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Resources for Healthy Homes
Index of Resources:
- Integrated Pest Management Course
- New HUD Guidebook for flooded homes
- The Indoor Air Quality Guide: Best Practices for Design, Construction, and Commissioning
- The Healthy Housing Inspection Manual
- Housing and Environment News
- Home Safety Council
- CDC Brochures
- Healthy Homes Partnership Bookmark
- "Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home"
- Introduction to Housing textbook
- Free Safety Brochure
- Fire Safety Education Podcast
- Featured Discussions Available
Integrated Pest Management Course
The IPM in Multi-Family Housing course is designed to help a property manager, including a public housing authority, implement a comprehensive integrated pest management (IPM) program by bringing the stakeholders, especially resident leaders, together to develop the skills and practices needed to effectively eliminate pests such as cockroaches and rodents from multi-family housing.
The target audiences for the course are resident leaders and staff with a common property manager who want to more effective pest control through integrated pest management (IPM). The course requires the active participation of the pest control operator / pest management professional as well as property maintenance and resident support services.
The course has been jointly developed by the following organizations building from existing materials developed by NCHH, Boston University and Rivard's IPM Resources.
For more information click here
New HUD guidebook for restoring flooded homes:
The methods ofdetermining how badly a flooded home has been damaged and how to repairit are relatively similar, regardless of the location and whatever thecause - high rains, flooded rivers, coastal waves, or hurricanes. Toassist in the rehabilitation, HUD's Office of Policy Development andResearch and the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Controlrecently released a guide for professional builders and contractorsrestoring flooded single-family homes. Rehabbing Flooded Houses: AGuide for Builders and Contractors emphasizes safe practices andimportant activities in the rehabbing process that address commonhealth hazards in flooded homes, determine a home's structuralsoundness, and prevent or minimize damage from future flooding. Thisbilingual guidebook, presented in both Spanish and English, isavailable as a free download from HUD USER at
www.huduser.org
TheAlliance is including a link to this new publication among links tomany other relevant flood and hurricane recovery publications on theAlliance's
web site at www.afhh.org
The Indoor Air Quality Guide: Best Practices for Design, Construction, and Commissioning
The guidance document will assist building professionals in their efforts to improve indoor air quality (IAQ) by providing practical guidance on best practices for IAQ in all phases of building design and construction including those that affect operation and maintenance. The finished guide is expected to include an overview document with an accompanying CD containing more detailed guidance and information.
This IAQ guide is available on the ASHRAE website
The Healthy Housing Inspection Manual
The manual addresses the broad range of housing deficiencies and hazards that can affect resident health and safety. The purpose of the manual is to improve communication and collaboration among public health professionals,housing professionals, property owners, property managers, and residents; increase the understanding of the relationships between exposure to hazardous agents, conditions in the home, and adverse health outcomes, and
improve an inspection program's ability to address an array of housing deficiencies in an efficient, effective, and timely manner.
The manual introduces the elements of an all-inclusive home inspection to environmental health professionals, public health professionals, housing managers, specialists, and inspectors. It is also a useful reference for outreach workers and for others interested in preventing those illnesses and injuries caused by residential health and safety
hazards.
The inspection manual consists of two parts: Model Resident Questionnaire adapted from NCHH's Pediatric Environmental Home Assessment and Visual Assessment Data Collection Form adapted from HUD's Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) and its Physical Assessment Subsystem (PASS)
Click Here to full PDF version of the manual
To order the CD-ROMs or hard copies call 1-800-CDC-INFO
Housing and Environment News
Click here to view full news letter: Vol 2008 Issue 1
Home Safety Council
The Home Safety Council® (HSC) is the only national nonprofitorganization solely dedicated to preventing home related injuries thatresult in nearly 20,000 deaths and 21 million medical visits on averageeach year. Through national programs, partnerships and the support ofvolunteers, HSC educates people of all ages to be safer in and aroundtheir homes.
For more see: mysafehome.org
CDC Brochures
Healthy Homes Partnership Bookmark
The bookmark is based on the Help Yourself to a Healthy Home book. It highlights some of the main messages from the book and features the web site for more information. They will be $5.00/pack of 50.
Click on www.healthyhomespartnership.net and click on ordering information.
"Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home"
Look on HUD's Web site:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/hhi/index.cfm
for EPA information and publications. The "Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home" booklet is now available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Russian, and Somali.
Introduction to Housing textbook
It is a very good reference for the many facets of the study of housing.
Web site: www.housingeducators.org
See also the Web based companion guide for teaching this book. It contains an introduction, learning objectives, multiple choice questions for testing, student learning activities and additional resources for each chapter of the book.
Free Safety Brochure
AHAM's Portable Electric Heater Safety Campaign offers you copies of our free safety brochure with updated tips and graphics.
Order free copies of the brochure in English and Spanish on AHAM's new web site: www.heatersafety.org or call the toll free hotline: 888-785-7233.
Fire Safety Education Podcast
FDNY Executive Director of Fire Safety Education, Lt. Anthony Mancuso gives listeners tips on using their heater safely.
The podcast is available for download on www.heatersafety.org.
Featured Discussions Available
Discussions are available to members of the Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Environments Online Network. This Networks is offered at no cost and is open to all communities delivering quality asthma care.
Become a part of the Network and Join this Featured Discussion!
www.asthmacommunitynetwork.org/
Once you are a registered member of the Online Network, contributing to this online "conversation" is easy:
1. Log into the Network via the "Member Login" box at the top o fany Network web page.
2. Access the Featured Discussion Forum from the Home Page or Left Navigation Bar.
3. Post your thoughts, ideas, or questions on the Forum.
For more information, contact Lis Maring
Last updated: 03/10/2009
Kid’s Science Challenge
WELCOME TO YEAR 2 OF THE KIDS' SCIENCE CHALLENGE! With the help of three new teams of scientists and engineers, there is a brand new set of challenges for kids in the 3rd to 6th grade to consider. - posted Nov 6, 2009
Maryland Secretary of Agriculture
The SGA Speaker Series presents: Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Buddy Hance Tuesday, Nov. 10th. - posted Nov 6, 2009
Good Luck and Congratulations Maryland State 4-H Animal Science Teams
Congratulations to each of the Maryland 4-H youth that were named to the 2009 Maryland State 4-H Judging, Bowl, Hippology and related Teams! We have a large number of youth, staff, and volunteers who will be participating in national contests that will be held at the 2009 North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, KY, November 7-20. - posted Nov 6, 2009
