Cross-sectional study of the relationships between energy insecurity and health (Hérault) FRESH-PEF73131-en Bernard LEDESERT Cross-sectional study of the relationships between energy insecurity and health (Hérault) FRESH-PEF73131-en 73131 FRESH-PEF73131 Bernard LEDESERT Laura GAZAIX GRPE ETUDE FORM OUTILS SOLAIRES ALT TECH (GEFOSAT) CREAI-ORS OCCITANIE (CREAI-ORS LR) Epidemiology France Portal (PEF) ARS OCCITANIE REGION OCCITANIE null Bernard;LEDESERT Laura;GAZAIX heating herault thermal insulation poor housing disadvantaged population habitat health behaviour state of health General medicine Behavioral determinants Socio-demographic and economic determinants The purpose of the study is to describe the effects of energy insecurity on health and to identify how this particular form of precarity is an aggravating factor for the health condition of individuals facing it. null France Occitanie Individuals General population Male Female Infant, Newborn (birth to 28 days) Infant (28 days to 2 years) Child, Preschool (2 to 5 years) Child (6 to 12 years) Young Adult (19 to 24 years) Adult (25 to 44 years) Middle Aged (45 to 64 years) Aged (65 to 79 years) Aged, 80 and over (80 years and more) For the households surveyed by the departmental solidarity agencies: · "exposed" households were those receiving an expert assessment in 2011-2012 as part of the FATMEE program. In each Departmental Solidarity Agency, a joint commission combining the project partners convenes every month in order to rule on the appeals to the FATMEE program; situations are presented by a referring social worker, who has conducted a first in-home visit following a request for assistance, as mentioned above (unpaid energy bills, outage, inability to heat, etc.); · "unexposed" households were selected by a referring social worker at the level of each Departmental Solidarity Agency: for every "exposed" household included in the study, action was taken to find among the households requesting aid from departmental social services in the same territory (city or canton) another household without a proven energy insecurity problem that presented similar characteristics in terms of family structure (elderly person alone, family with two parents and two young children, single-parent family with young children, etc.). The fact of not experiencing energy insecurity was determined by a negative response to two questions: is it too cold in your household? have you had difficulties paying your energy bills over the last 12 months? For households surveyed in the CCAS territory: · "exposed" households were those that will receive an expert assessment under the FATMEE program. The determination of these households was made jointly by the CCAS and the GEFOSAT as part of a commission operating on the same principles as those of the departmental solidarity agencies; - "unexposed" households were selected by a social worker based on the same principle as for the households monitored by social workers from the departmental solidarity agencies. Participant-reported health data The "resident" questionnaire was prepared by CREAI-ORS LR specifically built upon the questionnaires used within the LARES (Large Analysis and Review of European housing and health Status) study conducted by the European office of the WHO Health event/morbidity Quality of life/health perception One-time cross-sectional study Other Administrative database (employees pupils students etc.) < 500 individuals Converting or copying information into a structured record Interview with the participant (including clinical) Observational Study Observational Study 356 Completed study Restricted access Contact the principal investigator Access on specific project only