Helpful Tools Conference Agenda Conference Tracks:   Building Capacity to Deliver Healthy Housing   Educating the Public and Practitioners   Mainstreaming Healthy Housing Principles   Creating Healthy Housing Through Research   Marketing Healthy Housing   Developing Enforcement and Regulatory Strategies

The Building a Framework for Healthy Housing conference made enormous strides toward advancing the national healthy housing agenda. This site contains the presentations made at the conference. They are arranged according to the six tracks offered at the conference. Refer to the Conference Agenda for details on each session. All files are in Adobe PDF format.

 

Building Capacity to Deliver Healthy Housing

Establishing a State-wide Healthy Homes Program   Environmental Justice & Faith-based Organizations   Healthy Housing Partnerships   A Framework for Healthy Homes Programs   Moving from Lead to Healthy Housing—Cuyahoga County’s Experience   An Introduction to Building Green   Innovative State Initiatives for Healthy Homes   Case Management and Relocation   Home Safety Programs   Promoting IPM Through Strategic Partnerships   Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina: Building Contractor Capacity   Health and Housing Collaborations   Integrating Lead into Housing Programs

Educating the Public and Practitioners

USDA/Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Outreach Initiatives   Lead Education and Outreach Related to EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule   Putting Evaluation Into Practice   Models for Community Education   Education Concepts to Promote Healthy Homes Issues   Creating Healthier Homes for Healthier Children: An EPA Perspective   Indoor Pollutants: Connecting with Audiences   Healthy Homes Training and Credentialing   Educating Audiences to Promote Healthy Home Environments   Empowerment and Environmental Justice   Alternative Strategies for Community Outreach   Home Safety Education   Working with High-Risk Populations

Mainstreaming Healthy Housing Principles

HH Principles (I) A Primer on the Steps to Creating a Healthy Home in New Construction   HH Principles (II) A Primer on the Steps to Creating a Healthy Home in Rehabilitation Projects   High Performance Housing: Private Sector Approaches   Healthy Homes Strategic Planning at the State and Local Level   Parks & People: Public Housing Greening Initiative   Investing in Best Practices for Asthma: A Business Case for Education and Environmental Interventions   IPM in Public Housing—Challenges and Results   Sorting Out the IA Standards   Promoting IPM in Private Housing—Latest Developments in the Field   Energy Star Indoor Air Plus   Combustion Safety: What Your Program Needs to Know   From the Ground Up: Technologies to Address Mold, Radon and Moisture in Housing   Is Green Building Healthy Housing? What Green Really Means for Healthy   Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Multifamily Housing

Creating Healthy Housing Through Research

Incorporating Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) into Housing Research   Local and National Surveillance and Risk Modeling for Lead and Healthy Homes   Research on Pesticide Exposures and IPM Effectiveness in Low Income Housing   Indoor Air Quality: Research Findings and Priorities   Research Findings & Needs: Is Green Housing Healthy?   Asthma-Targeted Interventions: Results from the Field and Literature Review   Lead from Exterior Sources and Advances in Field Testing   Moisture and Respiratory Health: A Combined Analysis of the Research and a Survey of Moisture/Mold Remediation Professionals   Translating Healthy Housing Research into Practice: Lessons Learned From a Boston-based IPM and Asthma Research and Demonstration Project in Public Housing   Results of Home Hazard Assessments in Diverse Urban Communities and Improving Asthma Hazard Assessment   Asthma-Friendly Construction and Rehab Practices in Low-Income Housing   Should the Lead Dust Standards be Lowered? Mold/Moisture Assessment Research   Findings from the American Healthy Homes Survey (AHHS)   Evidence-Based Healthy Homes Interventions: Results From the CDC Expert Panel Meeting

Marketing Healthy Housing

Creating and Sustaining the Energy Star Outreach Program   Healthy Homes and Healthy People: A Health Behavior Change Perspective   Marketing Health Messages to Non-English Speakers   Bringing Health Home: CDC’s Approach   Setting a National Policy Agenda for Healthy Housing   Advancing Healthy Housing through Policy   Motivating Behavior Change at Home: EPA Public Service Advertising Campaigns   Innovative Financing Strategies to Enhance Healthy Homes Programs   Promoting Healthy Homes: The Grassroots Approach   Assuring Healthy Housing for the Senior Population   Return on Investment of Green Housing Standards

Developing Enforcement and Regulatory Strategies

Housing and Health Codes 101   EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule: Next Step for States   Updates on NLLAP Revisions and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Lead Issues   Achieving Healthy Homes Without Laws and Codes   Local Housing Code Enforcement and Education   Consumer Products Safety Standards and Housing   EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule 101   Leading Local Lead Models   Approaches to Improve Housing Codes   Defining and Reaching the Elimination of Lead Poisoning   From Carrot to Stick: Using Laws to Keep Homes Healthy   Leveraging Action Under Existing Laws and Codes   Innovative Code Approaches—Pest, Mold and Green   Special Laws—Carbon Monoxide and Radon