Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners Course
April 14–15, 2014
Clackamas County Health Department
2051 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045
If you visit homes to provide health or inspection
services of any type, you will benefit from the
Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners Course.
The training will help you understand the connection
between health and housing and how to take a holistic
approach to identify and resolve problems, which
threaten the health and wellbeing of residents.
Everyone from a public health nurse visiting a client to
an environmental health professional doing a rodent
inspection will gain insight into how housing and health
are related and actions they can take to improve the
health of their clients. This two-day course brings
together professionals with a variety of perspectives
and experiences in a series of exercises — keeping the
training lively and engaging.
Who Should Attend?
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Environmental Health Professionals
Housing Inspectors
Public Health Nurses
Energy Auditors
Licensed Home Inspectors
Lead Risk Assessors
Health and Housing Advocates
Property Managers
Pest Control Operators
Lead Poisoning Case Managers
Community-Based Organization
Weatherization Specialists
Practitioner’s Course Outline
The training complements hazard-specific training in
lead-based paint, radon, mold, pests, and asbestos. It
identifies root causes of health problems in a home and
links them to seven principles of healthy housing: keep
it dry; keep it clean; keep it pest-free; keep it ventilated;
keep it safe, avoid contaminants; and maintain the
house.
Day 1
• Overview
• Start With People
• The House as a System
• Keep It Dry
• Keep It Clean
• Keep It Pest-Free
Course participants will have a better understanding of
how to collaborate to make healthy homes a reality in
their community.
Day 2
• Keep It Ventilated
• Keep It Safe
• Avoid Contaminants
• Maintain the House
• Making It Work
For more information on the course, visit the National
Center for Healthy Housing website or contact Trudy
San Jose White at 206-685-2931 or sanjose@uw.edu.
The course includes interactive exercises.
Instructors
Course Director: Charles D. (Chuck) Treser, MPH, DAAS
University of Washington
DEOHS, Box 357234
Seattle, WA 98195-7234
Phone: 206-616-2097 / Fax: 206-543-9616
Email: ctreser@u.washington.edu
Mr. Treser received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Thiel College in 1967, and served three
years in the United States Army. In 1971 he began his career in environmental health as an inspector
with the Allegheny County Health Department in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Chuck is currently a Senior
Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Advisor in the University of Washington’s Department of
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences. He is the principal investigator on a cooperative
agreement between the Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP) and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designed to improve environmental health practice
through promoting and strengthening environmental health academic programs. Chuck remains
professionally active in environmental and public health professional organizations; including the
American Public Health Association where he chaired the Education Board, and co-chaired the Joint
Policy Committee for two years. He is a diplomate in the American Academy of Sanitarians and a
member of the Board.
Instructor: Aileen Gagney, MA, MFA, GA-C, HHS, DST, CLR
American Lung Association in Washington
2625 Third Avenue
Seattle WA 98121
Phone: 206-441-5100 x 14 / Work fax: 206-441-3277
Aileen Gagney is with the American Lung Association in Washington, and has a Masters Degree in
Architecture, a Masters Degree in Fine Arts, is Green Advantage-Certified and a Healthy Home
Specialist. She is a former designer/general contractor and presently operates her own consulting
business in Seattle. She has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Washington, at
North Seattle Community College, a guest lecturer at both South Seattle Community College and at
the National Sustainable Building Advisor Program. Aileen is the Executive Director for
CLEARCorps Pacific Northwest (an AmeriCorps program) and is the Director of the Master Home
Environmentalist© (MHE©) program. Since the program’s inception in 1992, the MHE program has
helped to make over 1500 homes, families and especially children, healthier.
Aileen is the only MHE© Master Trainer and has successfully trained over 22 ALA affiliates, county
health departments and other organizations in the MHE program. She is a Master Trainer in the
Open Airways for Schools Program, a Certified Cultural Competency Trainer and a Certified Tools
for Schools Trainer.
Essentials for Healthy Homes Practitioners Course
Clackamas County Health Department, 2051 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045
Monday, April 14, 2014, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Registration Form
To sign up for this course, please submit a completed registration form via fax, mail, or email, along with
your payment of $200. Once we receive your registration, we will email you a letter of confirmation. Since
there are a limited number of spaces available; registration is on a first come, first served basis.
ATTN: Trudy San Jose White, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice,
University of Washington, 1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: 206.685.2931 Fax: 206-616-9415 Email: sanjose@uw.edu
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Directions to Training
Clackamas County Health Department
2051 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045
Coming from I-205
Take EXIT 10 toward Molalla (OR-213 S)
Continue on OR-213 S for 3.0 miles to
S. Beavercreek Rd.
Turn Right on Beavercreek Rd. Continue for 1.1
to Kaen Rd.
Turn Left onto Kaen Rd.
Public Services Building will be on your right
ADA Accessibility
The BPC building is wheelchair accessible via the main lobby entrance.
Parking
Parking is available in the adjacent parking lot and across the street.
Healthy Home Specialist Credential
The Healthy Home Specialist Credential exam can be taken as an optional addition to the course. There is
an additional cost to take the credentialing exam. The exam will be held on Wednesday morning at the
Building Performance Center.
If interested, please inquire for details by contacting the National Environmental Health Association
(NEHA). Information on the Healthy Homes Specialist Credential and the examination and fees are
available on the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) website at:
http://www.neha.org/credential/HHS/index.htm.
Also please check the box below.
I would like to take the Healthy Home Specialist Credential exam