Jill Stewart
Biographic Data
| ID | 6713905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill Stewart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill |
| FAMILY NAME | Stewart |
| SIGNATURE | STEWART J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Greenwich |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3031-8082 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘Very’ selective licensing – An exploration of English local authorities’ adoption of a discretionary landlord licensing scheme, 2006-2019
Since 2006 English Local Authorities (LA) have had discretionary powers to implement a type of landlord licensing scheme, Selective Licensing (SL), in the private rental sector. The scheme is intended to improve housing standards in areas marked by antisocial behaviour, poor housing conditions, low housing demand, and high levels of migration, deprivation, and crime. Yet up to 2019, only 15% of LA had adopted SL. We examine temporal, socio-econom…
Walking Through Housing History
How might walking be used to support a creative and historically informed approach to learning about public health, environmental health and housing and take students beyond the traditional confines of the classroom? In this article, we discuss the development and delivery of a North London walking tour close to a university campus. We build upon critical pedagogies of walking and the development of a historical awareness of housing as a method f…
Recruiting and retaining the right environmental health workforce beyond degree programmes
The United Kingdom’s local authority private rented housing sector regulatory workforce, often part of wider environmental health and housing service teams, have has faced multiple challenges in recent years due to declining numbers entering and remaining in the profession, a rise in the number and complexity of the private rented housing sector itself and austerity measures. Combined, this has led to a depleted workforce needing authentic, tailo…
Meeting the private sector housing condition and adaptation needs of older people
Purpose This study aims to explore the environmental health role in meeting the housing condition, adaptation and associated needs of older people living in private sector housing in London, including those living with and at risk of dementia. Design/methodology/approach A multi-method approach was adopted. First, relevant public-facing websites in London were scrutinised. Second, a Qualtrics online survey was designed and circulated to capture r…
Affordable warmth
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consolidate policy, research, evidence and good practice around strategies tackling fuel poverty and affordable warmth for older people aged over 60 to support the development of more effective services for this life course stage and to tackle physical and mental health inequalities. Design/methodology/approach – The authors consolidate current policy, research, evidence and examples of good practice in e…
The Developing Role of Evidence-Based Environmental Health
There has been renewed recognition that proactive strategies and interventions can address the social determinants of health, and the environmental health profession is well placed to effect positive change in many of these determinants. This qualitative research has revealed differences in the perceptions, experiences, and understandings of evidence-based practice among public health professionals from different backgrounds across different serv…
Children, housing and health
Purpose To consolidate and review current literature that relates children's health to their housing and living environments. Design/methodology/approach A range of published sources which review the relationship between children, housing and health. The sources consolidate research that applies specifically to children and their domestic situation. The paper also reviews literature around municipal tower block estates and the unique health/archi…
Environmental Health and Housing
Environmental Health and Housing provides both students and professionals with comprehensive coverage of issues relating to both social and private housing. The book includes basic technical information for completing house surveys, detailed yet clear backgrounds to and explanations of applying relevant legislation, and discussion of current policy and strategy. All this is backed up with case studies and examples of how theory and law are put in…
Assessing a computerized routine health information system in Mali using LQAS
BACKGROUND: Between 1987 and 1998 Save the Children conducted a child survival programme in Mali with the goal of reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality. An integral part of this programme was a computerized demographic surveillance and health information system (HIS) that gathered data on individuals on an on-going basis. OBJECTIVE: To assess the overall coverage and quality of the data in the HIS, to identify specific health distri…
Social housing in Latin America
Social housing in Latin America
Children, housing and health
Purpose To consolidate and review current literature that relates children's health to their housing and living environments. Design/methodology/approach A range of published sources which review the relationship between children, housing and health. The sources consolidate research that applies specifically to children and their domestic situation. The paper also reviews literature around municipal tower block estates and the unique health/archi…
Affordable warmth
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consolidate policy, research, evidence and good practice around strategies tackling fuel poverty and affordable warmth for older people aged over 60 to support the development of more effective services for this life course stage and to tackle physical and mental health inequalities. Design/methodology/approach – The authors consolidate current policy, research, evidence and examples of good practice in e…
Assessing a computerized routine health information system in Mali using LQAS
BACKGROUND: Between 1987 and 1998 Save the Children conducted a child survival programme in Mali with the goal of reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality. An integral part of this programme was a computerized demographic surveillance and health information system (HIS) that gathered data on individuals on an on-going basis. OBJECTIVE: To assess the overall coverage and quality of the data in the HIS, to identify specific health distri…
Social housing in Latin America
Environmental Health and Housing
Environmental Health and Housing provides both students and professionals with comprehensive coverage of issues relating to both social and private housing. The book includes basic technical information for completing house surveys, detailed yet clear backgrounds to and explanations of applying relevant legislation, and discussion of current policy and strategy. All this is backed up with case studies and examples of how theory and law are put in…
Children, housing and health
Purpose To consolidate and review current literature that relates children's health to their housing and living environments. Design/methodology/approach A range of published sources which review the relationship between children, housing and health. The sources consolidate research that applies specifically to children and their domestic situation. The paper also reviews literature around municipal tower block estates and the unique health/archi…
The Developing Role of Evidence-Based Environmental Health
There has been renewed recognition that proactive strategies and interventions can address the social determinants of health, and the environmental health profession is well placed to effect positive change in many of these determinants. This qualitative research has revealed differences in the perceptions, experiences, and understandings of evidence-based practice among public health professionals from different backgrounds across different serv…
Affordable warmth
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consolidate policy, research, evidence and good practice around strategies tackling fuel poverty and affordable warmth for older people aged over 60 to support the development of more effective services for this life course stage and to tackle physical and mental health inequalities. Design/methodology/approach – The authors consolidate current policy, research, evidence and examples of good practice in e…
Meeting the private sector housing condition and adaptation needs of older people
Purpose This study aims to explore the environmental health role in meeting the housing condition, adaptation and associated needs of older people living in private sector housing in London, including those living with and at risk of dementia. Design/methodology/approach A multi-method approach was adopted. First, relevant public-facing websites in London were scrutinised. Second, a Qualtrics online survey was designed and circulated to capture r…
Recruiting and retaining the right environmental health workforce beyond degree programmes
The United Kingdom’s local authority private rented housing sector regulatory workforce, often part of wider environmental health and housing service teams, have has faced multiple challenges in recent years due to declining numbers entering and remaining in the profession, a rise in the number and complexity of the private rented housing sector itself and austerity measures. Combined, this has led to a depleted workforce needing authentic, tailo…
‘Very’ selective licensing – An exploration of English local authorities’ adoption of a discretionary landlord licensing scheme, 2006-2019
Since 2006 English Local Authorities (LA) have had discretionary powers to implement a type of landlord licensing scheme, Selective Licensing (SL), in the private rental sector. The scheme is intended to improve housing standards in areas marked by antisocial behaviour, poor housing conditions, low housing demand, and high levels of migration, deprivation, and crime. Yet up to 2019, only 15% of LA had adopted SL. We examine temporal, socio-econom…
Walking Through Housing History
How might walking be used to support a creative and historically informed approach to learning about public health, environmental health and housing and take students beyond the traditional confines of the classroom? In this article, we discuss the development and delivery of a North London walking tour close to a university campus. We build upon critical pedagogies of walking and the development of a historical awareness of housing as a method f…
Medicine (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (3 works) · Psychological intervention (3 works)