Healthy Homes

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Healthy Homes

• M. Deborah Millette, MPH
• Division of Emergency and Environmental Health
  Services
• National Center for Environmental Health
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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CDCs Health Protection Goals

• Healthy People in Every Stage of Life
• Healthy People in Healthy Places
• People Prepared for Emerging Health Threats
• Healthy People in a Healthy World

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Healthy People in Healthy PlacesThe places where
people live, work, learn, and play will protect
and promote their health and safety, especially
those at greater risk of health disparities.
Healthy HomesProtect and promote health through
safe and healthy home environments
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Home is where the heart is.Pliny
It may be frail its roof may shake the wind
may blow through it the storms may enter the
rain may enter but the King of England cannot
enter all his forces dare not cross the
threshold of the ruined tenement. William Pitt
One of our deepest needs is to be at home.
Timothy Radcliffe
Home is the place where, when you have to go
there, They have to take you in. Robert Frost
Where thou art, that is home. Emily Dickinson

• The strength of a nation derives from the
  integrity of the home.
  
  Confucius

Theres no place like home. Dorothy, Wizard of Oz
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds
peace in his home. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The connection between health and the dwelling
of the population is one of the most important
that exists. Florence Nightingale
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Housing conditions have an important impact on
public health.

• Most people spend an average of up to 90 of
  their time indoors.

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More than 6 million substandard housing units
nationwide
Residents of substandard housing are at increased
risk for exposure to lead, carbon monoxide, mold,
cockroaches, dust mites, pesticide residues,
tobacco smoke, combustion gases, and radon, rat
bites, and falls.
Children in substandard housing are more likely
to have elevated blood lead levels and to have
ever been diagnosed with asthma.
Children, the elderly, African Americans, Native
Americans, and the poorest Americans are at
greatest risk for fire-related injuries and
deaths.
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Categorical Approach
Mold and Moisture
Lead
Take Home Hazards Work at Home
Allergens/asthma
Pesticides
Combustion products
Fall and Trip Hazards
Radon
Poisoning
Asbestos
Insects and Rodents
Fire
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CDC's Healthy Homes Initiative

• Holistic
• Educate
• Workforce Development and Collaboration
• Partnerships

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