Help Yourself to a Healthy Home

The Healthy Homes Initiative builds upon the activities of CSREES and HUD that address housing-based health and safety risks. Its network of state coordinators have partnered with state agencies, medical professionals, schools, and community groups to educate families on home health hazards. A number of resources have been produced to support this effort.

Some of the most serious health problems for children may start at home. This website introduces some of these concerns and provides resources to help you learn what you can do about them. Did you know your home might have hidden dangers to your children's health?

Ask yourself:
• Is the air in your home clean and healthy?
• Do your children have breathing problems, like asthma?
• Is someone in your home allergic to mold?
• Do you know the signs of carbon monoxide poisoning?
• Is there lead anywhere in your home?
• Is your tap water safe to drink?
• Do you have household products with chemicals in them that can make you sick?
• Do you use bug spray or other products to keep away pests?
• Do you keep poisons where your children can reach them?

The answers to questions like these will help you learn if your home is safe and healthy. We offer several resources.

Help Yourself to a Healthy Home: Protect Your Children's Health - 3rd Edition

Is your home the safe and healthy environment you want it to be for your family?

In our colorful, easy-to-read booklet, Help Yourself to a Healthy Home, you will learn to identify safety risks and hidden dangers in the home environment. Each of the nine chapters includes action steps to help you find problems and suggestions for ways to correct them.

Topics include indoor air quality, asthma and allergies, mold and moisture, carbon monoxide, lead, drinking water, hazardous household products, pesticides, and home safety. Information for additional sources of help are also provided at the end of each chapter. The 56-page booklet is available in several other languages—Spanish, Vietnamese, Bosnian, and Hmong.

This publication costs $1.25 each (including shipping).

To order this publication, submit an order using the online order form or call 334-844-5638.

Pomozite sebi da stvorite zdrav dom (Bosnian version)

U našoj slikovitoj brošuri koja se lako čita - Pomozite Sebi da Stvorite Zdrav Dom - naučit ćete kako da identificirate rizike za vašu bezbijednost i skrivene opasnosti u vašem domu. Svaki od devet odjeljaka uključuje djelotvorne korake koji će vam pomo ći da pronađete probleme i nudi prijedloge kako da ih riješite. Teme su slijedeće: kvalitet zraka u zatvorenom i otvorenom prostoru, astma i alergije, plijesan i vlaga, ugljen-monoksid, olovo, pijuća voda, štetni kućni preparati, pesticidi i bezbijednost u kući. Na kraju svakog odjeljka naći ćete informacije o drugim mjestima gdje se možete obratiti za pomoć.

Pab Koj Tus Kheej Kom Vaj (Hmong version)

Contribuya a Tener un Hogar Sano (Spanish version)

Giúp quý vị có ngôi nhà hạnh phúc (Vietnamese version).

Bạn sẽ học cách nhận biết các nguy cờ và hiểm họa tiềm ẩn trong nhà bạn qua cuốn cẩm nang nhiều màu, dễ đọc của chúng tôi: “Tụ’ giúp bản thân có một cãn nhà lành mạnh”. Cuốn cẩm nang gồm 9 chủờng, mỗi chủờng trình bày các bủớc cần làm để giúp bạn nhận biết các nguy cỏ và đề nghị cách khác phục các nguy cỏ đó. Các chủ đề đ ủợc trình bày bao gồm: chất lủợng không khí trong nhà, bệnh hen suyễn và các bệnh dị ứng, nấm mốc và độ ẩm, khí các bon monoxide, độc tố chì, nủớc uống, các sản phẩm gia dụng độc hại, thuốc trừ sâu, và an toàn gia củ. Thông tin về những nguồn trợ giúp khác cững đủợc nêu ở cuối mỗi chủờng.

Healthy Homes Issues and Links

Regional Healthy Homes Activities

Other Resources

Search the Healthy Homes resource collection for Extension publications and other materials developed for Healthy Homes programming.