HANAH - Housing And Neighbourhoods And Health

The HANAH project is a collaborative project between Cardiff University and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. The project is funded by the Medical Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the initial project was completed in December 2003.

The project will develop a collaboration between architectural, environmental, public health, social and information scientists within the Cardiff University in order to study the effects of the built environment in relation to public health, and to place them in the wider social and economic context.

The aim of the project is to find out how the homes and communities in which people live affect their health.

Work has begun by exploring links between the type and quality of housing and neighbourhood in which people live, and asthma, heart disease, injuries and depression.

The results of the research will help planners to determine the type of housing and neighbourhoods that will improve people's health.