Illness and Accidents among Persons Living under Different Housing Conditions: Data Based on the National Health Survey

Britten, Rollo H.; Altman, Isidore

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“…However this can be accounted for by this group's lower income (Model 3). While there is a strong relationship between poor housing conditions, such as over-crowding and poor health outcomes (Britten 1941;Coetzee et al, 1988;Stuart et al, 1988) as well as mental health (Hopton and Hunt, 1996;Gabe and Williams, 1987;Platt et al, 1989) it is not possible to establish here the direction of causality between the two phenomena. For example, individuals with poor health conditions might have limited financial resources that constrain them to live in cheap and poor housing conditions but also the reverse is true that living in poor housing conditions affects the occupants' health.…”

Section: Discrimination and Inequality In Housing In Irelandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Discrimination and inequality in housing in Ireland

Grotti¹,

Russell²,

Fahey³

et al. 2018

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to protect and promote human rights and equality in Ireland, to promote a culture of respect for human rights, equality and intercultural understanding, to promote understanding and awareness of the importance of human rights and equality, and to work towards the elimination of human rights abuses and discrimination.The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) is an independent research institute working towards a vision of 'Informed policy for a better Ireland'. The ESRI seeks to support sustainable economic growth and social progress in Ireland by providing a robust knowledge base capable of providing effective solutions to public policy challenges.2018.

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Section: Discrimination and Inequality In Housing In Irelandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Discrimination and inequality in housing in Ireland

Grotti¹,

Russell²,

Fahey³

et al. 2018

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“…The National Health Survey conducted in the USA in the 1930s included data on tuberculosis (Britten, Brown and Altman, 1940;Britten and Altman, 1941). It was revealed that there was a considerable increase in the frequency of tuberculosis with an increase in crowding of persons within a dwelling unit, particularly among children of the lower economic groups.…”

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Unhealthy Housing

Burridge¹,

Ormandy²

2005

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Phototypeset in 10/12.Spt Trump Medieval by Intype, LondonThe Open Access version of this book, available at www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. ISBN 9780419154105 (hbk)A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Unhealthy housing : research, remedies, and reform / edited by Roger Burridge and David Ormandy. -1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-419-15410-8 (acid-free paper) 1. Housing and health. 2. Housing and health-Great Britain. 3. Housing policy. 4. Housing policy-Great Britain. I. Burridge, Roger. II. Ormandy, David. RA770.U55 1993 362.l '969'8-dc20 92-21146 CIP Publisher's Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original may be apparent CONTENTS List of contributors ix Preface xii Introduction xv Part One The Parameters of Health and Housing Research 42 3.3 Health and illness: individual or collective attributes? 46 3.4 'Aggregate health' and housing 3.5 The ecological and atomist fallacies 3.6 The causes of health and illness 3. 7 Identifying community health and doing something about it 59 Bibliography Part Two The Identification and Evaluation of Hazards 4 Damp and mouldy housing: a holistic approach Sonja Hunt 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Housing as a health hazard 4.3 Dampness, mould growth and health status 78 4.4 Longitudinal studies 4.5 Long-term effects Bibliography 5 Dampness, mould growth and respiratory disease in children hwS~~~ ~ 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The scope of epidemiological research 5.3 Epidemiological studies of dampness, mould growth and respiratory disease in children 5.4 A population survey of damp housing and childhood asthma 5.5 Objective measurement of asthma 102 5.6 Measurement of airborne mould spores 106 5.7 Assessment of causality 108 5.8 Conclusion 112 Acknowledgements 113 Bibliography 114 6 Cold-and heat-related illnesses in the indoor environment K. J. Collins 11 7 6.1 Introduction 117 iv CONTENTS 6.2 Thermal factors and health 119 6.3 The comfort zone 120 6.4 Temperature requirements and morbidity in children 122 6.5 Humidity, cold and respiratory disorders 124 6.6 Cardiovascular responses in the cold 126 6. 7 Urban hypothermia 128 6.8 Winter mortality and cold homes 130 6.9 Heat-related illnesses in the urban environment 133 6.10 Accident rates and ambient temperature 136 Bibliography 13 7 7 Cold, condensation and housing poverty Thomas A. Markus 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Material factors 7.3 Material effects 7.4 Personal and social effects 7.5 Climate 7.6 Cold and poverty 7. 7 The Glasgow dimension Bibliography 8 Mental health and high-rise housing Hugh Freeman 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Historical background 8.3 Methodological issues 8.4 Empirical studies of high-rise housing 8.5 High-rise living as a pathogenic factor 8.6 Conclusion Acknowledgement Bibliography 9 Women, crowding and mental health Jonatha...

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“…In the American National Health Survey of 1935-36 (Britten and Altman, 1941), it was found that among children under 5 years of age (and also in other age groups) the incidence of accidents which disabled for more than l week was higher among occupants of poor dilapidated dwellings (as measured by the low rents paid) than among those living in dwellings of better quality, that is high rented accommodation or high valued owner occupied property. The present follow up survey data were analysed in order to establish whether a similar association existed between poor housing con-ditions and high accident rates among children under 2 years of age in Great Britain.…”

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Accidents among children under two years of age in Great Britain

Rowntree¹

1998

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Illness and Accidents among Persons Living under Different Housing Conditions: Data Based on the National Health Survey

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Discrimination and inequality in housing in Ireland

Discrimination and inequality in housing in Ireland

Unhealthy Housing

Accidents among children under two years of age in Great Britain

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