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Lead Poisoning
Selected Materials from the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health Reference Collection January 1997 The following materials for professionals and consumers cover various aspects of lead poisoning including prevention, screening and historic aspects of lead poisoning prevention. Items may be obtained from the sources cited. Contact information was current at the time the item was added to the NCEMCH reference collection. Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. Contact: Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. Contact: Librarian, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health This directory, originally published in 1989, has been updated and revised by the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning in response to the need for information about the current activities of state and local government agencies in childhood lead poisoning prevention. The contact person is provided for each state or local program listed. The directory also gives a brief description of services offered by each program and a list of educational materials that are currently used in community education efforts. Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. Contact: Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning This directory lists non-governmental groups at the state and local levels that advocate the prevention of lead poisoning. A preface explains the purpose of the directory; each entry provides contact information, indicates the group's areas of expertise, provides their mission statement, and notes affiliations, the size of the membership, and geographic focus. Entries are arranged by state, and indexes list the contacts' names and the organizations included; a list of national and regional resources is also provided. Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. Contact: Heidi M. Klein, M.S. This packet of materials contains articles, brochures, and other information about lead poisoning and the Alliance. Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. Contact: Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning This proceedings presents a summary of the First Comprehensive National Conference on Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning convened by the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning in Washington, DC, October 6-8, 1991. It includes an overview of the issue, a summary of the organization of the conference, and a list of conference sponsors. Appendices include the text of Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis Sullivan's keynote address; a summary of federal legislation on lead poisoning prevention; draft lead hazard reduction principles; workshop highlights; discussion group highlights and recommendations; success story abstracts; poster session abstracts; the conference resolution on California legislation; and a list of conference attendees. Audiotapes from the conference are also available. Binder, S., and Falk, H. Contact: Centers for Disease Control This 98-page report, developed for the Risk Management Subcommittee, Committee to Coordinate Environmental Health and Related Programs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, presents a plan to eliminate childhood lead poisoning as a public health problem. Chapters address the health effects of lead and lead exposure; benefits of preventing lead exposure of children and fetuses; the program agenda, which includes increased prevention activities, increased abatement of lead-based paint in high-risk housing, reduced exposure to other sources of environmental lead, and national surveillance; the research agenda; and funds needed for implementation of the strategic plan. A summary of the recommendations is included in the last chapter, and the appendices contain additional information on chapter topics, a history of childhood lead poisoning prevention programs, and organizations and agencies that could help promote awareness of childhood lead poisoning. Bridgen, P. and Janney, A.M. Contact: ICF Incorporated Bridgen, P., Hochman, M. and Janney, A.M. Contact: ICF Incorporated Bridgen, P., Kirk, J., and Janney, A.M. Contact: ICF Incorporated Bridgen, P., Mendez, W., and Mohammed, A. Contact: ICF Incorporated Carolinas Medical Center, Carolinas Poison Center. Contact: Carolinas Poison Center This pamphlet describes poison hazards to children in different areas of the home, and suggests ways of eliminating or reducing these hazards. The pamphlet also contains fact sheets on syrup of Ipecac, used to induce vomiting in accidental poisonings; animal and snake bites; insect stings and bites; poisonous plants; and lead poisoning. Carp, D., Krick, J., and Webster, C. Contact: Jackie Krick, Nutrition Division This packet provides information that ties together the relationship of nutrition factors and clinical strategies to disabilities. Topics are covered by both a scientific based description for professionals and a nutrition education fact sheet for families and parents, and include: feeding, dental health, fluids, diet and underweight, diet and weight control, dietary fiber and constipation, lead poisoning, megavitamin therapy, nutritional effects of drug therapy, and hyperactivity. Chadzynski, L. Contact: National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse This manual is prepared for use primarily in childhood lead poisoning prevention programs and by other public health personnel charged with the investigation of the environment of children identified with elevated blood lead levels. Topics covered include hazardous environmental lead sources, lead content analysis, environmental investigation, environmental lead hazard abatement, and public education. Appendices give sample forms, public education brochures, legislation and other materials for use