Is Your Home Making You or Your Family Sick?
An Introduction to Indoor Air Quality
SUCCESS STORY EXAMPLE
Mold Mini-Lesson
In the U.S., more than 90 percent of Americans’ time is now spent indoors. Yet the air inside
homes and other buildings can be many times more polluted than outdoor or ambient air. As a
result, some Americans may be exposed to significant levels of indoor air pollutants on a daily
basis. Eyes, nose, and throat irritation, headaches, dizziness, and fatigue, respiratory diseases
such as asthma, heart diseases, and cancer have been associated with poor indoor air quality.
According to the Office of Health Policy, KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Kentucky
had 5,826 asthma hospitalizations in 2012 with a cost of over $86 million. In ______(Name of
County)_______ County, __(# based on data from Kids Count Data Center*)__ asthma
hospitalizations among children ages 0 to 17 were reported for (insert years based on data from
Kids County Data Center*). ______(Name of County)_______ County presented Is Your Home
Making You or Your Family Sick? An Introduction Mold program to _(#) _ participants. As a
result of this program, (# or % of) participants demonstrated an increase in knowledge
regarding mold (note: look for change in knowledge in evaluation question #1) and (# or % of)
participants showed an increase in knowledge regarding basic ways to control mold growth
(note: look for change in knowledge in evaluation question #2). As a result of the program, (# or
% of) participants stated that they will evaluate their home for mold problems (evaluation
question #3). (# or % of) participants stated that they will make changes in their home to
control mold (evaluation questions #4). (# or % of) participants stated that they will take the
necessary action needed to clean up any existing mold problems in their home (evaluation
questions #5).
*Kids Count Data Center Website:
http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/bystate/Rankings.aspx?state=KY&ind=3818
Additional information related to number of individuals with asthma per region:
Kentucky Department for Public Health: 2012 Asthma Fact Sheets – Area Development Districts
(Optional Follow-up Evaluation)
In a follow-up survey, (# or % of) participants evaluated their home for mold (evaluation
question #1) and (# or % of) participants made changes in their home to control mold
(evaluation question #2) and (# or % of) participants took necessary action needed to clean up any
existing mold problems in their home (evaluation question #3). Of the (# or % of) participants that
reported that a household member suffered from allergies and/or asthma (evaluation
questions #4 and/or 5), (# or % of) participants reported that they saw improvements in
household members conditions after implementing changes learned during the mold program
(evaluation question #6).
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