Influence of Psychosocial Variables on the Health of People Living in Housing Exclusion

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Igor Esnaola¹  Jesús Pérez-Mayo²  Fernando Fajardo-Bullón³  Isobel Anderson⁴  Marcus Knutagård⁵ 

[1] Department of Development and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Avenida de Tolosa, 70, San Sebastián, 20018 Leioa, Spain;Department of Economics, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain;Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n., 06006 Badajoz, Spain;Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA Stirling, UK;School of Social Work, Lund University, Box 23, 221 00 Lund, Sweden;

关键词: housing exclusion;    self-rated health;    psychosocial variables;    Spain;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph17238983

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of some personal characteristics, health variables, and social support on the self-rated health of people in housing exclusion in Spain. For that purpose, we used the FOESSA Survey of Social Integration and Needs database, with a final sample of 1574 households. Being more educated and reporting a good life satisfaction stood out as the main factors preventing worse health status. Furthermore, results showed that being female, experiencing poverty-related food insecurity, not having health insurance, experiencing widowhood or partner bereavement, and having caring responsibilities for others or having a disabled person in the household are associated with increased reporting of regular or poor health. On the other hand, being young, having a diagnosed/long-term illness, and a big household size are preventive factors for good health. These results allowed identifying risk and prevention factors to inform interventions to improve the health of those living in housing exclusion. Promoting better education levels, social support, and overall life satisfaction could be important to improve health in this population. Developing social support policies for caring responsibilities and food insecurity must be a priority to improve the health of people living in housing exclusion.

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