Zika Virus and the Risk for Renter Households

• Published in: Diseases Vol. 6; no. 2; p. 37
• Main Authors: Scarbrough, Amanda, Rathnasekara, Heranga, Holt, Melinda, Hill, Jack, Kafle, Ram
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15.05.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Affordable housing; Age; Census of Population; Conflicts of interest; Diabetes; Disease control; Disposable income; Hispanic Americans; Households; Low income groups; Mosquitoes; Neighborhoods; Postal codes; Prevention; renters; social determinants of health; Socioeconomic factors; Variables; Zika virus; United States > US; Texas; Cameron County Texas; renters; social determinants of health; Zika virus

Recent research on family income indicates that a lack of economic stability can affect healthy housing. Those with limited resources experience higher rates of inadequate and unstable housing many times forcing them to live in undesirable communities in which there can be several community-level he...