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  • The Social Housing Outcomes Worth Study

    … housing conditions, particularly crowding, affects health and well-being. Quick Links For participants For those with … Study Information you give HNZC when you apply for a house or income-related rent will be given to the New Zealand … relation with current household living conditions. Gut 39(1): 18-21. Ministry of Health. (1999). Taking the pulse: the …
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  • Heating Up Cooling Off

    … New Zealand’s top ten warmest years occurred between 2010 and 2019, and increasingly frequent and severe heat days will feature … including news stories, will be updated here – check back, or follow us to stay informed. For now, here is a summary of …
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  • Indoor Air Quality Research Centre of New Zealand calls for government prioritisation on ventilation this World Ventil8 Day

    … healthy indoor environments in an era of pandemics and climate change, World Ventil8 Day 2024 is set to … globally to over three million premature deaths each year 1 . Importance of home ventilation for healthy living A BRANZ … mechanical ventilation, opening windows in the bathroom or kitchen while cooking, and using heating in living areas …
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  • Everyone counts: Defining and measuring severe housing deprivation (homelessness)

    … as a serious social issue, a severe form of deprivation, and a clear threat to health and wellbeing. There is little agreement, however, on a … that homelessness refers to severe housing deprivation (or a lack of access to minimally adequate housing), this …
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  • Evaluation of Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart programme

    … government that provides funding for insulation retrofits and clean, efficient heating grants for New Zealand … the relationship between receiving a retrofit and health or energy use outcomes is then possible at both the … total metered energy used. Other key findings included a 1.92% increase in electricity use as a result of heat pump …
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  • Secondhand smoke at home

    … homes Exposure to second-hand smoke in the home Government and Smoky Homes: Population-Level Policy Options for Smokefree Homes Summary The study identified and evaluated the options for population-level government … occurs as the smoke particles deposited on clothes or household surfaces are mobilised back into the air, or
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  • Making a home in employer-provided housing

    … how a single relationship that secures both housing and employment affects experiences of home, and analyses differences over time and between different … and education sectors, in particular in isolated places or for itinerant workers.  Māori are strongly represented in …
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  • The Healthy Housing Index

    … Housing Index (HHI): an indicator of housing condition and related health and safety outcomes. QUICK LINKS HHI … factors that indicates the ‘healthiness’ of a house or, conversely, provides a measure of how likely it is that … Hazards Study This study involved using the HHI to assess 1,000 Taranaki homes. Occupants were also asked for details …
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  • PhD research comes with a personal toll

    … after completing their thesis “We Can’t Find a Safe or Secure Environment to be Ourselves: Takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ … people fought to survive really difficult situations and then still had the love for their community to be deeply involved in activism and other support work.” “Interviewing people was my …
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  • Housing, Heating and Health Study

    … The Housing Heating and Health Study (PDF 1MB) was carried out by a … from the Universities of Otago, Massey, Victoria and Auckland and BRANZ. The study used a randomised … were then randomly allocated to the intervention or control groups. The intervention group received a new …
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