NYHealth Grantee Video: Make the Road Healthy Homes Initiative

By

NYHealth

Funding Area

Special Projects Fund

Date

October 21, 2008

Special Projects Fund

Funded by NYHealth, the Make The Road By Walking’s Healthy Homes Initiative supported a community survey of as many as 5,000 homes in Bushwick, Brooklyn, to identify potential indoor asthma triggers and to create a Bushwick Asthma Registry.

Bushwick has the highest hospitalization rate for children with asthma in Brooklyn, four times the citywide average, and asthma is a leading cause of missed school days and hospitalizations for area children. This video takes an in-depth look at the project.