NEMOURS HEALTH & PREVENTION SERVICES | Discover how hidden hazards in the home can affect health and behavior in children.

Common health problems related to housing conditions include cancer, brain damage, asthma, headaches, learning disabilities and injuries from poisons, falls and fires. Kids spend up to 80% of their time indoors at home, which is why it’s important to keep the environment safe and healthy. Nemours offers tips to eliminate health hazards and simple recipes for non-toxic cleaners.

PRESENTED BY NEMOURS HEALTH & PREVENTION SERVICES
Nemours Health & Prevention Services helps children and families make healthy lifestyle choices by working with partner organizations to influence policy, as well as serving as a resource for parents. This KEEPING A HEALTHY HOME series is funded in part by a grant (1C1MS331017) from the Department of Health & Human Services, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOUSEHOLD HEALTH HAZARDS & SIMPLE RECIPES FOR NON-TOXIC CLEANERS: http://dhss.delaware.gov/DPH/hsp/healthyhomes.html

SEE OTHER VIDEOS FROM THIS SERIES
7 Principles of a Healthy Home: https://youtu.be/_utETAoJLJo
Controlling Asthma Triggers at Home: https://youtu.be/yauZ-B8uGPk
Reducing Lead Exposure at Home: https://youtu.be/WDFi1ogmauM
Keeping Mold Out of Your Home: https://youtu.be/ROSHRDX76os
Getting Rid of Pests at Home: https://youtu.be/BUdhwtEusZ4
Cleaning Your Home Safely: https://youtu.be/sWenrViFosc

ABOUT NEMOURS CHILDREN’S HEALTH SYSTEM
Nemours Children’s Health System is one of the nation’s largest integrated non-profit pediatric health systems that focuses on prevention and education, medical research, academics and health advocacy to improve the lives of children and families everywhere. Nemours owns and operates two free-standing children’s hospitals and extensive community networks of specialty, urgent and primary care locations, as well as online video doctor care, throughout the Delaware Valley and Florida.
LEARN MORE: https://www.nemours.org/welcome.html
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