Healthy Household 101: The Dangers of Lead-Based Paint by Christopher Bloom Our new series of “Healthy Household 101” blogs are designed to educate consumers about various home health hazards. Do you own or rent a property built before 1978?… More
December 31st, 2020
A Few of Our Favorite Things: A Review of Key Healthy Housing Resources Created by Partners in 2020
A Few of Our Favorite Things: A Review of Key Healthy Housing Resources Created by Partners in 2020 by Amanda Reddy, Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing For those of us celebrating holidays this month, the… More
January 22nd, 2020
The Choreography of Collaboration
The Choreography of Collaboration by Katrina Smith Korfmacher, University of Rochester Medical Center Let’s talk about collaboration. Collaboration seems to be the “motherhood and apple pie” of public health. It’s such an inarguably good idea that everyone can… More
December 31st, 2019
A Few of Our Favorite Things: A Review of Key Healthy Housing Resources Created by Partners in 2019
A Few of Our Favorite Things: A Review of Key Healthy Housing Resources Created by Partners in 2019 by Amanda Reddy, National Center for Healthy Housing For those of us celebrating holidays this month, the gifts have… More
October 25th, 2019
Building Bridges, Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Success Against Lead in Rochester
Building Bridges, Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Success Against Lead in Rochester by Katrina Smith Korfmacher, University of Rochester Medical Center In a 2004 newspaper editorial, Rochester’s Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning leaders claimed, “We will find lead hazards before they… More
October 21st, 2019
Tactical Thinking: Housing Codes and Lead Poisoning Prevention
Tactical Thinking: Housing Codes and Lead Poisoning Prevention by Sarah Goodwin and David Jacobs When it comes to local efforts to prevent childhood lead poisoning, there seems to be one word on everyone’s mind these days: codes.… More
July 20th, 2019
Shoot for the Moon
Shoot for the Moon by Christopher Bloom There’s a rocket standing in for the Washington Monument this week. It’s a projection of the Saturn V rocket that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins from the… More
June 12th, 2019
NCHH Featured in Military Healthy Housing Series, Airing This Month
NCHH Featured in Military Healthy Housing Series, Airing This Month Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, 443.539.4154; cbloom@nchh.org WASHINGTON, DC (June 10, 2019) – Jonathan Wilson, deputy director for the National Center of Healthy Housing (NCHH), will appear this Thursday, June… More
December 19th, 2018
New Federal Lead Strategy Is No Gift in the Fight Against Lead Poisoning
New Federal Lead Strategy Is No Gift in the Fight Against Lead Poisoning by David Jacobs and Amanda Reddy Just before the holidays and like the Grinch who stole Christmas, the Trump Administration’s release of its new… More
October 25th, 2018
When “Special” Equals “Sick”
When “Special” Equals “Sick” By Caitlin Szontagh, Chicago, Illinois Every parent knows their child is special, even if just to them. But no one ever thinks it could happen to them: the doctor actually telling you that… More