Resource Library

A Story of Health—Asthma: Brett’s Story

Explore the life of Brett, a nine-year-old who lives in Southern California and is coping with asthma. A Story of Health: Asthma is one module in T…

Smoke from Wood-Burning

Smoke created by burning wood contains gases and particles that can harm your health when you breathe them.

Particles and Nitrogen Oxides Environmental Exposure

This factsheet discusses the dangers of particulate matter in air pollution, its effects on respiratory and cardiovascular health, and ways to miti…

Important Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning Prevention Tips for Families & Communities

Have a working smoke detector and CO detector in the home. It is suggested that CO detectors: Have home heating systems checked by a trained profes…

Outdoor Air Pollution

This factsheet focuses on pollutants affecting outdoor air quality, their health impacts, and actions individuals and communities can take to reduc…

Indoor Air Pollution

Particles and Nitrogen Oxides Environmental Exposure: This factsheet discusses the health impacts of particulate matter and nitrogen oxides from co…

What are Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning?

Carbon monoxide can build up quickly in enclosed spaces, even with windows and doors open. Learn more about symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning i…

Indoor Air

Active Smokers

Vaping

Second Hand Smoke

Indoor Air Quality and Children’s Health

This webinar includes an overview of the major types of air pollutants commonly found in indoor environments, and their primary sources. It will ex…

Wildfire Smoke Action Plan for Children with Asthma: Caregiver Toolkit

Wildfire Smoke Action Plan for Children with Asthma

Healthy Schools: Know Your Air Quality

Healthier Indoor Air, Ventilation and Filtration to Improve Children’s Health

Healthy Homes: Identifying and Reducing Asthma and Allergy Triggers in the Home

Discusses common allergens and irritants that can cause asthma to worsen and ways to reduce exposure to these triggers.

Healthy Schools: Ventilation in Schools

Answers common questions about ventilation and improving indoor air quality in schools.

Healthy Schools: HVAC Systems: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

This factsheet explores 4 important concepts to consider when a school is choosing or assessing its current HVAC system.

Healthy Housing: Keep it Safe

Basic tips for improving the safety of your home especially for children.

Healthy Housing: Keep it Ventilated

Explains good ventilation in a home and ways to reduce harmful substances to improve indoor air quality.

Healthy Housing: Keep it Contaminant-Free

Identifies frequent harmful household contaminants and reinforces the need for regular cleaning and teaches about safer products in the home.

Outdoor Air Quality Prescription for Prevention

Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution and Childhood Cancer

Dr. Metayer discusses how air pollution contains known carcinogens linked to increased risk of several children’s cancers.

Is the Air Safe to Play?

This NW PEHSU infographic offers practical activity guidance during times of poor air quality. 

UW Medicine Webinar: Smokey Air Threatens Children’s Health

In this short video, Dr. Catherine Karr talks about how wildfire smoke can affect a child’s health and describes simple steps for families to take …

Asthma: What Is It?

Asthma is a lung disease that can make it hard to breathe. Asthma cannot be cured. You have asthma even when you feel fine and your asthma can get …

Healthy Schools: Improving Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Health

This video provides information on how to improve indoor air quality in school buildings and classrooms including reducing indoor contaminants.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Children: Guidance for Disaster Events

Disaster events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and snow storms often lead to electrical power losses, searches for alternative ways to heat, cook…

Investigating Environmental Contamination: A Guide for Communities

The Region 5 PEHSU recently updated  Investigating Environmental Contamination: A Guide for Communities. The guide is for community members who are…

Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit

The Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit for healthcare providers is a mobile optimized tool that covers more than 30 environmental health topics…

Free Continuing Medical Education on Wildfires

In 2021 the Western States PEHSU released the newest A Story of Health multimedia eBook chapter “Sofia’s story: Health Effects of Wildf…

Vaping & E-Cigarettes

Smoking

Secondhand Smoke

Radon

Second Hand Smoke and E-Cigarettes

Air Quality & Allergens in Your Home

Poor air quality impacts our health. Children and people with medicalconditions that affect breathing, like asthma, are at a higher risk.Depending …

Indoor Air Pollution

Did you know…People spend about 90% of their time indoors where the air is usually 2-5 times more polluted than outdoor air.

Keep it Outside: Mold and Human Health

Improving indoor air quality is good for the health of you and your children, especially for children with asthma. Because children spend many hour…

Clean Air While You Cook

Improving indoor air quality is good for the health of you and your children, especially for children with asthma. Because children spend many hour…

Asthma & Allergens

Climate change creates longer, stronger pollen seasons, which can trigger asthma and make it harder to breathe. Extreme temperatures caused by clim…