Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman, QSO

MA(Hons 1), PhD, Dip Teaching, Dip Clin Psych

Professor

University of Otago

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Philippa Howden-Chapman is a professor of public health at the University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand, where she teaches public policy. She is director of He Kainga Oranga/ Housing and Health Research Programme and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities. She has conducted a number of randomised community housing trials in partnership with local communities, which have had a major influence on housing, health and energy policy. She has a strong interest in reducing inequalities in the determinants of health and has published widely in this area, receiving a number of awards for her work. She is currently the chair of the WHO Housing and Health Guideline Development Group and was a member of the Children’s Commissioner’s Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Philippa is a lead researcher on the Resilient Urban Futures research programme

Philippa's work has included:

Press coverage:

KEY PUBLICATIONS

Bierre S, Howden-Chapman P, Early LHomes people can affordSteele Roberts, Wellington, 2013
Zhao P, R Chapman, E Randal & P Howden-ChapmanUnderstanding resilient urban futures: A systemic modelling approachSustainability, 5: 3202-3223 (2013) doi:10.3390/su5073202
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O'Sullivan KC, Howden-Chapman PL, Fougere G.Making the connection: The relationship between fuel poverty, electricity disconnection, and prepayment meteringEnergy Policy, 2011, 39(2):733-741, Energy Policy, 2012, 49:134-142
Howden-Chapman P, Viggers H, Chapman R, O'Sullivan K, Telfar Barnard L, Lloyd B.Tackling cold housing and fuel poverty in New Zealand: A review of policies, research, and health impactsEnergy Policy, 2012, 49:134-142
Howden-Chapman P, Crane J, Chapman R, Fougere G.Improving health and energy efficiency through community-based housing interventionsInternational Journal of Public Health, 2011, 56(6):583-588
Howden-Chapman PL, Chandola T, Stafford M, Marmot M.The effect of housing on the mental health of older people: The impact of lifetime housing history in Whitehall IIBMC Public Health, 2011, 11, 682
Howden-Chapman PEvidence-based politics: How successful have government reviews been as policy instruments to reduce health inequalities in England? Social Science & Medicine, 2010, 71(7):1240-1243
Preval N, Chapman R, Pierse N, Howden-Chapman P, & The Housing, Heating and Health GroupEvaluating energy, health and carbon co-benefits from improved domestic space heating: A randomised community trialEnergy Policy, 2010, 38(8):3965-3972
Keall M, Baker MG, Howden-Chapman P, Cunningham M, Ormandy D.Assessing housing quality and its impact on health, safety and sustainabilityJournal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2010, 64:765-771
Chapman, R., Howden-Chapman, P., Viggers, H., O'Dea, D. and Kennedy, M.Retrofitting houses with insulation: a cost-benefit analysis of a randomized community trialJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health 63; pp.271-277. (2009)
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Howden-Chapman, P., Viggers, H., Chapman, R., O’Dea, D. Free, S., and O’Sullivan, K.Warm homes: drivers of the demand for heating in the residential sector in New ZealandEnergy Policy (2009)
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Howden-Chapman, P., Pierse, N., Nicholls, S., Gillespie-Bennett, J., Cunningham, M., Phipps, R., Boulic, M., Fjallstrom, P., Free, S., Chapman, R., Lloyd, B., Viggers, H., Wickens, K., Shields, D., Baker, M., Cunningham, C., Woodward, A., Bullen, C. & Crane, J.Effects of improved home heating on asthma in community dwelling children: randomised controlled trialBritish Medical Journal, September (2008)