ArticleInternational journal of public health2011
Improving health and energy efficiency through community-based housing interventions.
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- A Systematic Review of Associations between Energy Use, Fuel Poverty, Energy Efficiency Improvements and Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Collaboration between local health and local government agencies for health improvement.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Retrofitting home insulation reduces incidence and severity of chronic respiratory disease.Indoor air · 2022Article
- PROTOCOL: Residential energy efficiency interventions: An effectiveness systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Residential energy efficiency interventions: A meta-analysis of effectiveness studies.Campbell systematic reviews · 2021Review
- Housing, health and energy: a characterisation of risks and priorities across Delhi's diverse settlements.Cities & health · 2021Article
- Association between home insulation and hospital admission rates: retrospective cohort study using linked data from a national intervention programme.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Article
- Evaluating Housing Health Hazards: Prevalence, Practices and Priorities in Delhi's Informal Settlements.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
- Household energy efficiency and health: Area-level analysis of hospital admissions in England.Environment international · 2019Article
- Participatory Action Research as a Framework for Transdisciplinary Collaboration: A Pilot Study on Healthy, Sustainable, Low-Income Housing in Delhi, India.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2019Article
- Energy, Poverty, and Health in Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review of an Emerging Literature.Frontiers in public health · 2019Review
- Making the Case for "Whole System" Approaches: Integrating Public Health and Housing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
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- IJPH goes environmental: does it?International journal of public health · 2013Article
- Energy efficiency, housing, equity and health.International journal of public health · 2013Article
- An indigenous approach to explore health-related experiences among Māori parents: the Pukapuka Hauora asthma study.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Seasonality, incidence and prognosis in atrial fibrillation and stroke in Denmark and New Zealand.BMJ open · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectivesHouses designed for one climate and cultural group may not be appropriate for other places and people. Our aim is to find cost-effective ways to improve the characteristics of older homes, ill-fitted for New Zealand's climate, in order to improve the occupants' health.
methodWe have carried out two community randomised trials, in partnership with local communities, which have focused on retrofitted insulation and more effective heating and have two other studies under way, one which focuses on electricity vouchers and the other on housing hazard remediation.
resultsThe Housing, Insulation and Health Study showed that insulating 1,350 houses, built before insulation was required, improved the occupants' health and well being as well as household energy efficiency. In the Housing, Heating and Health Study we investigated the impact of installing more effective heating in insulated houses for 409 households, where there was a child with doctor-diagnosed asthma. Again, the study showed significant results in the intervention group; indoor temperatures increased and levels of NO(2) were halved. Children reported less poor health, lower levels of asthma symptoms and sleep disturbances by wheeze and dry cough. Children also had fewer days off school.
conclusionImproving the energy efficiency of older housing leads to health improvements and energy efficiency improvements. Multidisciplinary studies of housing interventions can create compelling evidence to support policies for sustainable housing developments which improve health.
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