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Major Home Related Public Health Hazards in Georgia

Major Home Related Public Health Hazards in Georgia. Sanjeeb Sapkota, MBBS, MPH Medical Epidemiologist Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contractor from SciMetrika LLC CDC, Atlanta, Georgia. Co-Authors.

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Major Home Related Public Health Hazards in Georgia

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  1. Major Home Related Public Health Hazards in Georgia Sanjeeb Sapkota, MBBS, MPH Medical Epidemiologist Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contractor from SciMetrika LLC CDC, Atlanta, Georgia

  2. Co-Authors • Chris Rustin, DrPH, MT, REHS • Christy Kuriatnyk, MSPH, REHS • Forrest Staley, MUP, MCPH

  3. Background • People in Georgia, as elsewhere in America, spent more than 90 percent of their time indoor and two third of that time is spent inside homes. • Health of an individual is considerably affected by the risk factors and conditions arising from homes. • The purpose of this presentation is demonstrate major home related public health hazards in each of the counties across the state of Georgia and discuss their management.

  4. Survey Instrument: Survey Monkey Data collection was made via survey monkey

  5. Questionnaire What are five major public health issues related to healthy homes in your city, county, district, region? Please check five from the list below.

  6. Did your County Receive Funding?

  7. If your County Received Funding, which Area of Healthy Homes was it for?

  8. Summary • Mold and mildew are the most prevalent health hazards related to homes in Georgia • Lead poisoning is prevalent in counties that have homes built before 1978, but some of these counties do not consider it as a major health hazards. • A comprehensive management of health hazards related to homes are effective.

  9. Contact Sanjeeb Sapkota ssapkota@cdc.gov Phone 678-557-8389 Thank you!

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