2007 Workshop for IAQ Officials October 12-13, 2007 Michigan Contact information: Wesley F. Priem Michigan Department of Community Health Division of Environmental Health Healthy Homes Section Capitol View Building 201 Townsend, 4" Floor P.O. Box 30195 Lansing, MI 48909 Email: —_priemw@michigan.gov Phone: (517) 335-9390 Fax: (517) 335-8800 Website: www.michigan.gov/leadsafe Staffing: 10 FTE within the Healthy Homes Section and 2 FTE in Healthy Homes University Program Activities. * Asthma/Healthy Homes © Providing custom in-home interventions and education to reduce the incidence of asthma episodes for 300 families in one geographical area of the state, Ingham County. © Program's Healthy Homes University has prepared a Take Home Manual for each participating family that provides helpful information on all LAQ issues as well as information on Asthma and Safety. Program Summaries Michigan2007 Workshop for LAQ Officials October 12-13, 2007 Minnesota, Indoor Air Unit Contact information: Dale Dorschner \s Indoor Air Quality Program Indoor Environments and Radiation Section ye Environmental Health Division oe Minnesota Department of Health v es Freeman Building te wy 625 Robert St N PO Box 64975 St. Paul, MN 55164-0975 Email: dale.dorschner@health.state.mn.us Phone: 651-201-4601 or 1-800-789-9050 Fax: 651-201-4606 Website: www.health.state.mn.us http://www health. state.mn.us/divs/eh/air/index.htm Staffing: 7 FTE Activities: * Asthma: © Preventing Environmental Asthma Triggers [PEAT] in child care centers project. Includes developing a building evaluation tool and education module for child care center staff, and educating staff on environmental asthma triggers. * Carbon Monoxide: © Responding to public inquiries and assisting in development of building code amendments to address this issue. * Environmental Tobacco Smoke: © Implementing a statewide ban on indoor tobacco smoking in public places and places of work. + Mold: © Responding to inquiries on water intrusion/mold. © Flood Response Activities © Radon: © Assisting in the development of building code amendments to incorporate Program Summaries Minnesota2007 Workshop for IAQ Officials October 12-13, 2007 Minnesota, Asthma Program Contact information: Laura Oatman Asthma Program Minnesota Department of Health 85 East Seventh Place, Suite 400 P.O. Box 64882 St. Paul, MN 55164-0882 Email: laura.oatman@health.state.mn.us Phot 651-201-5914 Fax: 651-201-5898 Website: www.health.state.mn.us/asthma Staffing: 6 FTE for asthma program, including IFTE responsible for environmental triggers of asthma including indoor environment triggers. Activities. * Low Cost Environmental Interventions o The MDH Asthma Program received an EPA Office of Children’s Environmental Health Protection grant to determine the effectiveness of low cost product interventions in reducing asthma morbidity. © Coaches Training © The MDH Asthma Program and the Utah Department of Health Asthma Program produced an online training course targeted toward community athletic coaches. * Secondhand Smoke © Working with the Tobacco Program on a variety of programs, such as increasing the number of multi-unit housing buildings that have smoke free policies. This MDH-funded project, Live Smoke Free, is being implemented by the Association for Nonsmokers — Minnesota. * Local Health Partnership © Conducted a multi-dimensional public awareness campaign about asthma targeted to the general public, coaches, health care providers, and people with asthma. © Worked to improve the department's internal capacity to assist the public in recognizing asthma symptoms and environmental triggers. © Recruited members and supporting efforts of a county-based asthma coalition. Program Summaries Minnesota2007 Workshop for IAQ Officials October 12-13, 2007 © Provided resources to families and health care providers to help raise awareness and improve asthma management. © Trained school personnel about environmental triggers of asthma and providing walkthroughs in all county schoo! buildings. © Worked with the Minnesota Environmental Initiative on their Clean Air Minnesota project to retrofit Washington County's school buses. © Schools © Performed environmental walkthroughs in 27 schools to identify potential asthma triggers. Recent publications: © Environmental Interventions to Reduce Allergen Exposures in Pediatric Asthma Patients © Asthma tip cards that include environmental asthma triggers Reducing Environmental Triggers of Asthma Home Intervention Project ‘Reducing Environmental Triggers of Asthma Schoo! Walkthrough Project, Program Summaries ‘Minnesota2007 Workshop for IAQ Officials October 12-13, 2007 Wisconsin Contact information. Walton Smith Department of Health and Family Services ‘One West Wilson Street Room 150 Madison Wisconsin, 53702 Email: smithws@dhfs.state.wi.us Phone: 608.266.2817 Fax: 608.267.4853 Website: dhfs.wi.govieh Staffing: © 1 FTE inthe IAQ program © 0.5 FTE working on IAQ issues Activities: © General ‘© Answering public requests for information. Outdoor Wood Burning Stoves © Conducting an Outdoor Wood Burning Stove pilot project. © Asthma ‘© Carrying out asthma trigger investigations and inspections in homes © Well Water Filtration © Conducting a private well water filtration systems survey. © Mercury ‘© Conducting mercury exposure investigations. ond Program Summaries Wisconsin