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Influence of Psychosocial Variables on the Health of People Living in Housing Exclusion
Univ Extremadura, Fac Educ & Psychol, Dept Psychol, Ave Elvas S-N, Badajoz 06006, Spain..ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0198-0170
Univ Extremadura, Dept Econ, Badajoz 06006, Spain..
Univ Basque Country, UPV EHU, Fac Educ, Dept Dev & Educ Psychol, Ave Tolosa 70, Leioa 20018, Spain..ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4159-3565
Univ Stirling, Fac Social Sci, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland..
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2020 (English)In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, ISSN 1661-7827, E-ISSN 1660-4601, Vol. 17, no 23, article id 8983Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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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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MDPI, 2020. Vol. 17, no 23, article id 8983
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housing exclusion, self-rated health, psychosocial variables, Spain
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-66799DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17238983ISI: 000597915100001PubMedID: 33276637Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85097021817OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-66799DiVA, id: diva2:1852917
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