealthWatch researchers show affordable and stable housing made possible through rental assistance is associated with better health outcomes for infants in vulnerable families. …"
http://homelesshub.ca/resource/housing-health-care-investment-affordable-housing-supports-children%E2%80%99s-health
http://media.wix.com/ugd/19cfbe_4d4761b6e25b416584cd348504660cb4.pdf
George Lessard
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
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