ArticleSSM - population health2017
Cool? Young people investigate living in cold housing and fuel poverty. A mixed methods action research study.
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- Household energy poverty and trajectories of emotional and behavioural difficulties in children and adolescents: findings from two prospective cohort studies.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Energy poverty: an overlooked determinant of health and climate resilience in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023Article
- Linking Housing Conditions and Energy Poverty: From a Perspective of Household Energy Self-Restriction.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Using Twitter to Explore (un)Healthy Housing: Learning from the #Characterbuildings Campaign in New Zealand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundLiving in cold housing conditions and risk of fuel poverty presents a range of physiological and psychosocial health risks. Limited research has specifically investigated the effects of fuel poverty on children and young people, and even less has been conducted with youth input into the research process.
methodsThe Cool? Study used mixed methods, participatory action research carried out with youth researchers involved at all stages through questionnaire design, analysis, qualitative design, e-interviewing and dissemination of results. This article reports on results of an online survey of 656 adolescents aged 14-16 years completed at 17 schools in New Zealand. Sampling was based on selecting schools for invitation, with the probability of selection weighted proportional to school size, within strata defined by climate zone. Results from a small e-mail interview study of survey respondents who consented to follow-up are also reported.
resultsThe study found that almost half of the survey respondents (47%) felt their home was sometimes cold during the winter; a further 40% felt their home was often or always cold. More than two thirds of respondents (70%) had shivered inside at least once during winter. Respondents were more likely to report key indicators of fuel poverty depending on their self-reported ethnicity, with Māori at increased risk. Living in private rental housing or state-owned housing also increased risk of fuel poverty compared to those in owner-occupied dwellings. Participants of email interviews expressed concern about the widespread problem of cold housing for youth and a desire for Government intervention.
conclusionThe integrated results confirm that cold housing and risk of fuel poverty are important problems for young people in New Zealand. Results contribute to the evidence-base for policy targeting of schemes such as the Government-sponsored retrofitting of insulation to households with dependent children.
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