- 2.1: Organizational Structure
- 2.2: Meetings and Symposia Proceedings
- 2.3: Publications
- 2.4: Newsletters
- 2.5: Contact ARC
- 2.6: News
Our mission:
To reduce the impact of asthma across New England, through collaborations of health, housing, education, and environmental organizations with particular focus on the contribution of schools, homes, and communities to the disease and with attention to its disproportionate impact on populations at greatest risk.
"Getting the Bugs Out" Conference
On April 16th and 17th, 2008, ARC partnered with the Boston Public Health Commission and Boston Housing Authority to offer the conference "Getting the Bugs Out: Pest Control Strategies for Affordable Housing" at UMass Boston's Campus Center. This conference was a great success with over one hundred people from all over New England in attendence each day!
Resources:
IPM Toolkit for Affordable Housing
CDC EPA Grants Guide
Handouts:
Boston Housing Authority Quotation Sheet for IPM FY08
Boston Housing Authority Housekeeping Log
IPM Evaluation Criteria
Healthy Housing Council Bill
Healthy Housing Council Bill Statement, as Introduced by Senator Reed
Powerpoint Presentations, DAY ONE:
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Emily Litonjua:
Healthy Pest-Free Housing Initiative -
Susan Altman:
IPM Toolkit: A Guide for Managers and Owners of Affordable Housing -
Patricia Hynes:
IPM Demo Project in Boston Public Housing: Preliminary Evaluation Results -
Lori Luce:
The Do's and Don't's of IPM -
Don Rivard:
IPM Evaluation Criteria
Powerpoint Presentations, DAY TWO:
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Gary Adamkiewicz:
Pests, pesticides and health: What has research told us? -
Nancy Figueroa:
Pesticide Exposure-Assessing what is in the home -
Polly Hoppin:
A "Business Case" for Asthma Education and Environmental Interventions -
Susan Sommer:
Children's Hospital Boston Community Asthma Initiative (CAI) -
Dion Irish:
Breathe Easy at Home Program -
John Kane:
Boston Housing Authority Integrated Pest Management -
Sarah Norman:
Healthy Homes in Baltimore -
Jane Malone:
IPM Policy for Residential Property
Evaluation Summaries:
Day One Summary
Day Two Summary
On October 12, 2011 ARC and close to 50 co-signers submitted testimony requesting that the Institute of Medicine examine and address the non-clinical best practice components of comprehensive asthma management as part of Community Based
Non-Clinical Prevention Policies and Wellness Strategies.
Over 50 organizations and individuals joined ARC and Health Resources in Action in expressing to New England U.S. Senator4s our extreme concern about the proposed complete elimination of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program by the Senate Appropriations Committee in the proposed FY12 spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.