Healthy Housing Research Articles

FAMILY SMOKING STATUS AND PHYSICAL HOUSE CONDITION WITH THE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN PRE-PROSPEROUS ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

Background: According to the 2019 Indonesian Health Profile, there were 663 tuberculosis cases per 100,000 people, with 1,001 cases in Nganjuk Regency during the pre-prosperous period. Poverty had an impact on densely populated housing as well as bad smoking habits. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationships between family smoking status and tuberculosis in the home in the pre-prosperous group. Methods: Case group quantitative research was random, including the incidence of TB from January 2019–December 2020 in the working area of Prambon Public Health Center, Nganjuk Regency; the control group took the closest contact neighbor of the case sample. The category of pre-prosperous was based on the 2011 Central Statistics Agency's Social Protection Program. The study was conducted from October 2020–April 2021. Data collection was done through interviews, observation, and measuring the physical house (rollmeter, luxmeter, and a thermohygrometer). Data analysis used chi-square and multivariate tests. Results: The bivariate analysis found the correlations on males (p: 0.02; OR: 3.17), productive age (p: 0.01; OR: 0.22), smoker (p: 0.22; OR: 2.42), humidity <40% and >60% (p: 0.04; OR: 3.14), lighting <60 lux (p: 0.00; OR: 4.84), ventilation <40% of floor area (p: 0.04; OR: 3.40), damp floor (p: 0.01; OR: 3.50) and damp wall (p: 0.04; OR: 2.81) with TB. Active smoking was the most influential variable (OR 44.00). Conclusion: It is hoped that local health agencies will be able to provide more education about smoking habits through the simple implementation of a healthy house area empowerment program.

Self-rated Health and Objective Health Status Among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China: A Healthy Housing Perspective

Self-rated Health and Objective Health Status Among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China: A Healthy Housing Perspective

Upaya Peningkatan Pengetahuan Rumah Sehat Bagi Keluarga di Desa Bangun Sari Kecamatan Kampar Kiri Hilir

A healthy house that meets the requirements is a house that has healthy latrines, clean water facilities, garbage disposal sites, waste water disposal facilities, good house ventilation, appropriate housing density and house floors that are not made of waterproof materials. The mechanism for implementing activities in general is in the form of preparation, implementation and evaluation. Planning coordinates with the Village Head. The implementation of health counseling to the people of Bangun Sari village, Kampar Kiri sub-district, downstream, the work procedure is by gathering the community to be given counseling about healthy homes, preparing the equipment needed in counseling, carrying out counseling using the lecture and question and answer method. The results of the implementation of community service activities can be described through 2 (two) stages of activity, namely preparation and implementation. Counseling on Increasing Knowledge of Healthy Homes for families is categorized as successful because the objectives of this activity have been achieved and the implementation process is running smoothly. Based on the results of the counseling that has been done, it can be concluded that this counseling can add to the knowledge of the people in Bangun Sari Village, Kampar Kiri Hilir District, Kampar Regency, thus increasing the community's knowledge of implementing healthy homes.

Assessment of Physical Standards of Housing for Healthy Living in Urban Informal Settlement: A Case of Rupsha Slum in Khulna

Overcrowding, poor structural quality of housing, and a lack of basic services and infrastructure differentiate informal settlement as a distinct type of community. Poor housing quality is directly connected to a greater risk of disease and illness in informal settlements. This research is being carried out to provide a comprehensive picture of the existing physical conditions of housing and aims to measure the deviation of housing quality between existing and standard healthy housing parameters in informal settlements. A substantial amount of fieldwork has been conducted to map the existing physical structure of the settlement and a list of preventable diseases suffered from poor housing is made through conducting a focus group discussion and interviews of 50 households in a distinct informal settlement situated in Bangladesh’s third-largest city, namely Khulna. To assess the housing quality a framework of standard housing is made by reviewing the book “Park’s textbook of preventive and social medicine” by K. Park. Results indicate that - 70% of the total household does not satisfy the minimum housing standard; in most cases, 4 or 5 persons must share a single room of 102 to 150 sqft area; a single toilet serves 180 people; the queuing time for drinking water from a tube well exceeds 45 minutes. The study also reveals the settler’s complex mechanism of compact living through space sharing dynamics. Journal of Engineering Science 13(2), 2022, 51-67

A Study on Residents' Satisfaction of "Healthy Houses" in Cities under the Background of Healthy China——Take Suzhou Industrial Park as an example

This paper takes Suzhou Industrial Park as the research case, collects data through residents' questionnaires, and constructs a structural equation model to explore residents' satisfaction with "healthy house" and its influencing factors, in order to provide reference for better construction of "healthy house".The research draws the following conclusions: 1. Residents' overall satisfaction with the "health cabin" is 70.46%, which is relatively high; 2. The residents are highly satisfied with the blood pressure meter, temperature detector, opening time and frequency of the "Health House", but are less satisfied with the publicity work, lectures and propaganda activities of the "Health House"; 3. Policy factors have a positive impact on hardware environment satisfaction and hardware environment satisfaction; 4. Objective factors have a positive impact on software environment satisfaction and hardware environment satisfaction.

