Information on creating a healthy home environment in Malaysia
Housing is one of the eight domains of the concept of age-friendly cities or environments of the World Health Organization (WHO). A healthy community ensures the availability of safe, decent, and affordable housing that supports the health of its occupants. Human spends more than 50 percent of his...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English English |
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2021
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4342/1/FH03-FRIT-21-55054.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4342/2/FH03-FRIT-21-54576.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/4342/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin |
| Language: | English English |
| Summary: | Housing is one of the eight domains of the concept of age-friendly cities or environments of the World Health
Organization (WHO). A healthy community ensures the availability of safe, decent, and affordable housing that supports
the health of its occupants. Human spends more than 50 percent of his time inside the house, studies have shown that the
built environment can affect human health. The unhealthy house can cause many diseases. Unhealthy houses increase the
number of asthma, respiratory and skin allergies and lung diseases. Also accidents and domestic injuries are more in these
houses. In addition unhealthy houses affect mental and social well-being such as: depression, isolation, stress and
behavioral abnormalities. The “Healthy House” is not just designing healthy and hygienic shelter, but also includes
complete physical, mental and social well-being in the house and the environment. Thus, the purpose of this paper is about
information on creating a healthy home environment in Malaysia. |
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