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Invitation to National Healthy Homes Month Webinars
Whether you live in an apartment, townhome or single-family home, an old home or are building a new home, there are many ways to protect and improve your indoor air quality. That’s why the Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division would like to share information on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) webinar series for National Healthy Homes Month.
This year, HUD’s theme of Healthy Housing for All highlights how the healthy homes model can benefit a wide range of residents. The continuing impact of the COVID-19 virus greatly increases the need for awareness of, and actions around, many indoor environmental health concerns.
Below are descriptions and registration links for two of these webinars. One is for the Healthy Homes Outreach Products for Native Americans, and the other is on the Longer-Term Effectiveness of Home Asthma Interventions.
Healthy Homes Outreach Products for Native Americans
Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 2:00 pm EDT
This webinar highlights the Tribal healthy homes app and four new Tribal Healthy Homes publications, and the important collaborations and partnerships formed around this effort.
Presenters
Michael Goldschmidt, AIA, LEED, BD+C, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Healthy Homes Partnership, and National Program Coordinator of the Healthy Homes Partnership
Art Nash, Tribal Healthy Homes Partnership Educator, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Cooperative Extension, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Target Audiences
OLHCHH Tribal Grantees; Federal agencies with related programs; Non-profit Organizations serving Tribes: Tribal housing, health, and planning offices; Tribal-related associations, national and regional bodies.
Registration Link
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9074651401627630862
The Longer-Term Effectiveness of Home Asthma Interventions
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 2:00 pm EDT
Research supports that community health worker led healthy homes interventions improve asthma outcomes among children. But how effective are these programs with adults, and what is the longer-term effectiveness of these asthma interventions? This is a key consideration when measuring the economic impact of asthma intervention programs. Two researchers will present their findings from long-term multifaceted home environmental asthma intervention projects with older adults and children in diverse low-income households.
Presenters
David A. Turcotte, ScD, Research Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Helen Margellos-Anast, MPH, President, Sinai Urban Health Institute, Sinai Health System, Chicago, Illinois.
Target Audiences
OLHCHH grantees; Federal agencies with related programs; HUD/OLHCHH field staff; University-based Healthy Homes educators; Health Care Providers; and many other stakeholders.
Registration Link
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/266550612932733966
If you know of others who might be interested in these webinars, we would appreciate your forwarding this announcement to them. 
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