HUD's Healthy Homes Strategic Plan
Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes
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Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes  The Call to Action is part of the national Healthy Homes Initiative led by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These agencies and partners across the country including the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning will join the Acting Surgeon General to highlight the public health importance of promoting healthy homes.
"The home is the centerpiece of American life," said Galson, a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service. "We can prevent many diseases and injuries that result from health hazards in the home by following the simple steps outlined in this Call to Action."
The Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning initiated the nation’s first Healthy Homes program in the late 1990’s. Since that time, the Coalition has received two Healthy Homes demonstration grants partially funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Additionally, this event will highlight why it is more cost effective to address housing as a critical element of health.
“As we launch this Call to Action with the Surgeon General, it is abundantly clear that we need to establish a baseline Housing standard in this country that reflects a value for health, energy efficiency, and weatherization together in order to assure that every child has access to live in a Green, Healthy, and Safe home, said Ruth Ann Norton, Executive Director of the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning.
The Call to Action included a speech from Coalition Client Dorothy O’Bannon, a participant in the Coalition’s Safe at Home Program. Mrs. O’Bannon received an intensive level intervention which included Integrated Pest management (for mice and roaches), indoor allergen reduction clean, installation of mattress pad and pillow covers, installation of an Austin Air air filtering unit in the child’s bedroom, and lead hazard reduction treatments (including replacement of 11 windows). To reduce household injury risks a safety kit was installed including smoke alarm, carbon monoxide alarm, cabinet locks, and electrical outlet covers. The family was also provided with a HEPA-Vacuum and an indoor allergen/lead dust prevention cleaning kit (bucket, mop, replacement mop head, sponges, cleaning solution, gloves) to sustain the intervention.
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