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Housing for Health » Healthabitat

WebHousing for Health connects people to the parts of the environment that improve your health. Founded on principles in the “Uwankara Palyanku Kanyintjaku,” or UPK (a plan …

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Healthabitat » Environmental Health & Design

WebThe link between a poor living environment and poor health has been long established, we know that increased house function = reduced chance of infectious disease. We test and …

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Safety and the 9 Healthy Living Practices » Healthabitat

WebPolitical and public health commentators have known about the link between the poor health of people and living environments for almost a century.The development of Safety …

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Impact » Healthabitat

WebThis represents around one-third of Australia’s Indigenous controlled housing stock. This has directly improved the lives of over 59,500+ people for a maximum expenditure of …

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Report – Housing for health, 20 years on…

WebThe World Health Organization (WHO) recognises poor housing as one of the main social causes of ill health [1,2] and extensive evidence has demonstrated …

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Housing for Health

WebHousing for Health – The Guide is evidence-based;. It is a design and specification tool based on over 30 years of Housing for Health data that offers best-practice for ensuring …

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Who We Are » Healthabitat

WebTimeline. In 1985 the three directors, of what years later was to become Healthabitat were initially ‘thrown’ together by the late Yami Lester OAM, at the time, Director of Nganampa Health Council with a simple yet …

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REVIEW: Closing the gap, 10 and 20 year review of Housing for …

Web1998-2009 evaluation of Housing for Health in NSW. Ten years ago, ‘Closing the gap: 10 Years of Housing for Health in NSW – An evaluation of a healthy housing …

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HLP 8. Controlling the temperature of the living …

WebSafety and the 9 Healthy Living Practices. HLP 8. Controlling the temperature of the living environment. The Housing for Health methodology is based on Safety and the 9 Healthy Living Practices. These Practices …

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Why We Do the Work » Healthabitat

Web315,918+ jobs completed. On every job licensed trades to tell us why fix work was required. This is categorised into three parts; lack of routine maintenance, poor initial construction …

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WATER LOSS & SEWERAGE LEAKS, ENVIRONMENTAL

Webadequate health, social and environmental conditions and, very importantly, their personal dignity. These challenges are acutely evident in Diepsloot, an informal settlement in the …

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Healthabitat » Environmental Health & Design

WebThe Ngnampa Health Council was created in 1984 after it was noticed that there was a high level of infectious diseases In the Aboriginal community. A team called the UPK Review …

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What We Do » Healthabitat

WebWhy We Do The Work. Each project needs to demonstrate real improvement, not just the spending of money and the doing of work. There would be little point in continually fixing …

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NEWS/ADVOCACY: Minimum standards for NSW accessible …

WebYou might remember our February news item on the “Building Better Homes” initiative to see mandatory minimum accessibility requirements of ‘gold’ brought into the …

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This Is Not a Pipe: The Treacheries of Indigenous Housing

WebAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW 2005), the high dependency on government supply for indigenous accommodation becomes clear. Of the esti-mated …

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Healthabitat » Environmental Health & Design

WebHealthy Living Practices baseline (Fixl) and follow up (Fix2) Surveys, Environmental Health Branch, NSW Health Department. A new indicator derived from data from the Housing …

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People » Healthabitat

WebHousing for Health managers are accredited and contracted by Healthabitat (or licensed partners) to run Housing for Health projects. They are responsible for all stages of the …

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Update projects / houses / people people 241 9,361

WebHousina For Health & Fixing Houses For Better Health Projects July 1 - June 2007 HE &

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Demonstration House » Healthabitat

WebHealth hardware* may not be suitable for high house populations or the climate. This can result in failure of the house to provide a habitable living environment for householders. …

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FINAL REPORT Community Plumbing Challenge: Navajo Nation

WebFor 30 years HH has had the goal of improving living environments to improve health and by the end of the 2 week Challenge, 89% of the 10 houses had a working shower, 89% …

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PROJECT HIGHLIGHT: Climate Safe Rooms in Victoria

WebWhat was done: The Climate Safe Rooms project provided home energy efficiency and thermal comfort upgrades at no cost to participants. Approximately $8,000 …

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