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Keeping warm and staying well
— findings from the qualitative arm of the Warm Homes Project | | Author(s) | Barbara E Harrington, Bob Heyman, Nick Merleau-Ponty |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 13, no 3, May 2005 |
| Pages | pp 259-267 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Fuel expenditure ; Winter care ; Poverty ; Health [elderly] ; Projects ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | Much of the research into fuel poverty, which results from various combinations of low income and fuel inefficiency, has drawn upon quantitative paradigms. Experiences of, and coping with, fuel poverty have not been well explored. This paper presents findings from the qualitative arm of the Warm Homes Project, a programme of research concerned with the nature of fuel poverty, its alleviation and relationship to family health. Data for the present study were obtained through qualitative interviews with households on these issues. The findings suggest that the expectations of those in fuel poverty about staying warm, and their beliefs about the relationship between warmth and health, vary considerably. Fuel poverty often has wider ramifications that have an impact on quality of life in complex ways. The respondents took steps to alleviate cold, but their strategies varied. Coping was affected by informational limitations as well as cost constraints. Measures designed to alleviate fuel poverty should take into account its wider social meaning within the lives of household members. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050518211 A |
| Classmark | J6: IB: W6: CC: 3E: 3DP |
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