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Page updated 3 June 2009

Publications

An article in "Build" magazine

Warm homes: Drivers of the demand for heating in the residential sector in New Zealand 3 March 2009

Effects of improved home heating on asthma in community dwelling children : randomised controlled trial. Philippa Howden-Chapman, Nevil Pierse, Sarah Nicholls, Julie Gillespie-Bennett, Helen Viggers, Malcolm Cunningham, Robyn Phipps, Mikael Boulic,, Pär Fjällström, Sarah Free, Ralph Chapman, Bob Lloyd, Kristin Wickens, David Shields, Michael Baker, Chris Cunningham, Alistair Woodward, Chris Bullen, Julian Crane.BMJ September 2008

Tackling health inequalities: moving theory to action. Louise Signal, Jennifer Martin, Papaarangi Reid, Christopher Carroll, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Vera Keefe Ormsby, Ruth Richards, Bridgit Robson, Teresa Wall. International Journal for Equity in Health, 2007.

Effects of air pollution on health - Editorial. Simon Hales, Philippa Howden-Chapman. BMJ 2007.

Building Amendment Bill; First Reading, August 2007. Te Ururoa Flavell, Maori Party Speech. Comments on Building Amendment Bill, mentions Social Policy Journal by Philippa Howden-Chapman et al.

Healthy Housing study reduces asthma severity. Press Release May 2007. A study of 412 New Zealand homes has found the health of asthmatic children improves significantly when ineffective heaters are replaced with cleaner, more cost-effective heating sources

The Design of Housing and Shelter Programs: The Social and Environmental Determinants of Inequalities Shaaban Sheuya, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Sheela Patel.

Healthy Housing Index Pilot Study Final Report March 2007 Michael Keall, Michael Baker, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Malcolm Cunningham, Chris Cunningham

Effect of insulating existing houses on health and inequality: cluster randomized study in the community. Philippa Howden-Chapman, Anna Matheson, Julian Crane, Helen Viggers, Malcolm Cunningham, Tony Blakely, Chris Cunningham, Alistair Woodward, Kay Saville- Smith, Des O'Dea, Martin Kennedy, Michael Baker, Nick Waipara, Ralph Chapman, Gabrielle Davie.

Housing, Crowding and Health Study: Characteristics of cohort members and their Hospitalisations -February 2003 to June 2005 (Interim Report, 26 July 2006) Michael Baker, Jane Zhang, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Tony Blakely, Kay Saville-Smith, Julian Crane.

Tokelau: a unique low allergen environment at sea level - Juliette Lane, Rob Siebers, Gina Pene, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Julian Crane

Housing, Heating and Health Study: 2005/2006 Report Two - Associate Professor Ralph Chapman and Housing and Heating Research Team June 2006

Housing Heating and Health Study 2005/2006 Report One - Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman and Housing and Heating Research Team June 2006

The NZ Medical Journal Vol 119 No 1243 Tuberculosis epidemiology in New Zealand: 1995–2004 by Dilip Das, Michael Baker, Lester Calder.For more information, contact: Dilip Das dilip.das@huttvalleydhb.org.nz Michael Baker michael.baker@otago.ac.nz.

The NZ Medical Journal Vol 119 No 1243 Why the tuberculosis incidence rate is not falling in
New Zealand by Dilip Das, Michael Baker, Kamalesh Venugopal, Susan McAllister. For more information, contact: Dilip Das dilip.das@huttvalleydhb.org.nz. Michael Baker michael.baker@otago.ac.nz.

Tuberculosis research refutes common misconceptions about the disease. Press Release: For more information, contact: Dilip Das dilip.das@huttvalleydhb.org.nz. Michael Baker michael.baker@otago.ac.nz.

Mid Year Report to The Royal Society of New Zealand Science Fellowship from Mike Reid summary of his programme at He Kianga Oranga-Housing and Health.

Heater Analysis September 2005
A report on Heater Analysis prepared by He Kainga Oranga/the Housing and Heath Research Programme with the assistance of Dr Ralph Chapman, based on a technical report by Darci Westergard

Slipping Through the Cracks- A Study of Homelessness in Wellington 06 May 2005

Basil Al-Nasrallah, Kate Amory, James Blackett, Daisy Chan, James Moore, Karen Oldfield, Cathryn O`Sullivan, Channa Senanayaka, Claire Simpson, Steven Thrupp, Kerryn van Rij, Supervisors: Dr. Michael Baker Associate Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman.

