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Filter search resultsMarginally grounded: Camping ground residence in New Zealand
… of camping ground residents in relation to their health, and within the context of individual, local and national spheres. It situates camping ground residence as a particular form of housing, and contests public understandings of camping grounds as only …Research ProjectFamily Centred Healing
… thesis on the exploration of Samoan traditional healers and the importance of the family household as a significant … renal (kidney) dialysis through a district health board; and a sentence of imprisonment by home detention through … networks. Samoan prisoners (n=2), their sponsors (n=1), prison officials (n=5) were recruited with the assistance …Research ProjectAnyone can live in a boarding house, can’t they? The advantages and disadvantages of boarding house residence
… Aspinall – Master's 2013 Research indicates that housing and tenure type influence well-being. Traditionally, boarding … these dwellings in New Zealand. International studies and a small number of New Zealand studies have shown that … of housing needs when people on low incomes are discharged or released from institutional care. Results also show that …Research ProjectIndividual and collective action for healthy rental housing in New Zealand: an historical and contemporary study
… Elinor Chisholm - PhD 2016 Substandard, insecure, and unaffordable housing affects health, contributing to the … infectious disease, susceptibility to respiratory illness, and to feelings of stress and anxiety. In New Zealand, people … in the 2010s. Such groups helped individuals retain, gain or improve their housing, and contributed to policy and law …Research ProjectHousing, Insulation and Health Study
… Methods The data collection for the Housing, Insulation and Health study was carried out over the winters of 2001 and 2002. A nominal 1400 households in 7 regions throughout … study by making subjective temperature assessments daily and filling in questionnaires on their house and health; they …Research ProjectHousehold Energy Affordability
… Household energy affordability remains a significant and unaddressed problem in New Zealand, and many households … income poverty may be addressed through income support. 1 Assessing fuel poverty as defined above in a population … young children, older people, people with disabilities or ill-health, and the unemployed. These groups spend most of …Research ProjectThe Sources and Childhood Respiratory Health Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide in Homes: A community Intervention Trial of Improved Home Heating
… growing evidence that asthma symptoms can be aggravated, or even triggered, by adverse aspects of the indoor … trial the link between indoor air in the home environment and respiratory health effects in children with asthma was … compared to 10.8 micrograms/metercubed (range 1.8 - 128.5 micrograms/metercubed) in the control group. In …Research ProjectHousing researchers win the Rutherford Medal, NZ’s top research honour
… Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman CNZM QSO FRSNZ and researchers at He Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago, … humanities, mathematics, sciences, social science or technology. In a statement announcing the award, the …NewsRaukawa Energy Innovation Project
… team, Kimberley O’Sullivan, Nevil Pierse, Rachel Dohig and Zhiting Chen, are excited to share their involvement with … lives of whānau living in South Waikato. Led by Raukawa, and in partnership with The Lever Room, this initiative aims … Celsius for households with kaumātua, pēpē and tamariki, or those with underlying health conditions. A warm home can …Research ProjectConstructing housing quality, health, and private rental housing: a critical analysis
… of the private rental sector, housing quality and health, and the implications these have for the potential for healthy private rental housing. Owning or renting a house has been associated with different …Research Project