MISSION STATEMENT
"Linn County Healthy Homes supports families in their desire to have a healthy and safe living environment through promotion of healthy homes concepts in the community by means of education, assessment, and collaboration."
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What is a healthy home? The healthy house picture shows the seven principles of a healthy home, keep it maintained, pest free, clean, dry, safe, well-ventilated, and contaminant free. If these principles are applied, you can have a healthy home whether you live in a newly constructed home or one built over 100 years ago. EPA offers a virtual tour of indoor air quality issues found in your home. Click here to take the tour. |
Seven Principles of a Healthy Homes
Keep me Maintained: Poorly maintained homes are at risk for fall and trip injuries, moisture intrusion, and pest problems. Deteriorated paint in older housing (pre-1978) can prevent a lead-based paint hazard. Each year, 1,100 to 1,500 children are newly diagnosed as lead poisoned.
Keep me Pest Free: Cockroaches and mice are asthma triggers. Pests can contaminate food and destroy property. Pesticides used to treat cockroaches, mice, and bedbugs can exacerbate health problems. Americans use more than a billion pounds of pesticides each year. Every 13 seconds in the U.S., a poison control center answers a call about a possible poisoning. More than 90% of these exposures occur in the home.
Keep me Clean: Dust mites are an asthma trigger. Clutter provides food and harborage for some pests and can present a trip hazard.
Keep me Dry: Damp houses provide a nurturing environment for mites, roaches, rodents, and mold, all of which can be asthma triggers.
Keep me Safe: Falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injuries for all children ages 0 to 19. Every day, approximately 8,000 children in the U.S. are treated in emergency departments for fall related injuries. This adds up to approximately 2.8 million children each year.
Keep me Ventilated: Increasing the fresh air supply in a home helps improve respiratory health.
Keep me Contaminant Free: Chemical exposures include radon, carbon monoxide, pesticides, volatile organic compounds, and environmental tobacco smoke.
Please use our website to find out how you can have a healthy home.
Contact us
Phone: (319) 892-6000 and ask for a Healthy Homes Specialist
Fax: (319) 892-6099
Email: healthyhomes@lchh.org
Address: 501 13th Street NW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52405
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Linn County Healthy Homes developed this website to provide educational material about healthy homes and resources to help you have a healthy home. We are working to add more information to the website. If there is information you would like us to provide regarding healthy homes, please let us know.
Linn County Healthy Homes provides presentations on a variety of topics, including healthy homes, mold, radon, lead, and integrated pest management. If you have a group that would like a presentation that affects your neighborhood, please contact us and we would be happy to speak with you about presenting for your organization.
Linn County Healthy Homes is part of Linn County Public Health. Please visit Linn County Public Health's website for more information on public health and the services we provide. Follow Linn County Public Health on Twitter and Facebook:
Keep me Maintained: Poorly maintained homes are at risk for fall and trip injuries, moisture intrusion, and pest problems. Deteriorated paint in older housing (pre-1978) can prevent a lead-based paint hazard. Each year, 1,100 to 1,500 children are newly diagnosed as lead poisoned.
Keep me Pest Free: Cockroaches and mice are asthma triggers. Pests can contaminate food and destroy property. Pesticides used to treat cockroaches, mice, and bedbugs can exacerbate health problems. Americans use more than a billion pounds of pesticides each year. Every 13 seconds in the U.S., a poison control center answers a call about a possible poisoning. More than 90% of these exposures occur in the home.
Keep me Clean: Dust mites are an asthma trigger. Clutter provides food and harborage for some pests and can present a trip hazard.
Keep me Dry: Damp houses provide a nurturing environment for mites, roaches, rodents, and mold, all of which can be asthma triggers.
Keep me Safe: Falls are the leading cause of non-fatal injuries for all children ages 0 to 19. Every day, approximately 8,000 children in the U.S. are treated in emergency departments for fall related injuries. This adds up to approximately 2.8 million children each year.
Keep me Ventilated: Increasing the fresh air supply in a home helps improve respiratory health.
Keep me Contaminant Free: Chemical exposures include radon, carbon monoxide, pesticides, volatile organic compounds, and environmental tobacco smoke.
Please use our website to find out how you can have a healthy home.
Contact us
Phone: (319) 892-6000 and ask for a Healthy Homes Specialist
Fax: (319) 892-6099
Email: healthyhomes@lchh.org
Address: 501 13th Street NW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52405
Map It Bus Routes
Linn County Healthy Homes developed this website to provide educational material about healthy homes and resources to help you have a healthy home. We are working to add more information to the website. If there is information you would like us to provide regarding healthy homes, please let us know.
Linn County Healthy Homes provides presentations on a variety of topics, including healthy homes, mold, radon, lead, and integrated pest management. If you have a group that would like a presentation that affects your neighborhood, please contact us and we would be happy to speak with you about presenting for your organization.
Linn County Healthy Homes is part of Linn County Public Health. Please visit Linn County Public Health's website for more information on public health and the services we provide. Follow Linn County Public Health on Twitter and Facebook: