NPR, July 1, 2024, When Little Kids Don’t Have Stable Housing, It Can Affect Their Health Later
Not having secure housing is a huge stress for anyone. But when children experience this, especially in early childhood, it can affect their health years down the line.
That’s the finding of a new study in the journal Pediatrics, which says that teens who experienced housing insecurity earlier in life were more likely to report worse health.
“Pediatricians, for a long time, have suspected that housing insecurity is associated with negative health outcomes,” says Dr. Hemen Muleta, a pediatrician at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in New York City.
