Lesson Guide
Healthy Homes Overview
Segment Time / Approximately 45-60 minutes. This lesson is divided into these 4 parts:
Part 1 – Healthy Homes Background – slides 1-28
Part2 – Healthy Homes – What’s the Big Deal – slides 29-43
Part 3 – Healthy Homes – Home Assessment – slides 44-61
Part 4 – Healthy Homes – What’s Wrong with this Picture – slides 62-84
Depending the audience focus and interest the PowerPoint presentation has been designed with optional slides. To determine if all slides are appropriate for your target audience review this lesson guide and the PowerPoint script as you plan your presentation. To shorten the presentation consider exclusion of these PowerPoint slides:
-Part 1 – Slide 3-4, 7-17
-Part 2 – should not be exclude, but could be shorted depending on time and audience type
-Part 3 – Could be substituted for time spent going through sections of the publication, “Help Yourself to a Healthy Home”
-Part 4 – depending on Healthy Home issues that were discussed during the presentation select a few slides
Purpose / To provide background and principles of healthy housing, issues affecting the health of home occupants, and general knowledge conducting a home assessment.
Audience / This presentation is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of Healthy Homes for Extension educators and others that may be offering consumer education. The presentation may be modified (see “Segment Time” suggestions above) and presented to a consumer audience – especially adult occupants of homes.
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Learning Objectives / Participants will accomplish the following:
Knowledge: Describe the principles of Healthy Housing.
Comprehension: Describecommon healthy home issues affecting the health of home occupants.
Application:
- Identify Healthy Home issues (testing and control measures) of home occupants and those common to your community.
- Plan and implement a local healthy Homes education program.
- Identify resources for additional help and information.
Evaluation /
- Evaluation: The evaluation is based on a pre-post retrospective format. Here, the evaluation is administered at the END of the program. Program participants are asked to think back to an earlier time and consider knowledge before the program versus after the program.
Instructor Lesson Materials /
- PowerPoint with speaker notes
- Help Yourself to a Healthy Home publication
- Name tags/tent cards for each student
- Sign-in sheet, pens/pencils for participant
- Selected materials and supplies for demonstration activities (see below)
Participant Materials /
- Healthy Homes Overview retrospective evaluation
- Pens/pencils/paper
- Help Yourself to a Healthy Homepublication
- Copy of PowerPoint slides (optional)
- Other selected student publications/resource materials (optional)
Equipment /
- Computer capable of operating a PowerPoint presentation.
- LCD Projector and screen
- Speakers for computer (if using videos)
- Extension cord and power strip (plus tape to secure cords)
- Microphone (if you are inviting a guest speaker or have a large group/room)
- White board or flip chart and markers
- Internet connection to link to Healthy Homes related publications, websites or videos
Helpful Websites /
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) –
- Your State and/or County Health Department
US Department of Housing and Urban Development -
- American Lung Association –
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) –
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development – Office of Healthy Housing -
Publications/
Resource Materials /
- Help Yourself to a Healthy Home(required)
Selected videos / Order DVDs in advance, download, or provide internet connection for video links.
- Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment video: (23:45 minutes) mms://wms.aces.edu/media/satellite/booth/eng_hh.wmv
Extended Activity /
- Part 4 - Healthy Homes – What’s Wrong with this Picture – slides 62-84 may be used to prompt discussion of common (and uncommon) healthy home issues that may be found in your community – select those that are most common.
- Bring in a health department official to discuss the most common healthy home issues in the community or county. Make a list of these issues and prioritize your discussion to focus on the top issue(s). Discuss resources in the community that may be available for assessing, testing, and fixing the healthy home issue(s).
Suggested Materials and Supplies for Demonstrations and Activities /
- Select most appropriate materials for your audience and presentation emphasis.
- Do-It-Yourself Healthy Home detectors/monitors (suggestions include a carbon monoxide detector, radon detector(s), humidity gauge).The instructorshould demonstrate and briefly describe the application of detectors/monitors.
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Preparing for this Session / This lesson assumes that an Extension educator will be the speaker for the session. If an alternate speaker or co-speaker is used, be certain they have reviewed the material and are clear that Extension is tasked with presenting non-biased material.
Before the Training:
- Several weeks in advance:
- To determine appropriate target audience (consumers, real estate professionals, contractors, etc., completely review this radon lesson guide and PowerPoint script & slides. Plan on 45-60 minutes for the presentation as provided or revise as suggested in the “Segment Time” of this lesson guide.
- Determine appropriate training location and time.
- Contact an Extension educator or other guest speaker(s) at least a month in advance (optional)—if using, use Guest SpeakerConfirmation form. For this subject area, consider asking anindividual from your local health department if an Extension educator is not available.
- Send out notices for the training.
- Order handouts/reference materials if not making copies.
- At least one week before training:
- Read the lesson guide and PowerPoint materials carefully and thoroughly. Review speaker notes and add or delete notes if necessary.
- Review the Help Yourself to a Healthy Home book and Healthy Homes: Assessing Your Indoor Environment booklet. Watch the DVD for the Assessing booklet and select the scenes applicable to subject areas if you choose to show the DVD.
- Review handouts/reference materials and supplemental material carefully. Select handouts that may be useful for your audience.
- Make copies of handouts for this session.
- Review the optional activities and choose show and tell activity/demonstration tools. Visit a retail store and purchase demonstration supplies as needed or bring examples from home. See Suggested Materials and Supplies for Demonstrations and Activities.
- Download any videos on your computer if you don’t have the DVD.
- Day before Training:
- Assemble snacks/beverages: Crackers, fruit, plates, napkins, etc.
- Load course materials on computer/thumb drive.
- Make sure demonstration detectors have working batteries and test each one to verify they are in good working order.
