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Prioritising Housing Maintenance to Improve Health in Indigenous Communities in NSW over 20 years

International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020-08, Vol.17 (16), p.5946 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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    Prioritising Housing Maintenance to Improve Health in Indigenous Communities in NSW over 20 years
  • Author: Standen, Jeffrey C ; Morgan, Geoffrey G ; Sowerbutts, Tim ; Blazek, Katrina ; Gugusheff, Jessica ; Puntsag, Otto ; Wollan, Michael ; Torzillo, Paul
  • Subjects: Australia ; Community ; Environmental health ; Funding ; Health care ; Health Status ; Houses ; Housing ; Humans ; Indigenous peoples ; Infection Control ; Infectious diseases ; Maintenance ; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ; Native peoples ; New South Wales ; Priorities ; Public housing ; Quality control ; Residential areas ; Safety ; Statistical analysis ; Sustainability ; Trend analysis
  • Is Part Of: International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020-08, Vol.17 (16), p.5946
  • Description: Many studies document the relationship between housing quality and health status. Poor housing in Aboriginal communities continues to be linked to the compromised health status of Aboriginal Australians. The New South Wales (NSW) Housing for Health (HfH) program has been assessing and repairing Aboriginal community housing across the state for 20 years using a standardised intervention methodology that aims to improve the health of Aboriginal people in NSW by improving their living environments. Items are tested and repairs are prioritised to maximise safety and health benefits and measured against 11 Critical Healthy Living Priorities (e.g., safety, facilities for washing people and clothes, removing waste and preparing food). Descriptive analysis of data collected pre- and post-intervention from 3670 houses was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the program. Analysis demonstrated statistically significant improvements in the ability of the houses to support safe and healthy living for all critical healthy living priorities post-interventions. Trend analysis demonstrated the magnitude of these improvements increased over 20 years. In 24 communities ( = 802 houses) where projects were repeated (5-17 years later), results indicate sustainability of improvements for 9 of 11 priorities. However, the overall condition of health-related hardware in Aboriginal community housing across NSW pre-intervention has not significantly changed during the program's 20 years. Results suggest a systematic lack of routine maintenance and quality control continues to be the overwhelming cause for this lack of improvement pre-intervention. Our evaluation of the HfH program demonstrated that fidelity to a standardised housing testing and repair methodology to improve residents' safety and health can have sustainable effects on housing infrastructure and associated health benefits, such as a 40% reduction in infectious disease hospital separations. Housing and health agencies should collaborate more closely on social housing programs and ensure programs are adequately resourced to address safety and health issues.
  • Publisher: Switzerland: MDPI AG
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1660-4601
    ISSN: 1661-7827
    EISSN: 1660-4601
    DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17165946
    PMID: 32824314
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