Helping Older Adults to Age Gracefully in Place by Jill Breysse When my mom was in her early seventies, her health began to decline. It seemed like she had appointments with different specialists every other day: endocrinologist,… More
April 12th, 2017
Ensuring an Asthma-Safe Home: The Role of Tenants and Landlords
Ensuring an Asthma-Safe Home: The Role of Tenants and Landlords by Justine Marcus Creating a safe and healthy home for someone with asthma is challenging. The home can play host to many serious asthma triggers, including pests… More
April 6th, 2017
Threats or Promises: Which Way for the Trump Administration on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention?
Threats or Promises: Which Way for the Trump Administration on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention? by David Jacobs Recent news articles suggest that Trump’s EPA hopes to drastically cut funding and staff for its lead poisoning prevention programs… More
February 21st, 2017
Infrastructure and Mortgages: What About the Kids?
Infrastructure and Mortgages: What About the Kids? by David Jacobs and Anita Weinberg During the 2016 election season, Donald Trump (the Republican presidential nominee, now president) proposed spending $1 trillion dollars on infrastructure to put people to… More
February 8th, 2017
Alternative Financing Mechanisms: Exploring Options for Healthy Homes Services
Alternative Financing Mechanisms: Exploring Options for Healthy Homes Services by Lillian Agbeyegbe The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) is a “go-to” resource for practitioners in the housing as healthcare industry. We get inquiries regularly: “Where is… More
January 24th, 2017
The Silent Killer
The Silent Killer by Christopher Bloom No one heard the door open or a window shatter. Nobody saw a figure enter the small, darkened one-story home at the corner of Antioch Avenue in a slumbering Maryland neighborhood.… More
December 9th, 2016
Decorating for the Holidays: How to Hang Your Lights Safely This Year
by Erin Vaughan, Modernize Jingle all the way…to the ER? According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there are about 12,000 or more reported emergencies involving holiday lighting each year. But that’s certainly not what you… More
November 15th, 2016
Post-Election Analysis: Healthcare Financing for Healthy Homes Services Still Hard, Still Possible, Still Important
Post-Election Analysis: Healthcare Financing for Healthy Homes Services Still Hard, Still Possible, Still Important by Amanda Reddy Two days after the recent presidential election I had to make a decision. I was supposed to be getting on… More
October 28th, 2016
Stand Up and Be Counted in the Fight Against Lead Poisoning
Stand Up and Be Counted in the Fight Against Lead Poisoning by Christopher Bloom Lead poisoning—you know, it seems like we should’ve had this problem licked by now. Every year, we (NCHH and our partners) get out and… More
October 13th, 2016
Hot Tips to Protect Your Home from Fires
Hot Tips to Protect Your Home from Fires by Patricia Sarmiento, PublicHealthCorps We’ve all heard the phrase “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” at least once in our lives. Most of the time, that smoke is the only… More