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Dear list members,
Following my recent question concerning systematic reviews on
housing and health I am extremely grateful to the many people who
replied with suggestions and sent me copies of documents of
which some were not located by standard database searches. A
summary of these suggestions is given below. Where individual E-
mail addresses have been given I have checked with the owners
that they are happy to be contacted.
Alison Weightman
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One of the studies I have done is looking into Household
Environment and Health in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is part
of a four city series commissioned by the Stockholm Environment
Institute. The other cities are Jakarta, Sao Paulo and Accra. A
copy of the report is available on the www at:
http://www.mrc.ac.za/policybriefs/pe.htm
In addition, our programme is part of the WHO Urban Health
Collaborating Centre which produces a quarterly bulletin which is
also on the WWW.
www.mrc.ac.za/urbanheal/
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A bibliography of WHO publications and documents on the subject of
environmental health in urban areas is available from:
Anne-Marie Pfister
Documentation Centre
Protection of the Human Environment
World Health Organization
1211 - Geneva 27, Swtizerland
Tel: +41 22 791 35 48 | Fax: +41 22 791 41 23 | E-mail:
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web site http://www.who.int/peh/
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You've probably come across it, but do a literature search under the
authorship of Duncan Mara... I know he did something on housing
and environmental health classification.
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......... a report that we produced, "The Real Cost of Poor Homes",
which reviewed the literature on the impact of poor quality housing
on health, crime and education.
Stephen Brown
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
12 Great George Street
London SW1P 3AD
UNITED KINGDOM
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Thorn, Ake. The emergence and preservation of sick building
syndrome. Research challenges of a modern age disease.
Stockholm: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health
Sciences, 1999
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You might look at Rodrick and Deborah Wallace's work on housing
destruction/changes of use and HIV and TB rates in New York.
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Housing and Population Health: A Review of the Literature
Stephen Hwang, Esme Fuller-Thomson, J. David Hulchanski, Toba
Bryant,Youssef Habib and Wendy Regoeczi
Centre for Applied Social Research
Faculty of Social Work
University of Toronto
This work isn't yet published but you can contact David Hulchanski
for details of the likely publication date:
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TRY:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/cru/poor-housing-01.htm
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Also try BMA book on health and
environmental impact assessment, ref on webpage
Health impact assessment homepage:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~mhb
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Have you tried Health and Housing?
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You could be in touch with information of the InterAmerican
Network of =
Health in Housing Centers, through the following WEB site.
Please, look =
for Vivienda y Salud. Information on Health in Hosing is in Spanish.
http://www.cepis.org.pe
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Dr Alison Weightman
Information Resources Manager
Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales
Duthie Library
University of Wales College of Medicine,
Cardiff, CF4 4XN. UK
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Telephone: +1222 745142
Fax: _+1222 743651
Web site: http://hebw.uwcm.ac.uk
http://www.uwcm.ac.uk/uwcm/lb/pep
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