National radon awareness campaign
National yearly radon household elimination campaign would
be ideal during the spring, when home and property owners are planning for
property projects, renovations, buy and sell, or rentals. This will be
facilitated by the local health agencies. Potential stake holders will be the
county health department, health insurance companies, research institutes,
radon expert companies, and of course the county residents. High tech companies
can also partake in this disease preventions campaign by creating tools which
can test for radon which results can be digitally or electronically transmitted
to an environmental health agency. This will be a quick fix for those who are
computer illiterate or those who can’t find time processing the testing steps.
Although expensive, test toolkits should be distributed to
all property owners. A health cost subsidized amount may be included in the
yearly owner property tax. A letter from the county should be given stating its
campaign purpose. The letter will also include the subsidized tool test kit
with the contact information of radon removal expert companies.
Blog about the elements of your awareness campaign.
Sample
campaign:
Campaign
letters to households from the local health agency. (The letter includes a
radon electronic testing device like one pictured below)
RADON is in your home! You cannot
smell it or see it, but we can detect it. Just place this device as instructed,
and we’ll read it.
Why test for radon? It is the second leading cause of lung
cancer.
How to test for radon? Just place the device in your home as
instructed.
What’s
next? Your local health agency will notify you of
your home’s radon level.
What
if the radon level is high in my home? Radon can be contained 99%. Call a radon expert.
A list of radon experts is included with this letter.
I like the idea of your campaign being around spring cleaning! It seems like a great way to get people motivated and thinking about the state of their home. I also like that you thought of ways to make this easy for users and accessible for the community
ReplyDeleteHi Ira,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea!!! Bring cleaning happens to be a norm in our society and would be a great way to incorporate the radon testing for homes. If the test is viewed as being apart of spring cleaning, it seems like more individuals will feel like the test is a necessity. Great thinking!!