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Eviction and Children’s Health—Investing in Data, Acting on What We Know

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Evictions are distressingly common in the United States: over the past 2 decades, 6% to 7% of renting households have been evicted each year. 1 Renters-particularly low-income, Black, and Latino renters, who face material hardship and housing discrimination shaped by structural racismknow evictions and their devastation intimately and have known for decades.Academia is newer to the subject: few academic publications focused on eviction before sociologist Matthew Desmond, PhD, released his book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City in 2016, 2 inspiring public health researchers to document the many ways evictions impact health.Although most studies in the nascent field of eviction epidemiology focus on adults or the general population, a small but increasing number of studies focus on children.A focus on early life is motivated by 2 main factors.First, it is well documented that families with children are disproportionately targeted for evictions, experiencing over twice the eviction risk of families without children, all else being equal.3 These risks accumulate such that, among children in US cities,

Source: JAMA Network Open

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.7618

Authors: Kathryn M. Leifheit, Gabriel L. Schwartz

Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Francisco, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Language: English

Topic: Homelessness and Social Issues

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Sustainable cities and communities, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,000