A Study of Respiratory Tuberculosis in Relation to Housing Conditions in Edinburgh: I.--The Pre-War Period

Stein, Lilli

doi:10.1136/jech.4.3.143

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“…The transmission of TB to children in a nuclear family (composed of father, mother, and children) with adult pulmonary TB was uncertain. [25][26][27] Children who share a house with an adult pulmonary TB sufferer will directly suffer from TB in a shorter period (< 6 months). Generally, the immune system of chil-4 28 Staying longer with an adult pulmonary TB sufferer did not significantly ascertain whether the children suffered from TB.…”

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Level of Exposure of Childhood Tuberculosis with Adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis Household Contacts

Asyary

Eryando

Purwantyastuti

et al. 2017

Kesmas: National Public Health Journal

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Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in children is a neglected global health problem, with an increasing proportion of TB cases in Indonesia. Children with TB are most often impacted by TB transmission in the population at large, especially adult TB that exists in the child's household. This study aimed to find protective factors that can keep children healthy despite household adult TB contacts. This study reports on 132 respondents with a case-control study conducted at nine referred hospitals and several primary health care based on medical records in Special Region of Yogyakarta Province. The study lasted from January to December 2014, while the data analysis was used by both of bivariate (chi-square) and multivariate (multiple logistic regression) analysis. The study found that healthy houses, especially those with healthy bedrooms and fewer exposures to adult TB sufferer, influenced by confounder variables, protected children from TB even though they were exposed to adult TB in their environment. Longer periods of living together is not a risk factor for children to contract TB when living with adult TB patients at home. However, this risk increases with frequent exposure among children to adult TB patients at home. Keywords: Children, exposure, household contact, tuberculosis Abstrak Tuberkulosis paru (TB) pada anak kian menjadi masalah kesehatan global yang masih terlupakan seiring dengan peningkatan proporsi TB di Indonesia. Penularan penyakit ini di populasi umum seringkali berdampak pada anak, terlebih ketika kontak TB terjadi di rumah tangga. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh faktor protektif sehingga anak tetap sehat meskipun memiliki kontak dengan penderita TB dewasa serumah. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan kasus-kontrol pada 132 responden anak yang berasal dari sembilan rumah sakit rujukan dan beberapa puskesmas di Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Penelitian dilakukan dalam periode Januari hingga Desember 2014 yang hasilnya dianalisis dengan uji bivariat (kai kuadrat) dan multivariat (regresi logistik ganda). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa rumah yang memenuhi syarat kesehatan, yakni ruang tidur yang sehat, serta paparan yang jarang diterima dari penderita TB dewasa mampu memproteksi anak agar tetap sehat meskipun tinggal serumah dengan penderita dewasa penyakit ini. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa lama tinggal bersama bukanlah faktor risiko penyakit TB pada anak. Hal ini karena meskipun lama tinggal bersama antara penderita TB dewasa dengan anak, namun apabila memiliki paparan yang jarang, hal ini pun tidak signifikan menjadikan anak untuk terkena TB.

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Level of Exposure of Childhood Tuberculosis with Adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis Household Contacts

Asyary

Eryando

Purwantyastuti

et al. 2017

Kesmas: National Public Health Journal

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“…1,5,6 Poor housing conditions, including residential crowding and household disrepair, have been shown to elevate the risk of household accidents, asthma, tuberculosis, other respiratory infections, and all-cause mortality. 1,[7][8][9] Conversely, improvements in housing may favor cardiovascular and respiratory health. 10 Few studies have examined the link between housing quality and mental health.…”

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Household Disrepair and the Mental Health of Low-Income Urban Women

2011

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We employ longitudinal survey data from the Welfare, Children, and Families project (1999, 2001) to examine the effects of household disrepair (e.g., living with leaky structures, busted plumbing, broken windows, and pests) on psychological distress among low-income urban women with children. Building on previous research, we adjust for related housing concepts, neighborhood disorder, financial hardship, and a host of relevant background factors. We also formally test the mediating influences of social support and self-esteem. Our cross-sectional analysis indicated that household disrepair is positively associated with recent symptoms of psychological distress. Our longitudinal change score analysis demonstrates two important patterns. First, women living with household disrepair at baseline are not necessarily vulnerable to increases in symptoms of psychological distress over the 2-year study period. Second, women who report an increase in disrepair over the study period are also likely to report a concurrent increase in symptoms of distress. Although social support and self-esteem favor mental health in our cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, these psychosocial resources fail to mediate or explain the association between disrepair and distress.

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“…Homelessness is demonstrably bad for people's health, but so is living in dilapidated, overcrowded, damp or cold housing (Lowry 1990). During the 1950s, a number of British human ecological studies established a statistical association between poor housing conditions and premature mortality (Stein 1950, Hare 1956. A recent survey that used double-blind procedures to measure dampness and health in 597 houses in the UK showed that adults living in damp and mouldy dwellings were more likely to report a wide range of symptoms (nausea, vomiting, constipation, blocked noses, breathlessness, backache, aching joints, fainting and 'bad nerves') than those living in dry dwellings.…”

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Housing and health: The relationship between research and policy

Howden‐Chapman¹,

Isaacs

Crane³

et al. 1996

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

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There is a long tradition of using housing interventions to promote public health, despite causative factors being unclear. This article reviews the research evidence on the key aspects of poor housing such as inadequate maintenance, over-crowding, low temperatures and dampness, that have been identified as contributing to the impact of housing on health. Possible intervening factors such as house dust mites and fungi are also reviewed. This evidence is discussed in the context of possible confounding factors such as housing location and tenure. Conclusions are drawn about the adequacy of the research evidence as a basis for changing building regulations and other policy measures as a way of improving health.

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A Study of Respiratory Tuberculosis in Relation to Housing Conditions in Edinburgh: I.--The Pre-War Period

Abstract: * The standard by which overcrowding is defined is that of the 1935 Housing (Scotland) Act, details of which are given on p. 155.

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Level of Exposure of Childhood Tuberculosis with Adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis Household Contacts

Level of Exposure of Childhood Tuberculosis with Adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis Household Contacts

Household Disrepair and the Mental Health of Low-Income Urban Women

Housing and health: The relationship between research and policy

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