НОВЫЙ КОМПОЗИЦИОННЫЙ ДЕРЕВЯННЫЙ БРУС ДЛЯ МАЛОЭТАЖНОГО СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВА

The article discusses three main aspects of wooden low-rise housing construction that is environmental, economic and aesthetic ones. A wooden house is an environmentally friendly and healthy housing. Wooden houses usually cost less than stone or brick ones and require less energy for heating. Wooden houses can have a unique and at-tractive appearance thanks to various methods of finishing and decoration. The paper analyzes the new requirements for thermal engineering of enclosing structures and focuses on a new composite building material “Composite wooden beams” developed for low-rise housing construction. It presents the results of theoretical calculations and comparisons of heat transfer resistance for laminated timber and composite wooden beams, as well as the vapor permeability resis-tance of the new building material.

Getting Further Faster: Illuminating Opportunities for Health Departments to Support Community-Driven Social Determinants of Health Interventions.

Getting Further Faster: Illuminating Opportunities for Health Departments to Support Community-Driven Social Determinants of Health Interventions.

Retracted: Application of Artificial Intelligence Computing in the Universal Design of Aging and Healthy Housing.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2022/4576397.].

Habitação, saúde e meio ambiente em conflito no Distrito Federal: a Vila Santa Luzia em perspectiva

Abstract The article discusses the correlations between housing, environment and health in the Vila Santa Luzia community, Federal District, Brazil. It purports to investigate the perceptions, interpretations and representations of residents and community leaders about such correlations based on health promotion and healthy housing theoretical framework. Data were collected by means of interviews. Results point to a willingness between the parties to reach a satisfactory, reasonable and republican resolution for the conflict in question. In conclusion, the socio-environmental and health experience of Vila Santa Luzia is relevant and significant, both in empirical and analytical (public policies) terms.

The COVID-19 Isolation Unit Design at Railway-Line Informal Settlement with Participatory Planning Approach

The increase in the number of patients who are positive for COVID-19 is not equipped by the capacity of isolation rooms in hospitals and safe houses assigned by the government, only 20% of infected patients require hospital care, while the rest 80% are suggested for self-quarantine and isolation. The problem becoming more complex for dense informal settlements, as a case study is a railway-line settlement in Surabaya. Based on the result of the observation, the house at the railway-line settlement has not met the healthy housing category, if there are residents infected with the COVID-19 virus, self-quarantine in their own house is also inadequate and it can cause the spread of the virus to other family members. This study aims to find a design solution for self-isolation units that can be applied in dense informal settlements during a pandemic. In addition to meeting health requirements, this isolation unit must be easy to assemble, cheap, and fast in its construction. The approach used for its design is participatory planning so that the design results are suitable for community needs and strengthen the community's sense of belonging towards its development and maintenance.

PENYULUHAN RUMAH SEHAT PADA MASYARAKAT DI KECAMATAN MEDAN KOTA

Community Service (PkM) carried out by the Architecture of the Institute Science and Technology TD. Pardede provided counseling about healthy homes to the community in Medan Kota District. This socialization was held on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at the Medan Kota District Hall in collaboration with the Government Medan Kota by inviting the local community. The method used by providing counseling / lectures and providing an understanding of the importance of a healthy home, then a question and answer is carried out to solve the problems and obstacles faced. The results of PkM with Rumah Sehat counseling are very effective considering that there are still many people who do not understand about healthy houses. With this healthy home counseling, the community understands and the importance of implementing healthy houses in their respective homes so as to create a healthy environment.

BEKAM KECANTIKAN (ANALISIS PENGGUNAAN BEKAM PADA PERAWATAN WAJAH DI RUMAH SEHAT RABBANI MEDAN)

The theme of this research was raised based on the fact that in Medan City there are not many beauty clinics that use Cupping as an alternative to facial treatments, although each pebekam is equipped with a look in the face, but if it is interesting in specialization related to face cupping, there are not many. Done. The objectives of this study are to analyze the use of cupping in handling facial care in terms of health aspects, to analyze the use of cupping in handling facial treatments in terms of Aspects of Islamic Law, to analyze the existence of Rabbani Healthy House in handling facial treatments in Medan City. The results of this study show the use of cupping in handling facial care from the health side seen from the impact of cupping points on the facial area which have properties such as Can clean skin pores, increase collagen production in the skin so that it makes the skin firm and helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, in terms of islamic law, it does not specifically regulate face cupping. in other words, the source of Islamic law related to cupping faces kemabli on the law of origin related to cupping which is added about the importance of maintaining beauty then The existence of The Rababi Healthy House cannot be separated from the patient's response to the services provided. This response concerns observing, believing and making choices. In this aspect, the existence of Rabbani's healthy house in providing face cupping services is very determined by this response.

