Health priority
When housing or lack of housing makes you sick
The comfort and safety of housing have an impact on the state of health of its occupants.
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
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The comfort and safety of housing have an impact on the state of health of its occupants.
Unsanitary conditions, non-compliance with standards, fuel poverty, overcrowding;
the risks associated with the precariousness of accommodation particularly affect the youngest.
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Lack of housing is a major determinant of excess mortality and impediment to access to care.
This precarious housing is also a risk factor in terms of mental health.
How does insalubrity affect respiratory health?
Where is the fight against lead poisoning, vector of lead poisoning?
How are homeless people cared for?
Dr Mady Denantes
, general practitioner at the
Maison de santé des Pyrénées-Belleville
and president of the
Pôle de santé des Envierges
, in Paris
Manuel Domergue,
director of studies for the
Abbé Pierre Foundation
and spokesperson for the
Collective of United Associations for a New Public Housing Policy (CAU)
.
Since 2014, he has coordinated the
annual report on the state of poor housing
Naouelle,
state-certified nurse who participates in the "
bed bug group
" in Paris 20th arrondissement
Mathé Toullier,
president of the
Association of families victims of lead poisoning
.
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