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Tools to Launch a Healthy Homes Program

Launching a Healthy Homes Initiative. Tools to Launch a Healthy Homes Program. Types of Tools. For Home Visits Residents Property Managers For the Community Enforcement Agencies Redevelopment Agencies Private Sector Community Organizations. What is the purpose of home visits?.

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Tools to Launch a Healthy Homes Program

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  1. Launching a Healthy Homes Initiative Tools to Launch a Healthy Homes Program

  2. Types of Tools • For Home Visits • Residents • Property Managers • For the Community • Enforcement Agencies • Redevelopment Agencies • Private Sector • Community Organizations

  3. What is the purpose of home visits? • Assess Situation • Comprehensive Review of Conditions • Code Compliance • Health Impacts • Specific Problem • Educate Owner and Occupant • Investigate Further • Change Behavior • Make Investment in Repairs • Monitor / Correct Situation • Ongoing Tracking of Dangers • Control Hazards

  4. Visual Assessment • CEHRC Visual Survey • NCHH Pediatric Environmental Home Assessment • CDC/NCHH Healthy Homes Inspection Manual • Others • Home Inspection for Home Sales • Pest Control Inspection • Local Code Inspection • Specific Hazards: Lead, Asbestos, Radon, Mold

  5. CEHRC Visual Survey Report • CEHRC – Community Environmental Health Resource Center by the Alliance for Healthy Homes • Purposes: • One-page Summary • Identify Sampling Needs • Identify Code Violations • www.cehrc.org

  6. NCHH Ped. Env. Home Assessment • NCHH – National Center for Healthy Housing • Purposes: • Identify Health Problems • Nurses and Healthcare Professionals • Connect to Action Plan • www.healthyhomestraining.org/nurse/

  7. Dry Consumer Tools • Moisture Meter • Pin-Type • Pin-Less • Humidity Meter?

  8. Clean Consumer Tools • High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Vacuum / Filter • Bucket and Elbow Grease

  9. Pest-Free Consumer Tools • Exclusion • Housekeeping • Cockroach Baits • Cockroach Glue Traps • Boric Acid? • Rodent Traps? • Other Pesticides?

  10. Ventilated Consumer Tools • Toilet Paper • Carbon Monoxide Alarm • Furnace Filters • CO Meter? • Humidity Meter?

  11. Safe Consumer Tools • Child-Safety Devices • Smoke Alarm 12

  12. Contaminant-Free Consumer Tools • Radon Test Kits • Lead Dust Wipe Kits • Lead Soil and Paint Kits • Asbestos Sampling Kits? • Mold Sampling Kits? • Water Sampling Kits?

  13. Maintained Consumer Tools NCHH Maintenance Checklist

  14. Other Educational Materials • HUD’s Help Yourself to a Healthy Home • CDC/HUD Healthy Homes Reference Manual • www.healthyhomestraining.org • www.nchh.org

  15. For the Community • Laws • Minimum Standards • Disclosure • Landlord Tenant • Resources • Funds • People • Efficiency • Leveraging

  16. Federal Laws

  17. State and Local Laws • Housing Code • Building / Residential Code • Sanitation / Health Code • Landlord-Tenant Laws • Special Hazards • Pest Control Operator Licensing • Pests • Lead-Based Paint • Asbestos • Radon • Mold

  18. Resources • Funds • Grants • Loans • Penalties • People • Who is going into homes? • Efficiency • Coordinating Resources • One-Touch • Leveraging • Green Developments • Weatherization • Community Development

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