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This review aimed to define infectious disease (ID) outcomes used to measure the health impact of inadequate housing in Australia within a research context.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A systematic review of published studies following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Data sources<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four online databases were searched in May 2024 with no date restrictions using terms relating to housing, ID and Australia. Results were screened in Covidence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Eligibility criteria<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Studies were included if they measured both housing exposures and ID outcome variables among any population group in Australia. Both quantitative and qualitative designs were considered.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Data extraction and synthesis<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data were extracted from 81 studies. Exposures and outcomes were classified according to the Healthy Living Practices (HLPs) and the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) body system classes, respectively. Acute infections and chronic post-infectious sequelae were considered ID outcomes. Descriptive statistics were calculated and ID-HLP associations were synthesised and narratively described. Methodological quality was assessed from both biomedical and Indigenous perspectives using relevant appraisal tools.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Most studies (79%) were published within the past 25 years and more than half (60%) involved remote-living Indigenous children and families. A total of 176 measured ID outcomes and 571 ID-HLP associations were tested. Exposures were frequently related to the negative effects of crowding (HLP5), unsafe wastewater treatment\/drinking water (HLP3) and reduced capacity for washing people (HLP1). Skin, respiratory and digestive system infections were the most common ID outcomes, followed by eye and ear infections and post-infectious cardiovascular sequelae. 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