Abstract
Housing is one of the eight domains of the concept of age-friendly cities or environments of the World Health Organization (WHO). A healthy community ensures the availability of safe, decent, and affordable housing that supports the health of its occupants. Human spends more than 50 percent of his time inside the house, studies have shown that the built environment can affect human health. The unhealthy house can cause many diseases. Unhealthy houses increase the number of asthma, respiratory and skin allergies and lung diseases. Also accidents and domestic injuries are more in these houses. In addition unhealthy houses affect mental and social well-being such as: depression, isolation, stress and behavioral abnormalities. The “Healthy House” is not just designing healthy and hygienic shelter, but also includes complete physical, mental and social well-being in the house and the environment. Thus, the purpose of this paper is about information on creating a healthy home environment in Malaysia.
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