Unhealthy Housing : Research, Remedies and Reform.

Front Cover -- Unhealthy Housing -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: The Parameters of Health and Housing Research -- 1. Understanding the problems of health and housing research: David Mant -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Spot the method -- 1.3 Methods and their problems: descriptive studies -- 1.4 Case Control Studies -- 1.5 Longitudinal studies -- 1.6 Intervention studies -- 1.7 Extrapolative studies -- 1.8 Practising appraisal -- 1.9 Avoiding problems -- 1.10 Further reading -- Bibliography -- 2. Using published data to assess health risks: Colin Thunhurst -- 2.1 Social scientific investigation and the use of secondary data -- 2.2 The rediscovery of inequalities in health -- 2.3 Programmes of action -- 2.4 Secondary studies: housing as an explanatory variable -- 2.5 Alternative views of the process of research -- 2.6 Strengthening the use of secondary sources -- Bibliography -- 3. Housing and the health of the community: David Byrne and Jane Keithley -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Relationships between housing and health: the recent evidence -- 3.3 Health and illness: individual or collective attributes? -- 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 -- 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 -- 4.4 Longitudinal studies -- 4.5 Long-term effects -- Bibliography -- 5. Dampness, mould growth and respiratory disease in children: Peter Strachan -- 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 -- 5.6 Measurement of airborne mould spores -- 5.7 Assessment of causality -- 5.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- 6. Cold- and heat-related illnesses in the indoor environment: K. J. Collins -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Thermal factors and health -- 6.3 The comfort zone -- 6.4 Temperature requirements and morbidity in children -- 6.5 Humidity, cold and respiratory disorders -- 6.6 Cardiovascular responses in the cold -- 6.7 Urban hypothermia -- 6.8 Winter mortality and cold homes -- 6.9 Heat-related illnesses in the urban environment -- 6.10 Accident rates and ambient temperature -- Bibliography -- 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: Jonathan Gabe and Paul Williams -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Women, household crowding and health -- 9.3 Methods -- 9.4 Findings -- 9.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- 10. Crowding and mortality in London boroughs: John M. Kellett -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Total mortality -- 10.3 Specific mortality -- 10.4 Death certification -- 10.5 Aetiological hypothesis -- 10.6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 11. Accidents at home: the modern epidemic: Ray Ransom -- 11.1 Introduction.

11.2 Scale of the problem -- 11.3 Vulnerable groups and epidemiological characteristics -- 11.4 Conception of the problem -- 11.5 Responding to the challenge -- 11.6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Appraisal checklist for home safety -- 12. The effects on human health of pest infestation in houses: Michael Howard -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Insect pests -- 12.3 Arachnids -- 12.4 Vertebrate pests -- 12.5 The control of pests in houses: integrated pest management -- 12.6 Building design and infestations: the example of Hulme, Manchester -- 12.7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 13. Ill-health and homelessness: the effects of living in bed-and-breakfast accommodation: Jean Conway -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The research -- 13.3 The response of health services -- 13.4 The response of housing services -- 13.5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part Three: Remedies and Reforms -- 14. Fundamentals of healthful housing: their application in the 21st century: Eric W. Mood -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Housing and health for all -- 14.3 Specific characteristics of healthful housing -- 14.4 The role of housing in home accidents -- 14.5 Fundamental psychological requirements -- 14.6 Fundamental physiological requirements -- 14.7 Creating healthful housing -- Bibliography -- 15. An ecological blueprint for healthy housing: Roderick J. Lawrence -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Theoretical principles -- 15.3 Methodological principles -- 15.4 From principles to policies and implementation -- 15.5 The consequences of high-rise housing -- 15.6 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 16. The environmental assessment of new houses: Gary J. Raw and Josephine J. Prior -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Buildings and environmental issues -- 16.3 The basis of BREEAM for new homes -- 16.4 Global atmospheric pollution -- 16.5 Local issues and use of resources.

16.6 Storage of recyclable materials -- 16.7 Ecological value of site -- 16.8 Local public transport -- 16.9 Indoor issues -- 16.10 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 17. Prospects for affordable warmth: Brenda Boardman -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 The health problem -- 17.3 How much warmth? -- 17.4 What is affordable? -- 17.5 Measuring energy efficiency -- 17.6 Heating systems -- 17.7 Thermal insulation standards/energy efficiency levels -- 17.8 Government programmes -- 17.9 Recent legislation -- 17.10 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- 18. The legal environment of housing conditions: Roger Burridge and David Ormandy -- 18.1 The contours of legal intervention -- 18.2 Public and private legal action -- 18.3 The limitations of private law -- 18.4 The shape of statutory intervention -- 18.5 The withdrawal from enforcement -- 18.6 Private law responses -- 18.7 The legal promotion of community health -- 18.8 Future perspectives -- Acknowledgement -- Bibliography -- 19. Cities 2000 projects: goldfish bowl: Geoff Green -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Historical background -- 19.3 The New Public Health -- 19.4 Problems and weaknesses -- 19.5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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