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Evaluating Housing Health Hazards: Prevalence, Practices and Priorities in Delhi's Informal Settlements
- Source :
- Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- SPRINGER, 2020.
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Abstract
- Housing quality is crucially linked to health and sustainability goals, yet there is limited research on informal housing and settlements where housing quality is poor, and the health risks are expected to be greatest. This paper describes the investigation of housing conditions in a low-income resettlement colony in Delhi. A novel transdisciplinary methodology to evaluate multiple housing health hazards and establish intervention priorities in participation with the community was developed. Findings from housing surveys and indoor environmental monitoring were contrasted with a participatory self-assessment—revealing the widespread prevalence of hazards and suboptimal housing conditions as well as substantial differences in priorities, and thus perspectives, between participants and researchers. Focus group discussions explored the findings and built consensus on priorities. Our findings uncovered how poor housing conditions affect daily practices and thus are likely to adversely affect socio-economic development and gender equality. We highlight limitations in current frameworks to assess housing hazards and argue that a transdisciplinary approach is vital to provide a holistic understanding and to develop effective interventions. These insights are crucial to inform inclusive solutions for adequate housing and human settlements that can support improved health and help achieve the sustainable development goals. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s11524-020-00442-w) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
Participatory approach
India
Health informatics
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Poverty Areas
Human settlement
11. Sustainability
Informal settlements
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Health hazards
030212 general & internal medicine
10. No inequality
Environmental planning
Sustainable development
030505 public health
business.industry
Public health
1. No poverty
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Citizen journalism
Focus Groups
Community priorities
Focus group
3. Good health
Urban Studies
Intervention (law)
Health
Sustainability
Housing
Business
0305 other medical science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10993460
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3e7d4d0c3f43d4e16cb92c0465815ab5