Selected Publications for Housing, Neighborhood, and Health

Curtis, DS, Fuller-Rowell, TE, Vilches, S, Vonasek, J & Wells, NM (2019). Parks and recreation expenditures as a predictor of low birth weight incidence: Evidence from five periods of national birth records data. Preventive Medicine Reports, 16, 100985
Rollings, K.A., Wells, N.M., Evans, G.W., Bednarz, A., & Yang, Y. (2017). Housing and neighborhood physical quality: childrenā€˜s mental health and learned helplessness. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 50, 17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.01.004
Wells, N.M. and Laquatra, J. (2010). Why green housing and green neighborhoods are important to the health and well-being of older adults. Generations, 33(4), 50-57.
Wells, N.M. and Harris, J.D. (2007). Housing quality, psychological distress, and the mediating role of social withdrawal: A longitudinal study of low-income women. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27, 69-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2006.11.002
Wells, N.M. (2005). Our housing, our selves: a longitudinal investigation of women and dwelling. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25, 189-206. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2005.02.002