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Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners Course
Why Pest
Management Professionals Should Attend
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Continuing Education Credit Hours
The National Center for
Healthy Housing has applied for continuing education credit for
relevant portions of the course with the Office of Indiana State
Chemist at Purdue University.
NCHH is willing to seek
approval from other organizations.
Contact Susan Aceti. |
The Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners
course brings together a
diverse mix of housing and health professionals to promote practical and
cost-effective methods for making homes healthier. A major strength of the
course is the peer-to-peer learning that occurs between students. Through
exercises, demonstrations and discussions, students better understand the
roles, perceptions and challenges that their counterparts face.
And they identify ways to coordinate their work to better protect residents from
environmental and safety hazards in the home.
Pest Management Professionals play a crucial role in
healthy homes because they are dealing with a significant source of health
impacts - pests. They work with products that could cause harm if
misused and often find themselves in the position of managing a resident's
efforts to control pests. Finally, they are looking in the nooks and
crannies of homes where they may identify problems not directly related to
pests. PMPs will benefit from the course because they will:
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Get a better understanding of the health impacts
of pests such as cockroaches and rats to better help clients, especially
those struggling with respiratory problems, and convince clients of the need
to address pest problems;
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Expand into new, potentially lucrative business
opportunities helping clients resolve healthy homes problems beyond pests;
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Develop networks among the public health and
housing community to strengthen the quality of services; and
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Gain insight into the perspectives of nurses,
code inspectors, home inspectors, environmental health specialists,
and community-based organizations that help them be more effective.
NCHH believes that the following modules would be of
most benefit to pest management professionals:
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Keep It Pest-Free
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Keep It Clean
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Keep It Dry
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Overview
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Start With People
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Maintain the House
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Keep It Contaminant-Free
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Making It Work
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