Office of the Surgeon General

The Surgeon General's Workshop on
Healthy Indoor Environment

Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
January 12 and 13, 2005

The Surgeon General's Workshop on Healthy Indoor Environment was intended to enhance the understanding of the public health consequences of the non-industrial indoor environment (e.g., homes, schools, office buildings). The workshop provided the public, medical community, public health community, and building design, construction, and ownership community with a better understanding of public health issues as they relate to the indoor environment.

The goals and objectives of the workshop were to:

• Seek collaboration throughout the public health community in reducing indoor environmentally related communicable respiratory infections, asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and allergic diseases, and
• Gain a better understanding of public health issues and research needs on this topic. The Workshop was open to the public. An agenda is available.

Report of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Healthy Indoor Environment
(report released April 3, 2006)

Last revised: January 5, 2007