Photo elicitation to explore health and social exclusion with rooming house residents in Ottawa, Canada.

Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9510067 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-2054 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13538292 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Place

Publication: Exford, England : Elsevier
Original Publication: [Kidlington, Oxford, U.K.] : Pergamon, c1995-

Housing* ; Poverty*; Focus Groups ; Humans ; Ontario ; Social Isolation

Little is known about how rooming house residents perceive how housing influences their health, despite higher morbidity and premature death compared to other Canadians. The social exclusion framework of the Social Knowledge Exchange Network (SEKN) conceptualized by Popay et al. (2008) was used to investigate how rooming houses are linked to health among ten rooming house residents from six rooming houses in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Study activities included taking photos to show how living in a rooming house affects health, a community walk-about with the principal investigator, a focus group, and individual interviews. Thematic analysis revealed two broad themes: Housing is Health Care, and Just Managing Today. Findings suggest that structural inequalities and siloed care contribute to the health of rooming house residents, including the balance between poverty and desire to maintain housing, and how residents cope with this stress. If health care providers want to help alleviate the disparities in rooming house residents' health, they need to broaden the lens through which health is conceptualized.
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Keywords: Housing; Photo elicitation; Rooming houses; Social determinants of health; Social environment; Social inclusion

Date Created: 20220806 Date Completed: 20220928 Latest Revision: 20221031

20240829

10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102866

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