Train volunteers, professionals, or paraprofessionals to help residents assess and remediate environmental home health risks and recommend low cost changes (e.g., improved ventilation, integrated pest management, etc.)
Policies & Programs
Policies and programs that can improve health
filtered by "Housing and Transit", "Improve housing quality", and "Scientifically Supported"
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Healthy home environment assessments
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Housing and Transit
Housing rehabilitation loan & grant programs
Provide funding, primarily to low or median income families, to repair, improve, or modernize dwellings and remove health or safety hazards
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Housing and Transit
Integrated pest management for indoor use
Support a four-tiered approach to indoor pest control that minimizes potential hazards to people, property, and the environment
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Housing and Transit
Lead paint abatement programs
Eliminate lead-based paint and contaminated dust by removing or encapsulating lead paint, or removing lead painted fixtures and surfaces
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Housing and Transit
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