Publications/ Resource Materials Select most appropriate materials for your audience: Title Agency & Notes URL Help Yourself to a Healthy Home Extension and HUD; focus on Indoor Air Quality (required) Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment (with DVD) Cornell University Note: Booklet with 24 minute video; strongly recommended Video: Seven Tips for Keeping a Healthy Home HUD Care for Your Air: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality EPA A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home EPA Preventing Pests at Home EPA Pesticide Poison Prevention Checklist EPA Protect Your Family and Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning EPA
Home Danger Zone Finder EPA: Roll over the house to find paint hazards in pre-1978 homes Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home EPA State Asbestos Contacts EPA Asbestos Frequently Asked Questions EPA An Update on Formaldehyde Consumer Product Safety Commission What You Should Know about Formaldehyde CDC Indoor Air Quality EPA Is Your Home A Healthy Home? Coloring and Activity Book Colorado State University based contacts
Training Agenda Indoor Air Quality Segment Time Activity Materials Sign-in and Introductions 10 mins Make sure everyone has signed the sign-in sheet. Introductions (including yourself) or get-acquainted activity of your choice Sign-in sheet Introduction and Objectives 5 Review: Learning Objectives Knowledge Comprehension Application Discuss: Children and other populations are vulnerable to environmental pollutants. Introduce Help Yourself to a Healthy Home book. PowerPoint slides 1-2 Publication: Help Yourself to a Healthy Home Why do we care? 5 Discuss: 90% of time spent indoors Definition of a healthy home Housing conditions can be linked to health problems PowerPoint slide 3 Indoor Air Quality and Health Hazards 10 Ask/Discuss: Has anyone ever thought about if the air inside your home is healthy? PowerPoint slide 4
Comprehension air pollutants in the home Common air contaminants 20 Discuss: Common indoor air pollutants Show: Supplies that can be used to lessen IAQ hazards. Show: Scenes from Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment (optional) PowerPoint slide 12 DVD/Publication: Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment Scenes home assessment county conducted by an Extension agent Dust mites Explain: Dust mites can be an allergy/asthma trigger. Demonstrate: Tools to reduce dust mites. Demonstrate: How effective are different HVAC filters in trapping indoor air quality pollutants> Get two HVAC filters: 1 pleated, 1 fiberglass. Sprinkling salt on them. Salt should pour through the fiberglass filter that this type doesn’t filter much. PowerPoint slides 13-16 DVD/Publication: Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment; Dust mites: Scenes 11, 18 Dust mites supplies & demonstration tools: HEPA vacuum filter Allergy and/or bed bug proof pillow/mattress cover Microfiber cloths 2 HVAC filters: 1 pleated, 1 fiberglass + salt.
DVD/Publications: Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment; Pests and pesticides: Scenes 12, 17 Pest and pesticides supplies & demonstration tools: Sticky traps and baits Caulk Plastic containers with lids (to cover food) Boric acid Publication: Preventing Pests at Home Carbon Monoxide 5 Explain: CO is a by-product of all appliances. Explain: Proper ventilation is important inside homes to prevent build-up of toxic gases—especially those we can’t detect otherwise. PowerPoint slides 26-27 DVD/Publications: Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment; Carbon monoxide: Scenes 7, 14 Carbon monoxide supplies & demonstration tools: Carbon monoxide detector Toilet paper vent test Publication: Protect Your Family and Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Radon 5-10 Discuss: PowerPoint slides 28-31
Properties and health effects of radon Emphasize Testing is the only way to determine if there are elevated radon levels in the home Note: EPA recommends mitigating home if levels 4 pCi/liter or more. Demonstrate: U.S. radon zones map How to use a radon test kit DVD/Publications: Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment; Radon: Scenes 7, 13, 21 Radon supplies & demonstration tools: EPA radon maps Sample radon test kits Publication: A Citizen’s Guide to Radon Secondhand smoke 5 Discuss: Dangers of breathing in secondhand smoke—especially for young children Emphasize: Smoking should not be allowed indoors or in cars PowerPoint slides 32-34 DVD/Publications: Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment; Pet dander & smoking: Scenes 6, 19 Demonstration tools: State Quitline information: ; Publication: Tobacco Smoke and the Health of Your Family (bilingual English/Spanish)
Volatile Organic Compounds 5 Discuss: Various products used around the house may contain Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) VOCs are hazardous because they are volatile (gases) Demonstrate samples of VOCs Activity: Make your own Green Cleaning Products See slide speaker notes to make simple air freshener PowerPoint slides 45-46 VOC supplies & demonstration tools: Paints Cleaning products Solvents Varnishes Air fresheners Moth balls Pesticides Less toxic products: Empty spray bottle, water, essential oils 2 Application: Review action steps to resolve indoor air quality issues Demonstrate: Show the EPA Take a Tour of the IAQ House to demonstrate IAQ issues and actions PowerPoint slide: 47 VOC supplies & demonstration tools: Interactive graphic: Let’s reflect: Application 5-10 Complete chart (you should have columns 1 and 2 completed from earlier in the lesson) List action steps and resources PowerPoint slide: 48 Demonstration tool: Whiteboard/flip chart started on slide 4 Evaluation 5 Administer retrospective evaluation Retrospective evaluation Note: Other lessons are available for Lead, Combustion Gases and Home Energy IAQ issues Prepared by Laura Booth, Healthy Homes Partnership Coordinator, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University. April 2014.