The cost of achieving healthy temperatures in children's bedrooms: Evidence from New Zealand

Shorter, Caroline; Crane, Julian; Barnes, Phillipa; Kang, Janice; Honeywill, Claire; Robertson, Oliver; O’Sullivan, Kimberley; Telfar‐Barnard, Lucy; Pierse, Nevil; Howden‐Chapman, Philippa

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112861

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“…Energy costs are rising, and in temperate climates houses are not always heated, particularly children's bedrooms (153). Inadequately heated houses are more likely to be damp, which can lead to the growth of mold (121); independent of temperature, mold causes respiratory difficulties (72).…”

Section: Temperature and Respiratory And Cardiovascular Diseasementioning

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“…Children were tested for aeroallergens to establish atopy. Repeated measures of temperature and relative humidity were taken (153); the presence and type of airborne microbes were collected on electrostatic dust cloths and analyzed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in Finland, but neither temperature, nor relative humidity, nor microbes were associated with new-onset wheezing (80). Each child's home was assessed for moisture damage, condensation, and mold growth by researchers, independent building assessors, and parents.…”

Section: Temperature and Respiratory And Cardiovascular Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

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Review of the Impact of Housing Quality on Inequalities in Health and Well-Being

Howden‐Chapman

Bennett

Edwards

et al. 2023

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Housing quality is essential for population health and broader well-being. The World Health Organization housing and health guidelines highlight interventions that protect occupants from cold and hot temperatures, injuries, and other hazards. The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of ventilation standards. Housing standards are unevenly developed, implemented, and monitored globally, despite robust research demonstrating that retrofitting existing houses and constructing high-quality new ones can reduce respiratory, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases. Indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities, and people with low incomes face cumulative disadvantages that are exacerbated by poor-quality housing. These can be partially ameliorated by community-based programs to improve housing quality, particularly for children and older people, who are hospitalized more often for housing-related illnesses. There is renewed interest among policy makers and researchers in the health and well-being of people in public and subsidized housing, who are disproportionately disadvantaged by avoidable housing-related diseases and injuries. Improving the overall quality of new and existing housing and neighborhoods has multiple cobenefits, including reducing carbon emissions. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Public Health, Volume 44 is April 2023. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Section: Temperature and Respiratory And Cardiovascular Diseasementioning

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Section: Temperature and Respiratory And Cardiovascular Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

Review of the Impact of Housing Quality on Inequalities in Health and Well-Being

Howden‐Chapman

Bennett

Edwards

et al. 2023

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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“…In the face of temperature shocks, energy use is crucial; energy scarcity is also considered a public health problem both in Europe and internationally. Research has shown that energy poverty is associated with many outcomes, such as health [18][19][20][21][22][23][24], education [25,26], and subjective well-being [24,27,28]. Kushneel Prakash et al [29] concluded, based on Australian panel data research, that household energy deprivation will affect the obesity of family members.…”

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School Energy Consumption and Children’s Obesity: Evidence from China

Han

Zhu

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Rising obesity rates may lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, undermining carbon neutrality goals. However, evidence of the determinants of obesity from the perspective of energy economics is relatively limited. We contribute to the literature on the determinants of obesity by empirically studying the relationship between the school energy consumption and children’s BMI. Based on a combined dataset of Chinese children’s physical health data, kindergarten energy consumption data, and kindergarten geographic information data, we find that school energy consumption is negatively correlated with obesity, and there is considerable heterogeneity in the relationship of school energy consumption between kindergartens in cold areas and severe cold areas and between young girls and young boys. Our results are robust to alternative modeling techniques, the inclusion of additional control variables, and unobservable potential effects. We also find that children’s exercise ability is an important transmission channel between school heating and the probability of obesity.

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Impact of energy poverty on household quality of life -- based on Chinese household survey panel data

Qin

Chen²,

Sun³

2022

Journal of Cleaner Production

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The cost of achieving healthy temperatures in children's bedrooms: Evidence from New Zealand

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Review of the Impact of Housing Quality on Inequalities in Health and Well-Being

Review of the Impact of Housing Quality on Inequalities in Health and Well-Being

School Energy Consumption and Children’s Obesity: Evidence from China

Impact of energy poverty on household quality of life -- based on Chinese household survey panel data

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