Public Education & Outreach Activities

Public Education:

Conduct public education for the Healthy Homes Initiative that addresses multiple housing-related diseases and injuries in children and older adults. This program is be based upon appropriate health education theories. For example, the intent of the Social Cognitive Theory is for participants to change their health behaviors and adopt new behaviors in order to cause changes in their environment and within themselves.  Within this program we utilize a Healthy Homes visual model, Healthy Homes Initiative check list, Healthy Homes Brochure

• Recruitment for our educational sessions includes clinics, churches, libraries, and community centers located within targeted communities.
   
• Identify and provide community resources for participants.

Public Outreach:

• Implementation of culturally appropriate campaigns for libraries, churches, community centers, agencies/organizations, and events to increase awareness of environmental risks, diseases and preventable injuries.
   
• Dissemination of information and effective methods for preventing housing-related diseases and injuries to low to moderate income families.
   
• Increasing awareness of community resources for healthy homes.