Practitioners traditionally
rely on conferences and publications to introduce and explain new research. Yet,
they need additional forums to ensure that research results are timely and to
provide an interactive exploration of the findings.
To complement these traditional
forums, the
National Center for Healthy Housing
and
ACI are co-hosting monthly
conference calls on the third Monday of each month at 3:00 pm ET. Call
877-358-8255 #3970384. Use *6 to mute your line. Use *7 to unmute.
NCHH and ACI designed the calls
for health and housing professionals interested in getting the latest word on
intriguing healthy homes research and participating in a discussion on its
implications and applications.
Go to
www.healthyhomestraining.org/research
for more information. You can also contact
Ellen Tohn at (508) 358-7770 or
etohn@tohnenvironmental.com.
Thanks to HUD's Office of
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control as well as the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention for their funding and guidance to make these calls
possible.
Flyer
for Calls from October 2008 to January 2009.
ACI
is a non-profit organization with more than 22 years of experience training
building and housing professionals in 2006. Founded as the Affordable Comfort
Conference in 1986, it is rooted in defining the best way to make homes energy
efficient, without harming the residents and the building.
* This call has been changed to Tuesday, January
20, 2009 because of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
** This call has been changed to Monday,
February 23, 2009 because of Presidents Day.
Background:
One week before each call, NCHH and ACI will send out an
announcement on healthyhomesnet and other relevant listserves providing the agenda and details on the upcoming
call. NCHH will also post the update as well as presentation materials at
www.healthyhomestraining.org/research. After the call, NCHH will post
update the materials based on questions raised. If you have research you
want to include in the presentation, send NCHH’s Tom Neltner an email at
tneltner@nchh.org.
The general agenda for the call will be:
3:00 ET Welcome and Introductions – NCHH
3:05 Updates
and Review of Previous Calls
3:15 Spotlight on a
Research
- Presentation
- Discussion of Implications and Applications
- Follow-up Items
3:50 Suggestions for Topics for Future
Calls
4:00 Adjourn
NCHH will announce the calls on healthyhomesnet
listserve. The listserve is managed by the Alliance for Healthy Homes to
promote and sustain health considerations in renovation, maintenance, operation,
and construction of housing. It also focuses on maintenance and rehab of
existing properties, practices and policies that apply to low-income housing,
holistic approaches, and primary prevention. Join the listserve by going
to www.afhh.org/res/res_listserves.htm.
