Environmental Health Scientist Healthy Indoors Training and Consulting Lawrence, Kansas
Think healthy homes are just about people? Think again! This lighthearted yet informative session uses our furry, feathered, and scaled housemates as an engaging lens to explore environmental health principles that benefit everyone under the roof. Discover how pets can serve as early warning systems for indoor environmental quality issues, why that canary really did matter in coal mines, and how addressing pet health concerns often leads to solutions that improve conditions for human occupants as well. In this session you’ll learn how to leverage pet health as a conversation starter with residents, identify some environmental hazards you might have overlooked, and expand your healthy homes toolkit with strategies that resonate with pet-loving clients and tenants.
Learning Objectives:
By attending this session, attendees will:
Use pet health concerns as an effective engagement strategy to discuss environmental hazards with residents and property owners who might otherwise be resistant to healthy homes interventions
Identify environmental health indicators in multi-species households that can reveal hidden problems affecting all occupants, including poor ventilation, chemical exposures, and moisture issues
Apply the "whole household" approach to expand assessment techniques and develop more comprehensive healthy homes solutions that address the needs of all inhabitants
