Housing improvements for health and associated socio‐economic outcomes

H Thomson, S Thomas, E Sellstrom… - … of systematic reviews, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The well established links between poor housing and poor health indicate that
housing improvement may be an important mechanism through which public investment can …

Ventilation and health in non-industrial indoor environments: report from a European multidisciplinary scientific consensus meeting (EUROVEN).

P Wargocki, J Sundell, W Bischof, G Brundrett… - Indoor air, 2002 - europepmc.org
Scientific literature on the effects of ventilation on health, comfort, and productivity in non-
industrial indoor environments (offices, schools, homes, etc.) has been reviewed by a …

The health impacts of housing improvement: a systematic review of intervention studies from 1887 to 2007

H Thomson, S Thomas… - American journal of …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We conducted a systematic review of the health impacts of housing
improvement. Methods. Forty-two bibliographic databases were searched for housing …

Health effects of housing improvement: systematic review of intervention studies

H Thomson, M Petticrew, D Morrison - Bmj, 2001 - bmj.com
Objective: To review the evidence on the effects of interventions to improve housing on
health. Design: Systematic review of experimental and non-experimental housing …

The impact of household energy efficiency measures on health: A meta-analysis

CD Maidment, CR Jones, TL Webb, EA Hathway… - Energy Policy, 2014 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that interventions designed to promote household energy efficiency,
like insulation, central heating and double glazing, can help to reduce cold-related illnesses …

Towards explaining the health impacts of residential energy efficiency interventions–A realist review. Part 1: Pathways

N Willand, I Ridley, C Maller - Social science & medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper is Part 1 of a realist review that tries to explain the impacts of residential energy
efficiency interventions (REEIs) on householder health. According to recent systematic …

Health impact assessment of housing improvements: incorporating research evidence

H Thomson, M Petticrew, M Douglas - Journal of Epidemiology & …, 2003 - jech.bmj.com
Background: Health impact assessment (HIA) has been widely recommended for future
social policies and investment, such as housing improvement. However, concerns have …

Housing and health evaluation related to general comfort and indoor thermal comfort satisfaction during the COVID-19 lockdown

A Cheshmehzangi - Journal of Human Behavior in the Social …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Health evaluation of the indoor environment is an important part of the housing study. During
the recent COVID-19 lockdown and the increase of longer indoor stays pose a measured …

Assessment of indoor environmental quality in existing multi-family buildings in North–East Europe

L Du, T Prasauskas, V Leivo, M Turunen… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Sixteen existing multi-family buildings (94 apartments) in Finland and 20 (96 apartments) in
Lithuania were investigated prior to their renovation in order to develop and test out a …

Literature review on renovation of multifamily buildings in temperate climate conditions

AA Hamid, K Farsäter, Å Wahlström, P Wallentén - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In Sweden, approximately 1.4 million dwellings were built 1946–1975. Today, a
considerable part of these are in need of renovation for various reasons. Research results …