1. Healthy Homes M. Deborah Millette, MPH Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services National Center for Environmental Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2. CDC’s Health Protection Goals Healthy People in Every Stage of Life Healthy People in Healthy Places People Prepared for Emerging Health Threats Healthy People in a Healthy World

3. Healthy People in Healthy Places The places where people live, work, learn, and play will protect and promote their health and safety, especially those at greater risk of health disparities. Healthy Homes Protect and promote health through safe and healthy home environments

4. The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. Confucius Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in. Robert Frost One of our deepest needs is to be at home. Timothy Radcliffe He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter; the rain may enter – but the King of England cannot enter; all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement. William Pitt Where thou art, that is home. Emily Dickinson Home is where the heart is. Pliny There’s no place like home. Dorothy, Wizard of Oz

5. The connection between health and the dwelling of the population is one of the most important that exists. Florence Nightingale

6. Housing conditions have an important impact on public health. Most people spend an average of up to 90% of their time indoors.

7. More than 6 million substandard housing units nationwide Residents of substandard housing are at increased risk for exposure to lead, carbon monoxide, mold, cockroaches, dust mites, pesticide residues, tobacco smoke, combustion gases, and radon, rat bites, and falls. Children in substandard housing are more likely to have elevated blood lead levels and to have ever been diagnosed with asthma. Children, the elderly, African Americans, Native Americans, and the poorest Americans are at greatest risk for fire- related injuries and deaths.

8. Categorical Approach Allergens/asthma Combustion products Asbestos Lead Mold and Moisture Insects and Rodents Pesticides Radon “Take Home” Hazards & Work at Home Fire Poisoning Fall and Trip Hazards

9. CDC's Healthy Homes Initiative Holistic Educate Workforce Development and Collaboration Partnerships