Service area: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
The Region 7 PEHSU (Mid-America), founded in 2015, is based out of Kansas City at Children’s Mercy Hospital, and serves Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska. It is one of ten units that make up a national network of PEHSUs.
Academic Affiliation: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Hospital Affiliation: Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Other website: https://midamericapehsu.weebly.com/
Specialties & comprehensive services
The Region 7 PEHSU provides the latest information regarding best practices on environmental health in the region and contributes to national environmental health efforts. We offer information on potential health hazards and topics such as lead, radon, indoor air, safety, etc. and work with partners to enhance environmental health curriculum. We make every effort to produce culturally relevant educational materials, curriculum, and programs to achieve better children’s and reproductive health outcomes. We also work with poison control centers to answer environmental health questions and address concerns.
Faculty & staff
Sherri Homan, PhD, RN
Region 7 Co-Director
Nikki Wood, DO
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Childhood Cancer & the Environment Champion
Luke Gard
Healthy Schools Champion / SME
Ryan Allenbrand
Healthy Homes Champion / SME
What’s new
Regional resources
Healthy Home & Asthma Training Videos
Region 7 created these instructions on how to access their Healthy Home and Asthma Training videos.
Region 7
Healthy Homes
A Healthy Homes Resource Guide for Families
A Healthy Homes resource guide for families – 8 principles to help guide your home’s health and safety.
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Healthy Homes
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.
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Air Quality| Healthy Homes
Healthy Schools: Mercury Quick Facts for School Nurses
Describes the health effects, potential sources, and what to do if there is a mercury spill in your school.
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Healthy Schools
Healthy Schools: Ventilation in Schools
Answers common questions about ventilation and improving indoor air quality in schools.
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Air Quality| Healthy 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.
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Air Quality| Healthy Schools
Healthy Housing: Outdoor Lead Exposure
Describes ways to reduce outdoor lead exposure when it may be in your yard for families and pets, and additional resources.
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Healthy Homes| Lead
Healthy Housing: Keep it Safe
Basic tips for improving the safety of your home especially for children.
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Air Quality| Cleaning and Sanitizing| Healthy Homes
Healthy Housing: Keep it Ventilated
Explains good ventilation in a home and ways to reduce harmful substances to improve indoor air quality.
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Air Quality| Healthy Homes
Healthy Housing: Keep it Maintained
Highlights key focus areas to keep your home in good condition for health and safety now and in the future.
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Healthy Homes
Healthy Housing: Keep it Pest Free
Provides tips for reducing, eliminating, and preventing pests in the home.
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Healthy Homes| Pesticides & Pests
Healthy Housing: Keep it Dry
Explains how moisture in the home can lead to mold growth and ways to reduce humidity, moisture, and mold issues.
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Healthy Homes| Mold
Healthy Housing: Keep it Comfortable
Provides guidance on keeping a home comfortable including heating in the winter and cooling in the summer.
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Extreme Weather| Healthy Homes| Mold
Healthy Housing: Keep it Clean
Importance of regularly cleaning a home to reduce the risk of harmful exposures and pests, as well as, improving health by using safer products and…
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Cleaning and Sanitizing| Healthy Homes
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.
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Air Quality| Healthy Homes
Environmental Health Guide for Renters
This tenant’s self-help guide was designed to fill information gaps and educate tenants (and owners) when facing environmental hazards in their hom…
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Healthy Homes| Lead| Mold
A Healthy Homes resource guide for families
A Healthy Homes resource guide for families – 8 principles to help improve your home’s health and safety.
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Healthy Homes| Lead| Mold| Pesticides & Pests
Got Lead? Don’t Panic!
If your home contains lead and remediation is not an option, there are still things that you can do to protect yourself and your family.
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Healthy Homes| Lead
