Commentary on Housing, Health, and Well-Being in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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ID21650830
AuthorsPhilippa Howden-Chapman (0000-0002-1529-6735, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, corresponding author), Nevil Pierse (0000-0002-2726-8141, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand)
Year2020
Volume47
Issue6
Pages802-804
Publication date2020-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Education & Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1090-1981 • E-ISSN: 1552-6127
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1090198120967932
PMID33148040
OpenAlexW3097808378
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

Housing is poorly constructed for the New Zealand climate and is a major cause of poor health and premature mortality. Private rental housing is older and in poorer condition than public housing and owner-occupied housing. This special issue describes four different approaches to improving housing, which have implications for international housing, health, and well-being policies. The first approach looks at generating the evidence base for improving the quality of the rental sector; the second, the aftereffects of the Christchurch earthquake and the unprecedented role taken by the central government to override local government and community involvement in rebuilding housing and regenerating the city; the third, measuring the effectiveness of the remediation of public housing; and finally, community-based partnerships between community workers and academics to improve the housing of children who have been hospitalized for housing-sensitive hospitalizations

Aotearoa · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Local government · Political science · Public health · Public housing · Rental housing · Renting · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration

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