Is the Wellington medical school facility a sick building? (Runner Up NZMSJ Writing Prize 2005)

Jesse Gale, Julian Crane, Robert Siebers, Philippa Howden-Chapman
Robyn Phipps. Jesse Gale is a Trainee Intern at the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and President of the New Zealand Medical Students’ Association.

Retrofitting houses with insulation to reduce health inequalities:  Aims and methods of a clustered, randomized community-based trial
P. Howden-Chapman, J. Crane, A. Matheson, H. Viggers, M. Cunningham, T. Blakelyd, D. O’Dea, C. Cunningham, A. Woodward, K. Saville-Smith, M. Baker, N. Waipara

Housing, Fuel Poverty and Health: a Pan-European Analysis By Jonathan D. Healy. Published by Ashgate, UK, 2004. ANZJPH 2006-2 - 28 Howden-Chapman.pdf Hardback, 250 pages with index. ISBN 0 7546 4218 6. Reviewed by Philippa Howden-Chapman. Housing and Health Research Program, University of Otago (Wellington), New Zealand

WHO VILNIUS 2nd WHO housing and health symposium - Vilnius, Lithuania, September 29 - October 1, 2004 This site contains papers from the He Kianga Oranga Housing and Health pages 115-122 (The whole document can be downloaded but is 13MB in size)

A cost-benefit evaluation of housing insulation: results from the New Zealand ‘Housing, Insulation and Health’ study Dr Ralph Chapman Associate-Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman Des O’Dea October 2004

Retrofitting houses with insulation to reduce health inequalities: a community-based randomised trial. Howden-Chapman P, Matheson A, Crane J, Viggers H, Cunningham M, Blakely T, O'Dea D, Cunningham C, Woodward A, Saville-Smith K, Baker M, Waipara N, Kennedy M, Davie G. Paper presented at second WHO conference on Housing and Health, Vilnius, Lithuania, October 2004 (PDF 308k)

"Housing and Health: Research, Policy and Innovation" Eds Howden-Chapman,P. & Carroll, P. Steele Roberts Ltd Wgtn 2004. Order form (PDF 271k) Contents list

Preliminary Results of the Insulation and Mould Study, October 2003 (PDF 15k)

Qualitative Study of Home Heating Choices in Masterton, May 2003 (PDF 209k)

Insulation and Mould Study - Baseline Report 2, August 2002 (PDF 1181k)

Insulation and Mould Study - Baseline Report 1, March 2002 (PDF 846k)

Howden-Chapman, P. & Wilson, N. Housing and Health. In Howden-Chapman P. & Tobias, M (Eds.) Social Inequalities and Health: New Zealand 1999, Chapter 7, Wellington, Ministry of Health, 2000, 133-146.

McNicholas, A., Lennon, D., Crampton, P., Howden-Chapman, P., Overcrowding and infectious diseases - when will we learn the lessons of our past? New Zealand Medical Journal, 2000, 113, 453-454.

Howden-Chapman, P., Pene, G., Crane, J, Green, R. Iupati, l., Prior, I & Teao, I. Open houses and closed rooms: Tokelau housing in New Zealand. Health Education and Behavior, 2000, 27, 3, 351-362.

Howden-Chapman, P., Signal, L. & Crane, J. Housing and health in older people; ageing in place. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 1999, 13,14-30 (PDF 59k).

Pene, G., Howden-Chapman, P., Crane. J., Green, R., Iupati, L., Prior, I. & Teao, I. Ola Malolo Ola Whiawhia: Housing and Health in Wellington Tokelau Households. Pacific Health Dialog. 1999, 6,1, 87-95.

Howden-Chapman, P.L., Isaacs, N. Crane, J. & Chapman, R. Housing and health: the relationship between research and policy. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 1996, 6, 3, 173-186.

Crampton P, Blakely T, Howden-Chapman P. Health system funding is already 'needs-based' Dominion Post Newspaper, Tuesday March 9th 2004 (PDF 325 k)

Howden-Chapman P, Crampton P, Rochford T, Matheson A, Signal L, Blakely T, Thompson G, Martin J, Robinson J. A need for more Maori and Pacific doctors Dominion Post Newspaper, Thursday March 4th 2004 (PDF 331 KB)