Key references and evidence
Note: this page includes only a small number of key references. It is not intended to be comprehensive. More detailed lists of references on housing can be found within some of the publications cited below.
NHS Health Scotland. Housing and Health Inequalities: an inequalities briefing. Edinburgh. 2016.
Beeston C, McCartney G, Ford J, et al. Health Inequalities Policy Review for the Scottish Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities. Edinburgh: NHS Health Scotland; 2013.
Scottish Government. Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA): A Practitioner’s Guide (see section 3, ‘Evidence & Analysis’). Edinburgh; 2018.
Chartered Institute for Housing (Scotland). Housing Matters: CIH Scotland’s Agenda for Change 2016.
Commission on Housing & Wellbeing. A Blueprint for Scotland’s Future. 2015.
Fraser of Allander Institute. Scotland’s Census: Understanding changes in health and socioeconomic inequality since 2011. 2022.
Fraser of Allender Institute. Health Inequalities in Scotland: Trends in the socio-economic determinants of health in Scotland. 2022.
Glasgow Centre for Population Health. Ten years of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health: the evidence and implications. Glasgow: Glasgow Centre for Population Health; 2014.
Glasgow Centre for Population Health. Concepts Series 11 - The built environment and health: an evidence review. 2013.
GoWell. GoWell Progress Report 2016-17. Glasgow: GoWell; 2017.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Housing and Poverty. 2015.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Poverty in Scotland. 2024.
Hetherington & Hamlet. ScotPHN Report: Restoring the Public Health response to Homelessness in Scotland. Edinburgh, 2015.
Marmot M. Fair Society, Healthy Lives. The Marmot Review. Strategic Review of Health Inequalities post-2010. The Marmot Review; 2010.
Marmot M, Allen J, Boyce T, Goldblatt P, Morrison J. Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On. Institute of Health Equity; 2020
Naske N, Taylor L, Mulvihill C, Doyle N. Housing and public health: a review of reviews of interventions for improving health. London: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2005.
Scottish Government. Creating Places - A policy statement on architecture and place for Scotland. Edinburgh, Scottish Government, 2013.
Scottish Government. A Select Review of Literature on the Relationship Between Housing and Health. Edinburgh: Scottish Government; 2010.
Scottish Public Health Network (ScotPHN). Foundations for well-being: reconnecting public health and housing – a Practical Guide to Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities. Glasgow. 2017.
Scottish Public Health Network (ScotPHN). Reports on Fuel Poverty. Glasgow. 2022.
Thomson H, Thomas S, Sellstrom E, Petticrew M. Housing improvements for health and associated socio-economic outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013.
Effectiveness evidence
ScotPHO's purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic. These links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative.
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Cochrane Library: Browse by topic
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evidence services: Evidence search
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance: Find guidance
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
