Prescription for a healthy home

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A community-based health care story

When a child begins to exhibit chronic asthma symptoms, Children’s Mercy hospital works with a community partner, to get to the heart of the problem: addressing the hazardous environmental issues making him sick.

This partnership between families, Children’s Mercy’s Environmental Health “Healthy Homes” program, and local organizations like Westside Housing shows how we can co-create healthier living environments and communities through upstream health care — a proactive, preventative approach to tackling the root causes of illness.

This film is part of our “Partners in promoting health and equity: Stories of health care and community” series exploring a new role for health care organizations where partnerships like this one can enrich the health and well-being of the people they serve.

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Health Care Without Harm
Health Care Without Harm

Written by Health Care Without Harm

Health Care Without Harm seeks to transform health care worldwide so the sector reduces its environmental footprint and becomes a leader in the global movement.

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