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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456519103321

Titolo

Healthy & safe homes [[electronic resource] ] : research, practice, & policy / / editors, Rebecca L. Morley, Angela D. Mickalide, and Karin A. Mack ; [foreword by Georges C. Benjamin]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : American Public Health Association, c2011

ISBN

0-87553-251-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MorleyRebecca

MickalideAngela D

MackKarin A

BenjaminGeorges C

Disciplina

613/.5

Soggetti

Housing and health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; About the Authors; 1. Introduction: A Systems Science Approach to Promoting Healthy Homes; 2. Principles of Healthy Housing: Dry, Ventilated,  Contaminant-Free, Pest-Free, Clean, Maintained; 3. Principles of Healthy Housing: Safe; 4. Reducing Health Disparity through Healthy Housing; 5. Healthy Homes: The Role of Health Care Professionals; 6. The Healthy Housing Workforce: Development and Scope of Practice; 7. Cooperative Extension Agencies and Community Health Education; 8. Green Building and the Code; 9. Fire Prevention Personnel

10. Weatherization and Opportunities to Improve Health Conditions in HomesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Healthy and Safe Homes: Research, Practice, and Policy provides practical tools and information to make the connection between health and housing conditions relatable to everyone. This book brings together perspectives of noted scientists, public health experts, housing advocates, and policy leaders to fully explain the problem of substandard housing that plagues our nation and offers holistic, strategic, and long-term solutions to fix it.