Transcript Launching a Healthy Homes Program
Launching a Healthy Homes Initiative
TOOLS TO LAUNCH A HEALTHY HOMES PROGRAM
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T
YPES OF
T
OOLS
For Home Visits
Residents Property Managers
For the Community
Enforcement Agencies Redevelopment Agencies Private Sector Community Organizations
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W HAT 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
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V
ISUAL
A
SSESSMENT
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
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CEHRC V
ISUAL
S
URVEY
R
EPORT
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
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P
EDIATRIC
E
NVIRONMENTAL
A
SSESSMENT ONLINE COURSE
H
OME
Prepares nurses to complete a pediatric environmental health history and recognize potential environmental hazards. There are 1.5 nursing CEUs awarded for this course.
Go to www.nchh.org/Training/National Healthy-Homes-Training-Center.aspx
and click on course catalog and click on the Pediatric Environmental Home Assessment link.
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D RY
Consumer Tools Moisture Meter Pin-Type Pin-Less Humidity Meter?
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C LEAN
Consumer Tools High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Vacuum / Filter Bucket and Elbow Grease
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P EST -F REE
Consumer Tools Exclusion Housekeeping Cockroach Baits Cockroach Glue Traps Boric Acid?
Rodent Traps?
Other Pesticides?
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V ENTILATED
Consumer Tools Toilet Paper Carbon Monoxide Alarm Furnace Filters CO Meter?
Humidity Meter?
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S AFE
Consumer Tools Child-Safety Devices Smoke Alarm
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C ONTAMINANT -F REE
Consumer Tools Radon Test Kits Lead Dust Wipe Kits Lead Soil and Paint Kits Asbestos Sampling Kits?
Mold Sampling Kits?
Water Sampling Kits?
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M AINTAINED
Consumer Tools
NCHH Maintenance Checklist
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O THER E DUCATIONAL M ATERIALS
HUD’s Help Yourself to a Healthy Home CDC/HUD Healthy Homes Reference Manual http://www.nchh.org/Training/National-Healthy Homes-Training-Center.aspx
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F
OR THE
C
OMMUNITY
Laws Minimum Standards Disclosure Landlord Tenant Resources Funds People Efficiency Leveraging
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F EDERAL L AWS
Lead-Hazard • Professional Licensing • Abatement • Disclosure at Property Sale or Lease • Pre-Renovation Notice by Contractors • Renovation, Repair and Painting – pending • HUD Subsidized Property Asbestos • Demolition or Renovation • Four of more units Pesticides • Registration and Labeling Consumer Products • Consumer Products Safety Commission • Food and Drug Administration
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S
TATE AND
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OCAL
L
AWS
Housing Code Building / Residential Code Sanitation / Health Code Landlord-Tenant Laws Special Hazards Pest Control Operator Licensing Pests Lead-Based Paint Asbestos Radon Mold
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R
ESOURCES
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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Please fill out your course evaluation!
You should receive an email notification regarding the online course evaluation. This link is unique to you (do not share with anyone else).
At the end of the evaluation, you will see a screen with a four digit authentication code. WRITE THIS CODE DOWN. You will need to enter it into the Learning Management System (LMS) to verify that you have completed the evaluation. You will not be able to print out your course completion certificate until you have completed the evaluation, entered your authentication code into the LMS and your instructor has confirmed your attendance. This will expire after 30 days.
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