Prevalence and Correlates of Unstable Housing Among US Children

Variations in the prevalence of any form of unstable needs.9 The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated housing unaf- housing were observed by state, child race and ethnicity, and fordability, especially among low-income households, and in- special health care needs status. [...] released the US Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Health, highlighting the importance of housing as a key driver of health outcomes and the need to advance data collection and (3) How does the prevalence of unstable housing differ by state interoperability among health care, public health, social ser- of residence? (4) How is unstable housing associated with other vices, and other systems. [...] The NSCH is fielded annually via web- and pa- been associated with poor physical and oral health among chil- per-based questionnaires; respondents are parents or care- dren, developmental delays, hospitalizations, unmet needs for givers of children in the 50 states and the District of Colum- health care, and health insurance coverage gaps.13-15 Chil- bia. [...] Food insecurity and housing responsibility for the integrity of the data and the and Services Administration (HRSA), nor does instability during early childhood as predictors of accuracy of the data analysis. [...] The design and implementation of the 2016 j.acap.2021.08.018 Unstable housing and caregiver and child health in National Survey of Children’s Health.