The connection between housing and health is well established. People spend half of every day, sometimes more, inside their homes. Clearly the housing environment is one of the major influences on health and well-being. As early as the mid-19th century, physicians advocated healthy housing to reduce death and illness among the poor.
Tracking health problems that are caused by exposures in the home can help people understand how often they and their families experience unhealthy living conditions. This data will also help public health practitioners, researchers, and policymakers know just how our home environment can be improved to help us stay healthy and prevent problems.
The Tracking Network includes in-depth information about carbon monoxide and lead in the home.
This indicator uses data collected from the state and local childhood lead poisoning— prevention programs. It provides information about blood-lead testing of children younger than 36 months by birth year cohort. Additionally, this indicator uses census data to provide information about the number and percentage of homes built before 1950 and the poverty level in a specific area. Having all of this information together helps assess areas of high risk. Living in pre-1950s homes and in poverty have been identified as risk factors for elevated blood-lead levels in children.
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Tracking health problems that are caused by exposures in the home can help people understand how often they and their families experience unhealthy living conditions. This data will also help public health practitioners, researchers, and policymakers know just how our home environment can be improved to help us stay healthy and prevent problems.
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