1 TOOLS TO LAUNCH A HEALTHY HOMES PROGRAM Launching a Healthy Homes Initiative
2 T YPES OF T OOLS For Home Visits Residents Property Managers For the Community Enforcement Agencies Redevelopment Agencies Private Sector Community Organizations
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 P EDIATRIC E NVIRONMENTAL H OME A SSESSMENT ONLINE COURSE 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 Healthy-Homes-Training-Center.aspx and click on course catalog and click on the Pediatric Environmental Home Assessment link. Healthy-Homes-Training-Center.aspx
7 D RY Moisture Meter Pin-Type Pin-Less Humidity Meter? Consumer Tools
8 C LEAN High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Vacuum / Filter Bucket and Elbow Grease Consumer Tools
9 P EST -F REE Exclusion Housekeeping Cockroach Baits Cockroach Glue Traps Boric Acid? Rodent Traps? Other Pesticides? Consumer Tools
10 V ENTILATED Toilet Paper Carbon Monoxide Alarm Furnace Filters CO Meter? Humidity Meter? Consumer Tools
11 S AFE Child-Safety Devices Smoke Alarm Consumer Tools 12
C ONTAMINANT -F REE Radon Test Kits Lead Dust Wipe Kits Lead Soil and Paint Kits Asbestos Sampling Kits? Mold Sampling Kits? Water Sampling Kits? Consumer Tools
13 M AINTAINED NCHH Maintenance Checklist Consumer Tools
14 O THER E DUCATIONAL M ATERIALS HUD’s Help Yourself to a Healthy Home CDC/HUD Healthy Homes Reference Manual Homes-Training-Center.aspx
15 F OR THE C OMMUNITY Laws Minimum Standards Disclosure Landlord Tenant Resources Funds People Efficiency Leveraging
16 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
17 S TATE AND L 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
18 R ESOURCES Funds Grants Loans Penalties People Who is going into homes? Efficiency Coordinating Resources One-Touch Leveraging Green Developments Weatherization Community Development
19 Please fill out your course evaluation! You should receive an 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.