Impact of health education-based intervention on community’s awareness on dengue and its prevention in Chidambaram during COVID-19 pandemic

Background: Dengue fever is a global public health issue. It is acknowledged that vast, repeated, intense, and persistent health education programs for community mobilization are essential to achieving the aforementioned goals. The main objective of the study was to increase the dengue-related awareness and behavioral change through health education-based intervention among the selected urban communities in Chidambaram.Methods: A quasi experimental, community-based interventional study conducted among 150 residents of urban area of Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram district consisting of both males and females of age groups between 18-75 years who were selected using stratified random sampling technique. Data was collected using semi structured questionnaire before and after intervention using flipchart, entered in Microsoft Excel and analysed using SPSS software. Descriptive and analytical statistics were applied.Results: Most of the study participants (32.7%) were in the age group of 30-39 years. More women (68.7%) participated in the survey among which 50.7% were educated up to secondary and higher secondary class. On comparing the results of mean values of knowledge, attitude and practice between pre-test and post-test, reflected significant improvement upon after health education by flipchart intervention. It was found very highly significant (p<0.001) between mean knowledge scores and significant (p<0.05) between mean practice scores.Conclusions: Health education could contribute to changes in perceptions, social capital, and a healthy house condition. It is very important to increase the awareness and participation of the community in controlling dengue prevalence.

Guidelines for Healthy Housing Development for All

Good health and well-being are some of the most significant trends in the contemporary world. Because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Thai people have healthier lifestyles, more concerned about their health, and consequently, change their behaviours to adapt to the ‘new normal’ ways of living. According to the result of an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Poll, 45.39% have changed their attention to healthcare by exercising, eating more healthy products, and emphasising housing and health education, and criteria for evaluating residential buildings have been established. The research study shows that the assessment criteria such as LEED and BREEAM mainly focus on energy and resource efficiency to reduce environmental impacts. At the same time, WELL and CASBEE tools are primarily occupant-oriented and include universal design principles. All of these aim for improving residents’ quality of life. The analysis of factors for healthy housing development indicates that residents were satisfied with eight essential factors such as location, lighting, materials, water quality, comfort, sound, air quality and energy conservation. Among these aspects, comfort and sound are the most critical factors. The results highlight the emphasis of project developers and architects. In the context of Thailand, the SOOK Building Standard by Thai Green Building Institute (TGBI) is a criterion used to evaluate both residential and other types of buildings. The objective of this research is to produce building evaluation criteria for residential and other building types. Consequently, future studies are recommended to study the physical characteristics and satisfaction of residents within a project with a healthy home concept., particularly in the projects that have received a certificate of building assessment criteria.

A JOURNEY INTO HOW PLACE MATTERS

Abstract It is now well known that housing is a significant determinant of health and that systematic inequities shape the influence of home for many people. In this paper, I will present my research program designed to incrementally understand housing-health experiences of low-income residents in hotels, assisted living facilities, and senior housing apartments using qualitative, community-based, and biomedical approaches in Metropolitan Atlanta. Focused through an ecological lens, I will share insights from pedagogical and policy experiences that contributed to (and detracted from) the promotion of environmental justice for marginalized communities using inclusive strategies that were respectful of population identity. In this talk, I will discuss how institutional influences shaped opportunities for me to advance work on healthy housing as a social justice issue and detail my current project exploring air quality in a nontraditional home setting.

The The Level of Community Participation in Maintaining Environmental Health in Fishermen's Settlements, Cilincing sub-district, North Jakarta

Fisherman settlements in Cilincing Village, North Jakarta are desenly populated settlements. The role of the community in maintaining environmental health is very necessary to prevent the spread of disease. In 2020 the number of healthy and larva-free houses in RW 04 Cilincing Village is still low. This study aims to determine the level of community participation in maintaining environmental health in fishermen’s settlements, Cilincing Village, North Jakarta. This research method is descriptive research with survey approach. The results showed that the level of community participation at the planning stage had a score of 43.62% (medium), the level of community participation at the implementation stage has a score of 50.16% (medium), and the level of community participation at the evaluation/monitoring stage has a score of 46.46% (medium). While the level of community participation as a whole from the planning, implementation, and evaluation/monitoring stages has a score of 47.25% (medium). The main thing that causes the level of community participation to be in the moderate category is due to the uneven distribution of information, as well as the lack of public awareness in preventing dengue and waste management.

