Kōrero: Child and youth health

Warm homes

Warm homes

Some illnesses are linked to damp and badly ventilated houses. Young Auckland boy Cornellius Omeli (left), pictured in 2010, spent a lot of time in hospital due to asthma, until the family home was insulated. He did not require any hospital treatment after the insulation was installed.

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New Zealand Herald
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Photograph by Sylvie Whinray

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Kerryn Pollock, 'Child and youth health - Socio-economic status, ethnicity and health', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30314/warm-homes (accessed 25 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 29 Nov 2018