Development of a multidimensional housing and environmental quality index (HEQI): application to the American Housing Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substandard housing conditions and hazardous indoor environmental exposures contribute to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Housing indices that capture the multiple dimensions of healthy housing are important for tracking conditions and identifying vulnerable households. However, most indices focus on physical deficiencies and repair costs and omit indoor environmental exposures, as few national data sources routinely collect this information.

Methods

We developed a multidimensional Housing and Environmental Quality Index (HEQI) based on the World Health Organization's Housing and Health Guidelines and applied it to the 2019 American Housing Survey (AHS). The HEQI consisted of ten domains associated with poor health: household fuel combustion, dampne

SUBMITTER: Chu MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128206 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature