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A House, a Tent, a Box: Mapping the Gaps Between Expert and Public Understanding of Healthy Housing

Sponsoring Program Name
Frameworks Institute
This report proceeds to describe the cultural models that the public uses to think about housing and health. As all people have experiences with housing, it is not surprising that they bring a powerful set of cultural models to thinking about this topic. Some of these ways of thinking lead people to be concerned about housing issues, but at the same time limit people’s ability to recognize the types of solutions that are needed. Most critically, our research shows that people have a strong tendency to personalize housing issues, which in turn prevents them from seeing the structural sources of housing problems and dampens support for the policies and programs that can effectively address these problems.
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housing_mtg_2016_formatted.pdf (601.4 KB)
Resource Category
Home/Housing
Resource Type
Other
Language
English

Keeping Families Healthy

Keeping Families Healthy (KFH) is an enriched medical home service that utilizes community health worker (CHW) home visitation to help “at risk” families achieve self-sufficiency in navigating the health care system and adhering to recommended clinical care.
Resource Category
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool
Resource Type
Other
Language
English
Spanish
Literacy Level
At or below 6th Grade
Target Audience
Adolescent With Asthma
Child With Asthma
Community Health Worker
Community Organization
Parent/Caregiver
Physician
School Personnel

Genetics and Pollution Drive Severity of Asthma Symptoms

Sponsoring Program Name
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Rice University, Houston
Asthma patients, with a specific genetic profile, exhibit more intense symptoms following exposure to traffic pollution, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and collaborators. The study appeared online in Scientific Reports.
Resource Category
Other
Resource Type
Other

"It's Asthma" Infographic Series

“It’s Asthma” is a tailored health education resource targeted toward adolescents and emerging adults with asthma that provides information about indoor environmental asthma triggers and strategies to reduce exposure to these triggers. “It’s Asthma” consists of six infographics that focus on five common indoor environmental asthma triggers (i.e., secondhand smoke, pets, mold, dust mites, and pests), and can be used to assist adolescents and emerging adults with their asthma management. DeAndra Morris, an ASPPH/EPA Environmental Health Fellow hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division, has created the “It’s Asthma” Infographic Series as part of her participation and training in the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) Public Health Fellowship Program.
Resource Category
Education/Outreach Materials
Resource Type
Other
Language
English
Target Audience
Other

Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services

Sponsoring Program Name
National Center for Healthy Housing
Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services is a new eLearning and technical assistance platform designed to equip staff in public health agencies, state asthma-control programs, state Medicaid agencies, and other housing and health organizations with information about how to build the systems, infrastructure, and financing to put home-based asthma services in place in their own states, communities, or regions.
Resource Category
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool
Education/Outreach Materials
Environmental Assessment/Checklist
Implementation Guide
Program Management/Evaluation
Protocol
Quality Improvement
Other
Resource Type
Training Materials
Training/Educational Kit
Other
Language
English
Literacy Level
Above 6th Grade
Target Audience
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Community Health Worker
Community Organization
Day Care Personnel
General Community
Landlord/Housing Personnel
Other Health Care Provider
Parent/Caregiver
Physician
School Personnel
Tenant
Other

Healthy Home Evaluator (HHE) certification for home contractors

Sponsoring Program Name
Building Performance Institute
The Healthy Home Evaluator (HHE) is a certification for home performance and energy efficiency professionals. The HHE was developed in partnership with the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI). An HHE assesses home-based environmental health and safety hazards and provides a prioritized list of recommendations to address those hazards for the homeowner.
Resource Type
Other
Target Audience
Asthma Program Manager
Community Health Worker
Community Organization
General Community
Landlord/Housing Personnel
Other Health Care Provider
Other

AZ Energy Efficient Home

As a full-service Arizona Home Performance Company, we have discovered a correlation between the Home Performance Audit and the Healthy Home Evaluation. We currently install indoor air quality monitors for those clients affected by poor Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ). The data collected by the monitors allow us to create an individual plan for improved indoor air quality resulting in the reduction or elimination of triggers for asthma attacks.
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Resource Type
Other
Language
English
Target Audience
General Asthma Population

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