The social housing, space that produces environmental stress in the case for confinement for Covid-19, in City Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Social housing is the patrimony that thousands of families have acquired over time, with a Infonavit financing resources in recent decades in Mexico. These homes had an area of up to 90 square meters of construction in 1970, either single-family or condominium apartments. It is currently only 35 square meters or less. The impact on the decrease in space in homes has effects on the mental health of their residents, which was measured randomly during the Covid-19 lockdown. The methodology used are considered two study groups to identify situations that affected daily life, causing depression, fear, sadness, and anger, and were linked to the size of the space, household noise, lack of privacy, and problems of coexistence. The first group take assistance in the call center to Secretary of health for there have a depression, fear, sadness, and anger and intrafamilial violence. The second group they not had assistance. This article addresses the factors that generate environmental stress (depression, stress, anger, and sadness) in housing, due to prolonged confinement, limited space, and lack of isolation. In this sense, it is assumed that housing at a spatial determinant for socialization can trigger environments that produce stress and that hinder healthy coexistence in its residents. This research is a reflection on the changes that need to be made to improve social housing and ensure a stress-free environment to withstand prolonged confinement.
Source: Medical Research Archives
Author: Leticia Peña-Barrera
Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Language: English
Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410065403