Information on creating a healthy home environment in Malaysia

W Omar Ali Saifuddin, Wan Ismail and Siti Nuratirah, Che Mohd Nasir and Salmiah, Aziz (2021) Information on creating a healthy home environment in Malaysia. In: 8th International Conference on Advanced Material Engineering and Technology, 26-27 Nov 2020, Langkawi, Kedah.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
Divisions: Faculty of Innovative Design & Technology
Depositing User: Fatin Safura
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2022 01:37
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2022 01:37
URI: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/id/eprint/4342

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