Environmental Health News

January 10, 2010 - HRiA is seeking applications from state and local government agencies in the New England states who are interested in utilizing our strategic planning services for the development and implementation of healthy homes programs.
November 15, 2009 - The Kresge Foundation has awarded HRiA a two-year grant to support the Asthma Regional Council's Healthy Homes Promotion Project.
May 30, 2009 - The Massachusetts Asthma Advocacy Partnership (MAAP), a program of Health Resources in Action, sponsored a summit of experts to discuss the health disparities surrounding asthma and to plot a way forward on May 29 in Worcester.
May 5, 2009 - Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office awarded over $433,000 in grants to nine nonprofit community agencies and health advocacy organizations in an effort to increase childhood lead poisoning awareness reduce lead poisoning and increase the percentage of children who are screened for lead exposure. The Lead Action Collaborative, a program of Health Resources in Action's Environmental Health group, was one of the grantees.
(Left to right): Parent Asthma Leaders Acheson Bennett, Bridget Hickson, and Mary White; Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach; Strengthening Voices Director Neal-Dra Osgood; and Pearl Hines, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
February 13, 2009 - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recognized Ms. Mary White of Dorchester with an "Award for Excellence in Community Leadership" for her outstanding record of public service with the Boston Urban Asthma Coalition’s (BUAC) Strengthening Voices program.
Burden of Asthma Study Released
November 25, 2008 - This report represents the most current and comprehensive investigation of asthma prevalence conducted in the New England (NE) region. It examines the health, socioeconomic, behavioral, and environmental predictors that relate to adult and child asthma in the six states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont). It was produced by the New England Asthma Regional Council (ARC), a coalition of public agencies, private organizations and researchers working together to address the environmental contributors to asthma.
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