Implementasi Program Pembangunan Rumah Sederhana Sehat pada Kelurahan Parung Serab di Kecamatan Ciledug Kota Tangerang

To support the “Tangerang Berbenah” and Government programs through: this program is to accelerate poverty reduction by fulfilling basic rights, reducing the burden of life, and improving the quality of life of underprivileged people by helping people have livable houses. The purpose of this study is to determine the Implementation of the Healthy Simple House Construction Program (PRSS) in Parung Serab Village in Ciledug District, Tangerang City by using indicators of the theoretical policy implementation model from George C. Edward III. The research method used in this study uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive type of research. Data collection are carried out by means of interviews, observations, and documentation. The results of the research in the Communication indicators have been good and effective between the Housing, Settlement land Office, BKM /Urban Village and the community, resource indicators are still inadequate due to insufficient budget resources. The Disposition Indicators have gone well as well as the good attitude shown by the implementers. The bureaucratic structure in the division of responsibilities carried out starting from the Urban Village, BKM Parung Serab Village and Housing, Settlement land Office of The Tangerang City is well carried out, based on clear and systematic SOP.

Childhood Lead Poisoning 1970-2022: Charting Progress and Needed Reforms.

Childhood lead poisoning prevention in the United States was marked by a largely failed medical approach from 1971 to 1990; an emergent (but small) healthy housing primary prevention strategy from 1991 to 2015; and implementation of large-scale proven interventions since then. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention & Healthy Housing. Historic and recent health and housing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the American Healthy Homes Survey (AHHS) were retrieved to analyze trends and associated policy gaps. Approximately 590 000 US children aged 1 through 5 years had elevated blood lead levels of 3.5 μg/dL and greater in 2016, and 4.3 million children resided in homes with lead paint in 2019. Despite large improvements, racial and other disparities remain stubbornly and statistically significant. The NHANES and the AHHS require larger sample sizes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not published children's blood lead surveillance and NHANES data in several years; the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has no analogous housing surveillance system; and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have not updated training, Superfund, and occupational standards in decades. The nation has been without a plan and an associated budget for more than 2 decades. Congress has not reformed the nation's main lead poisoning prevention laws in more than 30 years. Such reforms include stopping US companies from producing new residential lead paint in other countries; enabling the disclosure law to identify all residential lead hazards; closing loopholes in federally assisted housing regulations and mortgage insurance standards; harnessing tax policy to help homeowners mitigate lead hazards; streamlining training requirements; increasing the size of health and housing surveys and surveillance systems; and updating housing codes, medical guidance, dust lead standards, training, Superfund, and worker exposure limits. Congress and the president should reauthorize a cabinet-level task force (dormant since 2010) to develop a new strategic plan with an interagency budget to implement it. These reforms will scale and optimize markets, subsidies, enforcement, and other proven interventions to end ineffective, costly, harmful, and irrational cost shifting that threatens children, workers, and affordable housing.

Efforts to Increase People's Knowledge Through Counseling in Realizing Healthy Homes

Healthy homes are characterized by a healthy environment and accompanied by supporting facilities such as the availability of good air sources, besides that the behavior of residents in creating healthy homes is also one of the most important factors. Tanobato Village and Pasar Lama are the locations for the 2022 PKM held by pharmacy, Garut University. One of the flagship programs carried out by the PKM team is to provide education through socialization on how to create a healthy home in order to create a society that is physically and mentally healthy. The activity was preceded by a pre-test, material debriefing both directly and virtual counseling, and post-test to find out the extent to which residents' knowledge of the material provided was increased. The results of the counseling and survey showed that as many as 84 (73.3%) houses belonged to the category of decent houses in terms of physical conditions, a total of 74 (64.9%) houses based on basic sanitation including healthy house criteria, and 84 (73.3%) residents have the behavior to create a healthy home. Through this activity, awareness of the community's awareness to create a healthy home is getting higher.

Spatial and socioeconomic inequities in liveability in Australia's 21 largest cities: Does city size matter?

Spatial and area-level socioeconomic variation in urban liveability (access to social infrastructure, public transport, open space, healthy food choices, local employment, street connectivity, dwelling density, and housing affordability) was examined and mapped across 39,967 residential statistical areas in Australia's metropolitan (n=7) and largest regional cities (n=14). Urban liveability varied spatially, with inner-city areas more liveable than outer suburbs. Disadvantaged areas in larger metropolitan cities were less liveable than advantaged areas, but this pattern was reversed in smaller cities. Local data could inform policies to redress inequities, including those designed to avoid disadvantage being suburbanised as cities grow and gentrify.