- Day of Training
- Arrive at least 45 minutes in advance
- Set up computer/LCD projector/check speakers. Tape down cords.
- Set out references/publications, course materials. Either place on participants’ tables or place near registration table for students to pick up. Set out registration sign-in list.
- Set up demonstration tools on table or have in container for easy access.
- Set up whiteboard/large flipchart.
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Presenting the Program
Healthy Homes Overview
Important Instructor
Notes /
- When possible use activities, demonstration of materials, and videos for a variety of teaching tools and to not be too dependent on the PowerPoint slides.
- Encourage participation and questions by the participants throughout the presentation. Be interactive with your learners.
- Provide personal stories when possible. People sometimes remember better when personal stories are shared either by you or by the participants.
- Good visuals will provide guided practice for the learning objectives of the lesson. Activities and demonstration materials can reinforce learning.
- The adult learner brings a background of learning and experience that contributes to learning. Many will have experienced some of these home hazards in their own homes.
- The purpose of this information is to empower people with knowledgeso they willadopt healthy behaviors and to offer practical, low-cost action steps to solve problems.
- Emphasize that this topic concerns health risks in every home and that immediate application of recommendations (such as radon testing) from this lesson could reduce risks.
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Sample Training Agenda
Healthy Homes Overview
Segment / Time / Activity / Materials/Notes
Sign-in and Introductions / 10 minutes /
- Make sure everyone has signed the sign-in sheet. If participants didn’t sign in upon entering, pass around the sign-in sheet.
- Introductions (including yourself) or get-acquainted activity of your choice.
- Completion of pre-test by participants
Pre-test
Introduction and Objectives / 3 /
- Review Learning Objectives
- Review Publication(s) that you will be using and distributing for the presentation.Help Yourself to a Healthy Homepublication is suggested for this presentation.
- Explain that this presentation is an overview of Healthy Homes and is part of a larger goal of making your home a Healthy Home with follow-up specific Healthy Home topics.
Publications:Help Yourself to a Healthy Home
Questions for Participants / 2 / To interact with participants you may ask the questions listed on slides 3 & 4.
Keep a list on the flip chart of participant responses / Power Point slides 3-4
What healthy home opportunities for this house? / 3 / Have participants guess/discuss what opportunities they see on slide 5 for making the house healthy. List responses on the flip chart / PowerPoint slide 5
Keep Your Home …
9 Healthy Home Principles / 5 / Click slowly through 6 (it is comprised of 9 Healthy Home Principles). Briefly describe each. / PowerPoint slide 6 (9 parts)
Question for Participants related to New housing. / 2 / Emphasis that Healthy Home principles apply to all homes – new and old. / PowerPoint slide 7
Where did the idea of Healthy Homes originate? / 10 / Discuss:
- Advancing Healthy Housing – A Strategy for Action – slides 8-10
- American Woman’s Home - 11
- Executive Order 13045 – 12-14
- Children’s Environmental Health – slide 15
- The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes – slide 16
What does Healthy Homes mean to the you vs the public / 1 / Discuss that healthy homes may have different meaning to people. Healthy homes are one element of a wellness program. / PowerPoint slide – 17-18
Environmental Exposures and Holistic Approach to Assessing Risk / 10 / The topic of healthy homes is broad and consists of many topics. Discuss with audience that not all exposures are likely to be found in and same home, but without a comprehensive “holistic” assessment exposures may go undetected, impacting the health of occupants. / PowerPoint slide 19-28
Part 2. Healthy Homes Overview – What’s the Big Deal? / 15 minutes / Stress these points:
- Environmental exposures can be controlled and prevented.
- Health risks are affected by occupant behaviors, time of exposure, concentration of source, age and health of the occupant(s), the condition of the home and the quality of home assessment.
- Those at greatest risk include people living in poor housing, high-density housing, children, and elderly.
Part 3 – Healthy Homes Overview – Home Assessment / Discuss the aspects of a healthy home assessment:
-Complexity depends on the situation – slide 44
-May vary from a visual assessment to the use of diagnostic equipment and testing - slide 45
-Recommend and distribute publication – Help Yourself to a Healthy Home – slide 46
-Challenges of a home assessment – page 47-50
-2 keys questions to ask home occupants – slide 51
-Take home exposures – slide 52
-Assessment is an on-going process – slide 53
-Assessment documentation and disclosure – slide 54 / PowerPoint slides 43-54
What are risks in your home and community? / Discuss with participants, what are the risks in their home. What should be the focus of other healthy home educational programs? – Slide 55
-Discuss what resources are available in the community to address healthy housing issues.
-Slides 55-58 / PowerPoint slides 55-58
Healthy Housing Reference Guide / Publication recommended to supplement educator’s background. / PowerPoint slide 59
Part 4 – What’s Wrong with this Picture? / Option Slides – select those that are most relevant for your community and audience. Discuss the selected slide(s) regarding problem, health effect, assessment tools to verify problem, fixes, costs, etc. / PowerPoint slides 82-84
Evaluation / 10 / AdministerRetrospective Evaluation / Retrospective evaluation
Created by Michael Vogel, Montana State UniversityExtensionHousing and Environmental Health Specialist, April 2014.
Guest Speaker Confirmation Form:
Healthy Home Overview
Speaker:Today’s Date:
Presentation Date & Time:
Location:
Location Directions:
# Of Expected Participants:
General Audience:
Background: / The Healthy Homes Overview workshop you are speaking at provides consumers with general information dealing with the background and principals of environmental exposures that may affect the health of occupants in the home. Topics should include: (list the emphasis of the workshop here).
Thank you language:
Other info: / Please let the workshop coordinator know of any audiovisual equipment or other needs you might have at least 2 business days prior to the presentation.
Healthy Home workshop coordinator contact info:
Thank you for agreeing to share your expertise on healthy housing.
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