Trial reportHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2002
From local concern to randomized trial: the Watcombe Housing Project.
Trial report in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Economic analysis of the health impacts of housing improvement studies: a systematic review.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2013Pooled it
- Housing improvements for health and associated socio-economic outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- The stepped wedge trial design: a systematic review.BMC medical research methodology · 2006Pooled it
- The Devon Active Villages Evaluation (DAVE) trial of a community-level physical activity intervention in rural south-west England: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2014Trial
- Enhancing ventilation in homes of children with asthma: pragmatic randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2011Trial
- Effects of improved home heating on asthma in community dwelling children: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2008Trial
- Gender differences in caregiving among a schizophrenia population.Psychology research and behavior management · 2019Article
- Non-randomized and randomized stepped-wedge designs using an orthogonalized least squares framework.Statistical methods in medical research · 2018Article
- Stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: a review of the statistical methodology used and available.BMC medical research methodology · 2016Review
- The Devon Active Villages Evaluation (DAVE) trial: study protocol of a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of a community-level physical activity intervention in rural southwest England.BMC public health · 2012Article
- Improving health and energy efficiency through community-based housing interventions.International journal of public health · 2011Article
- The Watcombe Housing Study: the short term effect of improving housing conditions on the health of residents.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2007Article
- The health impacts of housing-led regeneration: a prospective controlled study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2007Article
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Abstract
backgroundA randomized study of the effect on people's health of improving their housing is underway in Torbay. The link between poor health, particularly respiratory health, and poor housing conditions has been recognized for a long time, but there have been few intervention studies to demonstrate that improving housing can improve health. In 1994, South and West Devon Health Authority set up a community development project in a deprived area of Torbay, in response to the concerns of local primary health-care workers. A community development worker helped local residents survey their homes for dampness and record their respiratory symptoms. The survey reported high levels of condensation/dampness and respiratory illness and the Council agreed to direct the majority of their housing improvement funds to the estate over the next 3 years. The Health Authority, University of Plymouth and Torbay Council were successful in obtaining funding to evaluate the housing improvements from the NHS R & D programme. PARTICIPANTS AND
methodsOf 119 houses eligible for the study, 50 were chosen at random and improved in the first year. The rest were improved the following year. Questionnaires screening for health problems were sent to all 580 residents and baseline surveys of the indoor environment were also carried out. More detailed health surveys were completed by community nurses visiting residents in their homes. All adults were asked to complete SF-36 and GHQ 12 questionnaires, as well as disease-specific questionnaires if appropriate. PROGRESS: All houses in the study have now been improved, including insulation, double-glazing, re-roofing, heating, ventilation and electrical rewiring. Follow-up surveys are underway.
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