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Environmental Health

Helpful Links

Promoting Healthy Homes to Prevent Disease and Injuries to San Francisco Residents: A Pilot Project for WIC Residents (pdf)

Children & Toxics Presentation - July 28, 2005

You Are Not Alone: San Francisco Asthma Resource Guide (July 2011) - English and Chinese versions available

Announcements

New Lead Exposure Safety Regulations for Contractors

Related Programs

Asthma Task Force

Asthma Home Visiting Program

Asthma Services

Childhood Lead Prevention Program

Program Contacts

Karen Cohn, Children's Health Program Manager
Office: (415) 252-3898
Karen.cohn@sfdph.org

Karen Yu, Senior Inspector
Office: (415) 252-3957
Karen.yu@sfdph.org

Children’s Environmental Health Promotion Program

The Children's Environmental Health Promotion Program promotes conditions optimal for children's health and development in homes, childcare and school settings.

Principle Activities and Services

  • Provide information and education to community agencies, medical providers and interested groups on children's environmental health issues and concerns.
  • Enforce the San Francisco Health Code requiring housing free of lead hazards.
  • Provide case management support to families of children with lead exposure.
  • Support coalitions and communities advocating for policies supporting children's health and development.
  • Provide staff support to the Board of Supervisors Asthma Task Force.

Information, Education and Training

Please contact our program staff if you are interested in learning more information or having a customized training for the topics listed below. Most of the topics can be presented in English, Spanish, Cantonese or Tagalog.

  • Ambient air quality in the Bay Area
  • Asthma management and prevention in homes, childcare settings, schools and workplaces
  • Habitable housing code enforcement resources
  • Health effects of lead exposure in pregnant women and children
  • Lead and anemia
  • Lead-safe homes, childcare settings and jobs
  • Less Toxic Housecleaning
  • Less Toxic Pest Control
  • Transportation access to health care in Bayview Hunters Point

Related Agencies and Organizations

Mayor's Office of Housing: Provides lead hazard remediation grants.

Breathe California, Golden Gate Public Health Partnership