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| | Housing and Health overview, He Kainga Oranga, WSM&HS, UoO |
 | | He Kainga Oranga, the Housing and Health Research Programme, is an HRC funded programme that seeks to examine and ellucidate the links between Housing and Health. |
 | | Although it is known that there is an association between poor housing and ill health the links that make up the causal chain have been poorly understood. |
 | | It measured, over two winters, the impact of insulating houses in terms of temperature, humidity, mould growth, energy use of the house; and the health, well-being and comfort of the houses' occupants. |
| www.wnmeds.ac.nz /academic/dph/research/housing/Index.html (395 words) |
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