Our guest blogger today is Loyedi Marie Waite, Marketing and Outreach Specialist, HUD’s Office Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control March 18-24, 2012 marks the 50th Anniversary of National Poison Prevention Week (NPPW). The key goal of NPPW is to create national awareness about the risk of injury or death due to poisoning. From unintentional [...]
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Did you know where your live can determine how healthy you are? And how healthy you are may also depend on your racial or ethnic background. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is working together with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities as part of [...]
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Last week I blogged about why I thought the “H” in HUD stood for help. But as one commenter put it, ‘H’ can also stand for health. Commenter 203k is right … “H” can also stand for health. Did you know, lead is a known toxin that can impair children’s development and have effects lasting [...]
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Shantae Goodloe, Public Affairs Officer, Office of Public Affairs At HUD we have a saying, “You can’t be healthy if your house is sick.” And if your home is sick, it may affect your children and their chances of getting and staying in shape. Today marks the first anniversary of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign, [...]
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Jon L. Gant, Director of HUD’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control When my wife and I were expecting our first daughter, there was so much preparation to do before she arrived – as any parent could tell you. The list felt like it was a mile long – diapers, clothes, formula, a [...]
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