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San Francisco Department of Public Health Environmental Health Section

HOME-BASED EDUCATION AND HOME ASSESSMENT SERVICES Promoting Healthy Homes to Prevent Diseases and Injuries of San Francisco Residents: A Pilot Project for WIC Recipients (2008 - 2010). San Francisco Department of Public Health Environmental Health Section

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San Francisco Department of Public Health Environmental Health Section

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  1. HOME-BASED EDUCATION AND HOME ASSESSMENT SERVICESPromoting Healthy Homes to Prevent Diseases and Injuries of San Francisco Residents:A Pilot Project for WIC Recipients (2008 - 2010) San Francisco Department of Public Health Environmental Health Section Children’s Environmental Health Promotion

  2. PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT: • Provide healthy home educational and assessment services to underprivileged and underserved families. • Instill knowledge for tenant rights for project’s participating families. • Empower participating families to be proactively involved in improving their home environment. GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND CORE VALUES OF THE PROJECT: • Equitable housing. • Healthful environments. • Sustainability.

  3. SAN FRANCISCO: • Densely populated; high cost of living; limited supply of affordable homes • Low-income immigrant families • Self-sufficiency standard (2008): $57,658/yr. for a family (1 adult, a preschooler, & a school-age child); $17,328/yr. rental housing cost

  4. Home visits resulted from mailing to 5906 families

  5. HOME OR RESIDENCE INFORMATION:

  6. CONCERNS OF FAMILIES VS. PROBLEMS/HAZARDS IDENTIFIED:

  7. PERCENT BY RESIDENCE TYPE WITH HAZARDS IDENTIFIED

  8. SUPPLEMENTARY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSESSMENT DATA: • Overcrowding • Built environmental hazards

  9. WIC FAMILIES LOCATIONS OVERLAY ON OVERCROWDED ZONES:

  10. WIC FAMILY LOCATIONS OVERLAY ON BUILT ENVIRONMENAL HAZARDS:

  11. HIDDEN COSTS OF FAMILY OVERCROWDING • Added moisture generated by cooking and showering; linked to mold & pests • Added infectious disease burden • Greater incidence of domestic violence • Lack of space for students to study • Lack of space for physical activity • Competing with other needs when greater than 30% percent of income for rent

  12. MODEL BEST PRACTICES • Advocate for increased federal and state funding streams to build housing for family retention • SF non-profits run a handful of supportive housing for families (as opposed to single adults) • SF (HSA) has one rental subsidy program, only for families in the Tenderloin

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