The Environmental Health/Home Safety Education Project: A Successful and Practical U.S.-Mexico Border Initiative
Author: Forster-Cox, Susan C.
Date Published: 2010
Well-trained community members, called promotoras, visited homes and assessed them for potential environmental hazards, including home fire and food safety issues. Data analyzed from the project years 2002-2005 shows a significant impact in knowledge levels and initial behavior changes among targeted participants as it relates to fire and food safety issues. Since the initiation of the project in 1999, hundreds of participants have improved their quality of life by making their homes safer. The project has proven sustainable, replicable, flexible, and attractive to funders.
Date Published: 2010
Well-trained community members, called promotoras, visited homes and assessed them for potential environmental hazards, including home fire and food safety issues. Data analyzed from the project years 2002-2005 shows a significant impact in knowledge levels and initial behavior changes among targeted participants as it relates to fire and food safety issues. Since the initiation of the project in 1999, hundreds of participants have improved their quality of life by making their homes safer. The project has proven sustainable, replicable, flexible, and attractive to funders.
