- 3.1: Health and Housing
- 3.2: Building, Maintenance and Renovation
- 3.3: Home Hazards
- 3.4: Integrated Pest Management
- 3.5: Training
- 3.5: Research
- 3.6: Program Links
Our mission:
To reduce the impact of asthma across New England, through collaborations of health, housing, education, and environmental organizations with particular focus on the contribution of schools, homes, and communities to the disease and with attention to its disproportionate impact on populations at greatest risk.
Falls and Injury
With respect to Healthy Homes, Unintentional Injury can encompass many potential safety hazards including poisonings, such as from carbon monoxide or chemicals; falls; electricution; fires and burns. Unintentional injuries are the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S., and injuries in the home are the second leading cause of unintentional injuries.According to the National Safety Council, in 2007, falls in the home and community caused or led to 20,600 deaths. While all age groups are vulnerable, older adults are most at risk for falls within the home. Particular attention should also be paid to children and their risk for falls from windows. Below we provide you with some links to important national resources for preventing injuries in the home. Also, see your state department of public health's webpage.
Resources
Take Action to Prevent Falls: A Home Environmental Assessment (Fall Prevention Center of Excellence)
Window Safety Checklist (National Safety Council)
Poisoning (Chemical)
According to the Centers for Disease Control, In 2005, 72% of poisoning deaths (from drug or chemical substances) in the United States were unintentional, In 2006, poison control centers reported about two million unintentional poisoning or poison exposure cases.Preventions Tips for Chemicals and Carbon Monoxide (CDC)
Advocacy
June is National Safety Month. You can get media kits and other resource for disemination in your community from the National Safety Council. Additionally, April 5-11 is National Window Safety Week.
Fall Prevention Awareness Week - September 20 - 27, 2009 - Activities for Community Coalitions from the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence.
On October 12, 2011 ARC and close to 50 co-signers submitted testimony requesting that the Institute of Medicine examine and address the non-clinical best practice components of comprehensive asthma management as part of Community Based
Non-Clinical Prevention Policies and Wellness Strategies.
Over 50 organizations and individuals joined ARC and Health Resources in Action in expressing to New England U.S. Senator4s our extreme concern about the proposed complete elimination of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program by the Senate Appropriations Committee in the proposed FY12 spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.