Association between home insulation and hospital admission rates: A retrospective cohort study using linked data from a national intervention programme.
Lucy's research interests cover seasonal and cold-temperature-related morbidity and mortality; respiratory disease; tenancy law and the regulation of rental housing quality; New Zealand housing construction types, their distribution, classification and associated health outcomes; and novel epidemiological uses of administrative datasets. She is currently measuring New Zealand’s respiratory disease burden, and assessing the effect of mechanised home ventilation systems on health outcomes.
Key publications
- Impact of improved insulation and heating on mortality risk of older cohort members with prior cardiovascular or respiratory hospitalisations.BMJ Open7(11).
- Preval, N. Amore, K. Rivera-Muñoz, G. Oliver, J.Housing, energy and health in resilient cities.In P. Howden-Chapman, L. Early & J. Ombler (Eds.), Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities.(pp. 95-106). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
- Measuring the Effect of Housing Quality Interventions: The Case of the New Zealand "Rental Warrant of Fitness".Int J Enviro Res Public Health14(11),1352.
- Child and youth fuel poverty: assessing the known and unknown.People, Place, and Policy, Special issue on International Perspectives on Fuel Poverty10(1), 77-87
- Does retrofitted insulation reduce household energy use? Theory and Practice.The Energy Journal37(4). DOI: 10.5547/01956574.37.4.agri