Healthy Housing – He Kainga Oranga

A new book reveals ongoing health & social costs of leaky homes.
The long-term social costs of leaky buildings constructed following deregulation of the building industry by the National Government in the early 1990s are not just the result of failures in construction.

Book flyer and order form (PDF).

Or, you can order the book via the publisher’s website.

The HRC announces funding for Housing and Health research, the ‘Community Housing Intervention Research Programme’.

Philippa Howden-Chapman talks about insulation on Campbell Live. (video stream)

Recruitment for the Warm Homes for Elder New Zealanders Study.

A press release on injury hazards in New Zealand homes, and one on Giardia and cryptosporidium in NZ.

The 13th Public Health Summer School includes days on:

• Injury in the Home
• Centre for Sustainable Cities
• Do our houses protect us in winter?

Philippa Howden-Chapman appointed as a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order

Press release on rheumatic fever rates worsening in Maori and Pacific children (PDF).

Philippa Howden-Chapman presented with

1. The inaugural Dame Joan Metge Medal for her contributions to research capacity building, creating beneficial relationships with study participants, mentoring new researchers and contributing new knowledge
2. The Liley Medal for research which has made a clear difference to people’s lives

The Housing Heating and Health Study results are published in the British Medical Journal.

Press release for Safety NZ week (PDF). New research shows that there are many hazards around the home where there are high rates of all types of injury, including serious events that put people in hospital and in wheelchairs.

Press release on tuberculosis in New Zealand (PDF). Research using census data and notified tuberculosis (TB) cases over a five year period shows that the risk of this disease is significantly associated with household crowding in NZ.