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Fuel poverty Impacts on Health & Wellbeing Research Update Christine Liddell

Fuel poverty Impacts on Health & Wellbeing Research Update Christine Liddell. Current consensus from research on tackling FP. Adults Mental health impacts – strong evidence Physical health impacts may emerge with time Infants, children and teens

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Fuel poverty Impacts on Health & Wellbeing Research Update Christine Liddell

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  1. Fuel poverty Impacts on Health & Wellbeing Research Update Christine Liddell

  2. Current consensus from research on tackling FP • Adults Mental health impacts – strong evidence Physical health impacts may emerge with time • Infants, children and teens Mental health impacts – strong evidence Physical health impacts – strong evidence

  3. Research Update • Excess winter mortality in NI • New Scottish research • Impacts on babies in utero • Developments in policy thinking

  4. Excess winter mortality in NI • This measure may underestimate how many people die of cold-related illnesses in NI

  5. Farmers in April Holland Northern Ireland

  6. Cold-related deaths happen outside of winter too inNI Dec Mar June Sep Nov High Moderate Low Moderate Risk of cold-related deaths Annually 1 Winter season + 2 Bridge seasons

  7. NI temperature-related deaths In last five years : 800 excess winter deaths annually 200 additional deaths in spring & autumn 1000 deaths a year Liddell & Morris, 2010

  8. In the colder regions of the UK and Ireland annual excess winter death statistics may underestimate the impacts of cold weather on human health by about 25%

  9. New Scottish Research 4 blocks of flats in Easterhouse, Glasgow

  10. Health status among volunteers measured Then 2 blocks given high-level heat and insulation measures 2 blocks left untreated One year later health status measured again.

  11. Health Status – blood pressure BP of Heat group improved Lloyd et al, 2008

  12. Impacts on babies in utero • 0.5M babies born in Northern Ireland • Significant seasonality in birthweight • Heaviest babies – conceived in May • Lightest babies – conceived in October Murray et al., 2000

  13. HEAVIEST BIRTHWEIGHT babies conceived here…………… …and born here May Aug Nov Feb

  14. HEAVIEST BIRTHWEIGHT babies conceived here…………… …and born here May Aug Nov Feb LIGHTEST BIRTHWEIGHT babies conceived here…………… …and born here Oct Jan April July

  15. Effects on the young Life-span effects

  16. Developments in Policy thinking Cost benefit analysis of Fuel Poverty Interventions

  17. Cost-benefits analysis For every invested in tackling fuel poverty

  18. Cost-benefits analysis Gilchrist, 2009; Healy, 2003; Howden-Chapman, 2008; Liddell, 2009 For every invested in tackling fuel poverty 12 cents is returned in savings from health expenditure on children

  19. Cost-benefits analysis For every invested in tackling fuel poverty 42 cents is returned in savings from health expenditure on all householders

  20. Developments in Policy thinking Cost benefit analysis Maximising health impacts? Target FP programmes towards those with known cold-sensitive health risks

  21. Thanks for your time c.liddell@ulster.ac.uk

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