Unhealthy housing: research, remedies and reform
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
List of contributors ix
Preface xii
Introduction xv
Part One The Parameters of Health and Housing Research 1
1 Understanding the problems of health and housing research
David Mant 3
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Spot the method 4
1.3 Methods and their problems: descriptive studies 5
1.4 Case control studies 8
1.5 Longitudinal studies 10
1.6 Intervention studies 11
1.7 Extrapolative studies 13
1.8 Practising appraisal 14
1.9 Avoiding problems 18
1.10 Further reading 21
Bibliography 21
2 Using published data to assess health risks
Colin Thunhuzst 23
2.1 Social scientific investigation and the use of secondary
data 23
2.2 The rediscovery of inequalities in health 25
2.3 Programmes of action 28
2.4 Secondary studies: housing as an explanatory variable 33
2.5 Alternative views of the process of research 35
2.6 Strengthening the use of secondary sources 36
Bibliography 38
3 Housing and the health of the community
David Byrne and Jane Keithley 41
CONTENTS
3.1 Introduction 41
3.2 Relationships between housing and health: the recent
evidence 42
3.3 Health and illness: individual or collective attributes? 46
3.4 Aggregate health and housing 51
3.5 The ecological and atomist fallacies 53
3.6 The causes of health and illness 55
3.7 Identifying community health and doing something
about it 59
Bibliography 64
Part Two The Identification and Evaluation of Hazards 67
4 Damp and mouldy housing: a holistic approach
Sonja Hunt 69
4.1 Introduction 69
4.2 Housing as a health hazard 72
4.3 Dampness, mould growth and health status 78
4.4 Longitudinal studies 86
4.5 Long term effects 88
Bibliography 89
5 Dampness, mould growth and respiratory disease in
children
Peter Stiachan 94
5.1 Introduction 94
5.2 The scope of epidemiological research 94
5.3 Epidemiological studies of dampness, mould growth
and respiratory disease in children 97
5.4 A population survey of damp housing and childhood
asthma 99
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 117
6.1 Introduction 117
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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 137
7 Cold, condensation and housing poverty
Thomas A. Maikus 141
7.1 Introduction 141
7.2 Material factors 141
7.3 Material effects 147
7.4 Personal and social effects 147
7.5 Climate 154
7.6 Cold and poverty 158
7.7 The Glasgow dimension 161
Bibliography 165
8 Mental health and high rise housing
Hugh Freeman 168
8.1 Introduction 168
8.2 Historical background 169
8.3 Methodological issues 173
8.4 Empirical studies of high rise housing 180
8.5 High rise living as a pathogenic factor 183
8.6 Conclusion 186
Acknowledgement 187
Bibliography 187
9 Women, crowding and mental health
Jonathan Gabe and Paul Williams 191
9.1 Introduction 191
9.2 Women, household crowding and health 192
9.3 Methods 194
9.4 Findings 196
9.5 Conclusion 199
Acknowledgements 203
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Bibliography 203
10 Crowding and mortality in London boroughs
John M. Kellett 209
10.1 Introduction 209
10.2 Total mortality 211
10.3 Specific mortality 212
10.4 Death certification 215
10.5 Aetiological hypothesis 216
10.6 Conclusion 220
Bibliography 221
11 Accidents at home: the modern epidemic
Ray Ransom 223
11.1 Introduction 223
11.2 Scale of the problem 223
11.3 Vulnerable groups and epidemiological
characteristics 226
11.4 Conception of the problem 232
11.5 Responding to the challenge 235
11.6 Conclusion 244
Bibliography 246
Appendix: Appraisal checklist for home safety 248
12 The effects on human health of pest infestation in
houses
Michael Howard 256
12.1 Introduction 256
12.2 Insect pests 257
12.3 Arachnids 270
12.4 Vertebrate pests 272
12.5 The control of pests in houses: integrated pest
management 274
12.6 Building design and infestations: the example of
Hulme, Manchester 278
12.7 Conclusion 280
Bibliography 281
13 Ill health and homelessness: the effects of living in
bed and breakfast accommodation
Jean Conway 283
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13.1 Introduction 283
13.2 The research 285
13.3 The response of health services 296
13.4 The response of housing services 298
13.5 Conclusion 299
Bibliography 299
Part Three Remedies and Reforms 301
14 Fundamentals of healthful housing: their application in
the 21st century
Eric W. Mood 303
14.1 Introduction 303
14.2 Housing and health for all 305
14.3 Specific characteristics of healthful housing 306
14.4 The role of housing in home accidents 313
14.5 Fundamental psychological requirements 323
14.6 Fundamental physiological requirements 326
14.7 Creating healthful housing 333
Bibliography 334
15 An ecological blueprint for healthy housing
Roderick J, Lawrence 338
15.1 Introduction 338
15.2 Theoretical principles 341
15.3 Methodological principles 342
15.4 From principles to policies and implementation 344
15.5 The consequences of high rise housing 350
15.6 Conclusion 356
Bibliography 359
16 The environmental assessment of new houses
Gary J. Raw and Josephine J. Prior 361
16.1 Introduction 361
16.2 Buildings and environmental issues 361
16.3 The basis of BREEAM for new homes 362
16.4 Global atmospheric pollution 365
16.5 Local issues and use of resources 367
16.6 Storage of recyclable materials 368
16.7 Ecological value of site 369
16.8 Local public transport 370
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16.9 Indoor issues 371
16.10 Conclusion 379
Bibliography 379
17 Prospects for affordable warmth
Brenda Boaidman 382
17.1 Introduction 382
17.2 The health problem 382
17.3 How much warmth? 386
17.4 What is affordable? 386
17.5 Measuring energy efficiency 388
17.6 Heating systems 389
17.7 Thermal insulation standards/energy efficiency
levels 393
17.8 Government programmes 395
17.9 Recent legislation 397
17.10 Conclusion 398
Acknowledgements 399
Bibliography 399
18 The legal environment of housing conditions
Roger Buriidge and David Ormandy 401
18.1 The contours of legal intervention 401
18.2 Public and private legal action 402
18.3 The limitations of private law 404
18.4 The shape of statutory intervention 405
18.5 The withdrawal from enforcement 409
18.6 Private law responses 413
18.7 The legal promotion of community health 416
18.8 Future perspectives 420
Acknowledgement 421
Bibliography 422
19 Cities 2000 projects: goldfish bowl
Geoff Green 424
19.1 Introduction 424
19.2 Historical background 425
19.3 The New Public Health 427
19.4 Problems and weaknesses 428
19.5 Conclusion 429
Bibliography 430
Index 431
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