TY - JOUR AU - Stahre, Mandy AU - VanEenwyk, Juliet AU - Siegel, Paul AU - Njai, Rashid PY - 2015 TI - Housing Insecurity and the Association With Health Outcomes and Unhealthy Behaviors, Washington State, 2011 T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E109 VL - 12 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - Few studies of associations between housing and health have focused on housing insecurity and health risk behaviors and outcomes. We measured the association between housing insecurity and selected health risk behaviors and outcomes, adjusted for socioeconomic measures, among 8,415 respondents to the 2011 Washington State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Housing insecure respondents were about twice as likely as those who were not housing insecure to report poor or fair health status or delay doctor visits because of costs. This analysis supports a call to action among public health practitioners who address disparities to focus on social determinants of health risk behaviors and outcomes. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140511 DO - 10.5888/pcd12.140511 ER -