in administrating an abatement program. Channing L. Bete Company. Contact: Channing L. Bete Company, This booklet gives facts on lead poisoning. It discusses how children can ingest lead, where it can be found in households, how it affects the body, and how to prevent children from getting lead poisoning. Cherry, F.F. (ed). Contact: MCH Section, Office of Health Services and Environmental Quality, This report describes the workshops of the Childhood Lead Toxicity conference held in New Orleans June 1-3, 1981. It covers the lead poisoning problem and service needs, steps in developing a childhood lead poisoning prevention program, prevention programs in St. Louis and South Carolina, and the need for a new approach. Chisolm, J. J., and O'Hara, D. M. Contact: Urban and Schwarzenberg, This monograph discusses the toxicologic, pharmacologic, nutritional, behavioral, familial, social, and environmental factors influencing lead absorption and describes approaches to the coordinated management of each of these factors. Brief case presentations are used to illustrate the various factors which play a role in the clinical and environmental management of this condition. It is based on work supported by the Office of Maternal and Child Health, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dowd, T. and Dowd, S. Contact: Lead Paint Publications, This 65-page book is written by a lead paint inspector in Massachusetts to provide information on lead paint and its potential hazards and to offer suggestions on how to maintain a safe environment when lead paint is found in the home. Included is information about a new Massachusetts state law requiring deleading to be done by licensed contractors, requiring landlords to have their properties certified as free from dangerous levels of lead paint before renting to families with children under the age of six and requiring notification of potential lead hazards to potential purchasers of property. Education Commission of the States. Contact: Education Commission of the States, This report synthesizes findings of major research studies on development of learning impairment in children from birth to age 5. It discusses seven preventable major factors associated with learning impairment: low birthweight, maternal smoking, prenatal alcohol exposure, fetal drug exposure, lead poisoning, child abuse and neglect, and malnutrition. Suggestions to avoid these problems are included. Finberg, L. (Ed.). Contact: Ross Laboratories, This report contains 23 papers from the Ross conference on chemical and radiation hazards to children. This conference focused on hazards to the fetus and child such as: lead, mercury, radiation, toxic wastes, and pesticides. They stressed the need for better public education, and the role of the pediatric community. Florini, K. L., Krumbhaar, G. D., and Silbergeld, E. K. Contact: Karen L. Florini, This 62-page report discusses the problem of low-level lead poisoning, which currently exists at epidemic proportion among children in the United States and is associated with significant neurological impairment. It describes aspects of the problem, including the toxicity of lead, evaluation of exposures, sources and pathways of lead exposure, numbers of individuals affected, treatment and prevention options, and past government action and inaction. The report proposes establishing a trust fund to abate the causes of this problem that would be financed by an excise fee on the production and importation of lead. Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Community Health, Division of Family Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. Contact: Stephen Saunders, This report discusses the effects of lead on children and fetuses, sources of lead, screening, diagnostic evaluation, medical management and treatment, future trends, treatment and follow-up, role of the Department of Public Health, and community intervention. Appendices include specimen collection, sample questionnaire to determine risk, EDTA mobilization test, advice to parents, and a bibliography. It is accompanied by a chart showing the choice of medical management based on symptoms and blood level concentration. Indiana State Board of Health, Indiana Lead Poisoning Prevention and Screening Program. Contact: Naomi Johnson, R.D. This 43-page annual report documents the statistical findings from a pilot program on lead poisoning prevention and screening initiated by the Indiana State Board of Health. The report provides an overview of the screening activities, diagnostic evaluation, and environmental investigation procedures which form the basis of the Indiana Lead Poisoning Prevention and Screening Program. Johnson, N. (Chairperson). Contact: National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources, Department for Health Services, Division of Maternal and Child Health, and Louisville-Jefferson County
Department of Public Health. This report includes speaker presentations and summaries of workshop discussions and recommendations from this conference held February 19-21, 1985 in Louisville, Kentucky. Topics include recent trends and activities, the effect of the redefinition of lead poisoning on the states, assessments of need, laboratory issues, and medical management. King, M. P. Maternal and child health legislation. Denver, CO: Contact: National Conference of State Legislatures This annual compilation summarizes laws and resolutions pertinent to maternal and child health issues passed by the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Topics include: access, accidents/safety, adolescent health, coordination, emergency medical services, financing, health education, immunization, injury prevention, insurance, lead poisoning, Medicaid, minority health, newborn screening, nutrition, oral health, prenatal care/infant mortality, prevention, providers, school health, special health care