Healio (7/10, Weldon) says, “Adolescents who experienced housing insecurity beginning in infancy reported worse overall health outcomes, including anxiety and depressive symptoms, according to study results.” The study’s “findings indicate a need for screening methods that identify housing insecurity at the start, as well as policies to prevent housing insecurity and associated health outcomes in this population, researchers concluded.” The findings were published in Pediatrics.
Related Links:
— “Unstable housing in childhood associated with anxiety in adolescence,”Rose Weldon, Healio, July 10, 2024