Enforcement of Lead Hazard Remediation to Protect Childhood Development

Enforcement of Lead Hazard Remediation to Protect Childhood Development

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Panelists:

The Honorable Beverly Gard, Indiana Senate; Chair, Public Health Subcommittee;
Chair Energy and Environmental Affairs Committee, Greenfield, IN
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Anne Evens, MS, Director and Program Coordinator, Chicago Department of Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Chicago, IL
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Moderator: Mary Jean Brown, ScD, RN, Chief, Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, CDC, Atlanta, GA
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Learning Objectives:

Identify the child developmental risks associated with lead poisoning;
Understand the connection between primary prevention and reduction of childhood blood lead levels;
Explain how enforcement of lead hazard mitigation contributes to reducing blood lead levels; and
Describe the principal tools public health programs use to enforce lead hazard mitigation.

Resource Material:

A portfolio of resource materials on lead poisoning prevention is available on the website of CDC's Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch at http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm. These include fact sheets on childhood lead poisoning, strategic elimination plans for each state funded by CDC for lead poisoning prevention activities, data on prevalence of childhood lead poisoning by state, and recommendations for blood lead testing and follow up of children identified with elevated blood lead levels.

This page is last updated on June 27, 2005.