needs/diseases/chronic conditions, substance abuse (maternal and infants), treatment/services, and women's health. Appendices list the states' bill numbers, and provide a glossary and list of acronyms. Since 1992, the authorship has varied from year to year. Kough, M. B. W. Contact: Public Health Foundation This report summarizes the problem of lead poisoning and reports state health agency activities involving screening, diagnostic evaluation, confirmed lead toxicity, environmental investigation and high-risk populations. Levin, R. Contact: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Planning and Evaluation, EPA-230-09-86-019, Washington, DC 20460. Lin-Fu, J. S. Contact: National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse This chapter presents a historical perspective on the concern over the health effects of exposure to lead in the environment, from ancient times to the 20th century. Lin-Fu, J. S. Contact: Librarian, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health This chapter from Human Lead Exposure discusses sources of lead that have been identified as causes for lead poisoning in the past and present, including paint, toiletries, burning battery casings, contaminated food and drinks, gasoline, dust and soil, and folk remedies. It also discusses the epidemiology of lead poisoning in children and prevention of lead poisoning. Mahaffey, K. R. (Ed.). Contact: Elsevier Science Publishing This book concentrates on the human health effects of lead on three organ systems: hematologic, renal, and neural. A historical perspective on reduction of lead contamination in the human environment and the associated health effects provides an overview on how public health intervention is possible. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Women, Infants, and Children Agency. Contact: Joan These are the proceedings of a meeting of state Maternal and Child Health, WIC, and Medicaid Directors from the Mid-Atlantic region held July 15-17, 1991 in Rockville, Maryland. The conference focused on integrating and coordinating health services for pregnant and postpartum women and young children within the state programs; it encouraged developing and implementing state action plans. The proceedings include the texts of the major sessions, panels, and workshops which examined the national context; the value of coordinating state efforts' reviews of coordinated state programs that work; improving access; and coordination efforts related to immunizations, nutritional services, lead poisoning, and substance abuse. The proceedings also include an introduction to the theory of implementation. Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Contact: Bureau of Parent, Child, and Adolescent Health This resource directory provides a brief description of each program within the Massachusetts Department of Public Health including injury prevention programs, lead poisoning, adolescent health, genetics program, substance abuse, nutrition, etc., along with each program's available educational resources for professional and public use (e.g. brochures, audio-visuals, etc.). McLaine, P. Contact: National Center for Lead-Safe Housing This technical bulletin is intended to help state and local governments to integrate lead safety issues into the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS). Seven specific strategies are recommended for inclusion in CHAS plans, and general recommendations are given on how to reduce childhood lead poisoning and how to integrate lead poisoning prevention efforts into low- and moderate-income housing programs. Minnesota Institute of Public Health. Contact: Lessons in Lead Mushak, P., and Crocetti, A. F. Contact: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry This report comprises three parts: part 1) consisting of the executive summary; part 2) consisting of chapter 1 - Report Findings, Conclusions, and Overview, which provides a detailed overview of information and conclusions abstracted from the main body of the report; and part 3) which consists of chapters 2 through 11, constituting the main body of the report. The following chapters are included: Introduction and Discussion of Terms and Issues; Lead Metabolism and Its Relationship to Lead Exposure and Adverse Effects of Lead; Adverse Health Effects of Lead: Relationship to Public Health Risk and Societal Well-Being; Examination of Numbers of Lead-Exposed Children by Areas of the United States; Examination of Numbers of Lead-Exposed U.S. Children by Lead Source; Examination of Numbers of Lead-Exposed Women of Childbearing Age and Pregnant Women; The Issue of Low-Level Lead Sources and Aggregate Lead Exposure of U.S. Children; Methods and Alternatives for Reducing Environmental Lead Exposure for Young Children and Related Risk Groups; A Review of Environmental Releases of Lead as Evaluated Under Superfund; and Lead Exposure and Toxicity in Children and Other Related Groups in the United States: Information Gaps, Research Needs, and Report Recommendations. National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. Contact: Librarian, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health The journal articles in this collection are listed in the bibliography that accompanies the fact sheet, "Nutrition and childhood lead poisoning prevention: A quick reference guide for health providers". National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. Contact: National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse National Lead Training and Resource Center. Contact: National Lead Training and Resource Center The manual describes the Center and its activities which include health education, screening, medical management, environmental epidemiology, record management, evaluation methods, pediatric medical management, Title X, nutrition, and legal issues. Each section states the objectives, the planned methodology, and the guidelines to be used. A flyer and a brochure are also included; the flyer describes a Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Management Workshop, and the brochure presents lead poisoning facts for parents. