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▪  Hogares Saludables para Promotores de la Vivienda y la Salud (Healthy Homes for Housing and Health Promoters)

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Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners Training Course

Training Materials

Materials for Instructors, Coordinators and Students  

• Course Materials in PDF

• Exercises

• References

• Videos

• Training Center Brochure

• HUD Issue Briefs

• Evaluation Form

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Course Materials:  Check below to view the Essentials in Healthy Homes:  Practitioners Course.  The training consists of eleven modules.  A complete bibliography is available.

• Overview - PDF - v.3.2

• Start with People - PDF - v.3.2

• House As a System - PDF - v3.2

• Keep It Dry - PDF - v3.2

• Keep It Clean - PDF - v3.2

• Keep It Pest-Free - PDF - v3.2

• Keep It Ventilated - PDF - v3.2

• Keep It Safe - PDF - v3.2

• Keep It Contaminant-Free - PDF - v3.2

• Keep It Maintained - PDF - v3.2

• Making It Work - PDF - v3.2

• Course Bibliography

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Exercises:  Materials for exercises:

Some exercises require review of a reference listed below.

Dennis Livingston Drawings for House as a System:  Basic, Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Composite. 

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References

• Reference Index

• IOM Asthma Dampness Mold

• Healthy Homes Reference Manual summary

• American Housing Survey - 2005 national data and description

• International Property Maintenance Code 2003 Healthy Homes Provisions

• HUD Housing Quality Standards

• Community Environmental Health Resource Center - Visual Survey Report

• Community Environmental Health Resource Center -  Visual Survey Instructions

• Pediatric Environmental Health Assessment Survey Form

• Pediatric Environmental Health Assessment Action Plan

• Pediatric Environmental Health Assessment Scenario

• Footnote References for Modules

• Smoke-Free Home Rules - State Progress 1992 to 2003

• CDC Healthy People 2010 Objectives Related to Healthy Homes

• HUD Guidance on Integrated Pest Management

• Healthy Homes Maintenance Checklist

• EPA National Radon Map

• CDC Asthma Prevalence Maps

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Videos:

• Healthy Homes - Six Minute Overview

• House as a System by Dennis Livingston

•     Introduction and Fire - 23.5 minutes / 32 MB   

•     Air - 21.5 minutes / 22MB   

•     Water - 27.5 minutes / 27 MB

•     Earth - 22.5 minutes / 22 MB

• Epidimiologic Triangle by Randy Hirschhorn - 19 minutes / 21 MB

• Fairhill Case Study in Philadelphia:  Urban Rodent Control and Environmental Improvement and Safety Project by Randy Hirschhorn - 26 minutes / 33MB

• Two-Day Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners Training: The materials are too large to download, to get a copy on CD-ROM contact Laura Titus at 443-539-4161or ltitus@nchh.org.

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Brochures:

• Healthy Homes Training Center Brochure

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HUD Issue Briefs:

• Healthy Homes Fact Sheet

• Allergens Fact Sheet

• Asthma Fact Sheet

• Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet / Issue Brief (0.5 MB, 12-8-05)

• Home Safety Fact Sheet

• Pesticides and Integrated Pest Management Fact Sheet

• Lead-Based Paint Fact Sheet

• Mold Fact Sheet / April 2005 Report to Congress on Mold and Moisture

• Radon Fact Sheet

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Evaluation Form:

• Evaluation Form

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