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Healthy Schools: Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Health

Healthy Schools: Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Health. Al Vega, Tolle Graham: MassCOSH Laurita Kaigler-Crawlle, Dir. MAAP Mary White: HRiA Parent Asthma Leader. What makes a school healthy?. Asthma Goals for School Health. 1. Infrastructure & Supportive Policies.

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Healthy Schools: Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Health

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  1. Healthy Schools:Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Health Al Vega, Tolle Graham: MassCOSH Laurita Kaigler-Crawlle, Dir. MAAP Mary White: HRiA Parent Asthma Leader

  2. What makes a school healthy?

  3. Asthma Goals for School Health 1. Infrastructure & Supportive Policies 2. Health & Mental Health Services 6. Family & Community Involvement 5. Physical Education & Activity 3. Asthma Education 4. Healthy School Environment

  4. The EPA Framework for Effective Environmental Health Action

  5. The Framework for Effective School IAQ Management: Six Technical Solutions • HVAC • Moisture/Mold • IPM • Cleaning & Maintenance • Materials Selection • Strong policies and procedures http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/

  6. Next Steps: • Form Environmental Health Committees • Review resource materials from training • Conduct surveys • Do a walkthrough • ABCD Head Start incorporates lessons learned, strengthens policies and develops new policies for environmental health!

  7. Environmentally Friendly checklist Small group activity: • What environmentally friendly actions are you taking now? • What questions do you have about any of these actions?

  8. Effectiveness of a School Walkthrough: • Helps monitor school conditions • Brings new problems to light • Checks that promised improvements have been made Collective action improves working conditions and health!

  9. Tips for conducting a walkthrough Use Your Five Senses! • Listen to people and equipment • Look for hazards or signs of hazards • Smell for odors • Feel for dampness and drafts • Taste the sweet taste of success!

  10. Collect and Prioritize the DATA from the Walkthrough: • Prioritize by most hazardous or most concerned about , • most people/ children exposed… • to the least hazardous and least amount of people affected. • Prioritize short and long term solutions

  11. Keep it moving: Organize a Pacing Event • Encourages participants to enroll in bold goals. • Develops relationships. • Synthesizes ideas – what works. • Accelerates progress – big boosts in energy, activity. • Features best practices – what works. • Generates commitments. • All speak, all heard. • All teach, all learn. • All leave in action.

  12. Pacing events are KEY to success: OFFERS ASSERTIONS EFFECTIVE QUESTIONS CALL TO ACTION

  13. Environmental Health TRIVIA GAME & PRIZES!

  14. Question # 1 What is the definition of IPM?

  15. Environmental Health TRIVIA GAME & PRIZES!

  16. Question #2 Name 3 potential environmental asthma triggers in a classroom.

  17. Question #3 What is the difference between cleaning and disinfecting?

  18. Question # 4 What are the ways children can be exposed to tobacco?

  19. Question # 5 How can you determine the chemical ingredients in a cleaning product?

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