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May 2002, Vol 92, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 733-738
© 2002 American Public Health Association

GOING PUBLIC

Home Is Where the Harm Is: Inadequate Housing as a Public Health Crisis

Samiya A. Bashir

Samiya A. Bashir is the coeditor of Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social & Political Black Literature & Art. Bashir, a poet, writer, and editor, has contributed to books, magazines and on-line media including Ms., Curve, NiaOnline. com, Oxygen.com, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Black Issues Book Review, American Visions and Contemporary American Women Poets.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Samiya A. Bashir (e-mail: sistafire{at}mindspring.com).

Overcrowding and poor-quality housing have a direct relationship to poor mental health, developmental delay, heart disease, and even short stature.




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