EPISODE342 - Rebecca Morley & Kevin Kennedy, New NCHH Housing Standard

This week on IAQ Radio Rebecca Morley and Kevin Kennedy join us to discuss the New National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) National Healthy Housing Standard. The NCHH and the American Public Health Association (APHA) have created the evidence-based "National Healthy Housing Standard" as a tool to reconnect the housing and public health sectors and as an evidence-based standard of care for those in the position of improving housing conditions. The document draws from the latest and best thinking in the fields of environmental public health, safety, building science, engineering, and indoor environmental quality. Rebecca Morley is the Executive Director of the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to creating healthy and safe housing for children. She led the development of the National Healthy Homes Training Center, spearheaded NCHH's recovery work in the Gulf Coast region following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and more recently launched the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition. She has authored and edited numerous publications, including the book, Healthy and Safe Homes: Research, Practice, and Policy. Kevin Kennedy is an Environmental Hygienist and is the Managing Director for the Center for Environmental Health at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, MO. The center provides patient-based services, training, and education, and performs research in indoor environmental health. Mr. Kennedy has been involved in housing and school environmental health assessments for over 10 years and environmental science and industrial hygiene chemistry consulting for over 20 years. Both have joined us before and we look forward to having them help us to LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio!