UK and International
Health and Living Conditions
Policies that aim to ensure opportunities for, and access and exposure to living conditions and environments that have a positive influence on people’s health and well-being.
Resources
REPORT COVID
International Horizon Scanning and Learning: Summary Report On the impact of COVID-19 on increasing the Health Gap and Vulnerability
This report by Public Health Wales brings together international evidence and insights on inequalities from the International Horizon Scanning Learning Reports published between May 2020 and August 2021. It focuses on vulnerable groups and the unequal distribution of indirect impacts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, including the impact on family, sexual and gender-based violence and food poverty.
PAPER
Inequality and the COVID Crisis in the United Kingdom
This working paper by the Institute for Fiscal Studies reviews the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on inequalities including household living standards in the UK.
Inequality and the COVID Crisis in the United Kingdom
REPORT
Overcoming Health Inequalities in ‘Left Behind’ Neighbourhoods
This report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for left-behind neighbourhoods describes the impact of poor health for those living in deprived areas and 'left behind' neighbourhoods in England and provides a number of policy recommendations for reducing health inequalities at the neighbourhood and community level.
Overcoming Health Inequalities in ‘Left Behind’ Neighbourhoods
ARTICLE
Falling Living Standards During the COVID-19 Crisis: Quantitative Evidence from Nine Developing Countries
This research article presents evidence from nine developing countries that household coping strategies and government assistance were insufficient to sustain pre- COVID-19 living standards, resulting in widespread food insecurity and poor economic conditions.
GUIDE
WHO Housing and Health Guidelines: Recommendations to Promote Healthy Housing for a Sustainable and Equitable Future
This report by WHO explores key health risks and the burden of disease related to housing, and provides evidence summaries on household crowding, indoor temperatures, injury hazards, housing accessibility and more.
ARTICLE
Green Space and Health Equity: A Systematic Review on the Potential of Green Space to Reduce Health Disparities
This systematic review presents results that suggest green space might be a tool to advance health equity and provide ways forward for urban planners, parks managers, and public health professionals to address health disparities.
REPORT
Environmental Health Inequalities in Europe: Second Assessment Report
This report by the WHO documents the magnitude of environmental health inequalities within countries through 19 inequality indicators on urban, housing and working conditions, basic services and injuries.
Environmental Health Inequalities in Europe: Second Assessment Report
BRIEFING
Building for a Better Tomorrow: Policies to Make Housing More Affordable
This OECD report focusses on housing affordability across OECD countries and key drivers of the increasingly tight housing market and the impacts of this on those most vulnerable, including low-income households, youth or seniors. Solutions focused in that sets out a series of recommendations for governments to make housing more affordable.
Building for a Better Tomorrow: Policies to Make Housing More Affordable