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The Healthy Indoors Partnership (HIP) is a not-for-profit
organization that promotes healthier indoor environments in Canada
through multi-stakeholder collaboration. We connect people, ideas
and resources from government, industry, educational and research
institutions, and public interest groups to collaborate on common
indoor environmental health issues. Together, we are accomplishing
more than any of our members could alone.
HIP
has three main areas of focus:
- the
consolidation and integration of research,
- the
promotion of guidelines and best practices, and
- the
fostering of marketing, communications & outreach
programs.
Research and Policy Work
A national strategy, based on extensive cross-Canada
consultations, guides our work. In line with that strategy, HIP
has called on the federal government to conduct further research
into the health impacts of poor indoor environments, and to revise
both its Exposure Guidelines for Residential Indoor Air Quality,
and its Radon Guidelines.
This past year, in collaboration with the provinces, Health
Canada has revised the formaldehyde exposure guideline and has
developed a proposed revision to the radon guideline (currently
under consultation.)
Further, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research have moved
forward with a proposed multi-year birth cohort study involving
researchers from across Canada.
HIP has been involved in the organizational meetings for this
research, which will look at the impacts of a range of indoor
environmental factors on asthma development.
Guidelines and Best Practices
HIP has developed an annotated list of reference documents
pertaining to indoor air quality of guidelines and best practices.
HIP has also produced tailored guidance documents for building
owners and managers on mold and for consumers on air filters.
Outreach
To promote multi-sectoral collaboration in fostering marketing,
communications and outreach programs, HIP uses a number of tools
to reach our target audiences, including: Healthy Home Magazine (www.healthyhomemagazine.ca),
Buyers Guides, webinars, newsletters and our bilingual website,
www.healthyindoors.com.
For more information on HIP please contact:
Jay Kassirer at kassirer@healthyindoors.com
, tel:(613) 224-3800
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