Health benefits of green public housing: Associations with asthma morbidity and building-related symptoms

M.D. Colton, J.G.C. Laurent, P. MacNaughton, J. Kane, M. Bennett-Fripp, J. Spengler and G. Adamkiewicz

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 12, 2482-2489

Abstract: Objectives. We examined associations of several health outcomes with green and conventional low-income housing, where the prevalence of morbidities and environmental pollutants is elevated. Methods. We used questionnaires and a visual inspection to compare sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms and asthma-related morbidity among residents in multifamily units in Boston, Massachusetts, between March 2012 and May 2013. Follow-up was approximately 1 year later. Results. Adults living in green units reported 1.35 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.66, 2.05) fewer SBS symptoms than those living in conventional (control) homes (P

Keywords: adolescent; adult; aged; asthma; female; housing; human; male; Massachusetts; middle aged; questionnaire; risk factor; sick building syndrome; standards; statistics and numerical data; very elderly; young adult, Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asthma; Boston; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Public Housing; Risk Factors; Sick Building Syndrome; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302793

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