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau] Needleman, H. L. Contact: Chris Shearer This paper presents research on the short- and long-term effects of low-level lead exposure on children's intellectual ability and social adjustment. The report includes the recent progress in the toxicology of lead (understanding what it does), its epidemiology (where it is), and then examines what is needed to eliminate the problem permanently. New England Consortium of Childhood Lead Poisoning Programs, Laboratory Task Force. Contact: New England Consortium of Childhood Lead Poisoning Programs This report includes a compilation of projects completed by the Laboratory Task Force and recommendations which if implemented would minimize or alleviate mutual concerns identified by the Task Force related to improving public health services in the prevention of lead poisoning. The projects analyzed the costs of performing tests and the impact of CDC's 1985 guidelines on laboratory services in Massachusetts. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau] New England Consortium of Childhood Lead Poisoning Programs. Contact: New England Consortium of Childhood Lead Poisoning Programs The papers in this conference proceedings addressed the issues of the shifting responsibilities shared among environmental, housing and health agencies; legislative strategies; needs assessments and evaluation methodologies; and clinical management strategies. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau] New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Lead Poisoning Control Contact: Bureau of Lead Poisoning Control These guidelines are issued to help health professionals detect and manage cases of lead poisoning. They follow and implement the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics. A list of hospitals in the New York City area offering lead treatment is included. New York State Department of Health Contact: Donald MacDonald This notice of proposed rulemaking amends Part 67 of Title 10 of the codes, rules and regulations of the State of New York. This specifies the roles of health care providers, childcare providers, preschools and nursery schools, and local health units in lead poisoning prevention and control. Northern Kentucky District Health Department. Contact: Ema Trimble, Chief Nutritionist This series of fact sheets for consumers discusses various aspects of lead poisoning prevention and treatment in children. Lead Poisoning in Children: A Community Problem explains the symptoms of lead poisoning, sources of lead, and what to do about lead poisoning. Lead Poisoning Diet discusses the importance of eating a diet adequate in iron and calcium and low in fat. Pica discusses the importance of high-iron and high-calcium snacks for children who have elevated blood lead levels or who practice pica. Pine, B. R., with Paulson, J. A., and Solloway, M. R. Contact: Natalie Mason This report reviews the literature on childhood lead poisoning and discusses various issues related to child health supervision. Included in the paper are a brief history of lead poisoning research, a review of the debate over causes and effects of childhood lead poisoning, a discussion of federal and state activities to prevent, manage and abate lead in the environment, and a discussion of the economic and policy implications of childhood lead poisoning. Selected legislation on environmental lead and child health (102nd Congress) is contained in an appendix. Rifkin and Associates and Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children. Contact: Nicole P. Hagen This brochure is written to encourage parents to have their children aged nine months to six years tested for lead at least once a year. It describes the sources of lead and suggests ways to prevent children's exposure to it. Solloway, M. R., and Budetti, P. P. (Eds.). Contact: National Technical Information Service This compendium of information examines health systems problems of child health supervision services in three major areas: access and financing; organization and delivery; and cost and effectiveness. Some specific topics include health insurance, Medicaid managed care, the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Testing (EPSDT) program, preventive approaches to well-child care in populations, cross-national comparisons, lead poisoning, oral health, adolescent preventive mental health, and school health services. Stevenson, M. Contact: Susan K. Perger This booklet is written to help low-income people in New Jersey learn about the hazards of lead poisoning and how to do something about it. Specific topics include what lead does to the body, how a person gets lead poisoning, precautions to take, workers and lead, testing for lead, removing lead paint hazards, consumers' rights when there is lead in the home and in HUD-assisted housing, and how to take action. Also included are a list of lead screening agencies and legal services programs in New Jersey. A Spanish language version is also available. Tuten, J. Contact: Jan Tuten This pamphlet identifies South Carolina sources of lead and simple methods to reduce lead exposure, with particular reference to children. The publication also discusses blood lead and product testing, intervention for children with lead poisoning, how the S.C. Department of Health monitors for industrial sources of lead contamination, and ways to safely eliminate lead paint in homes. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary. Contact: Communications Services Division, Public Affairs Office This 14-piece public information kit describes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' programs designed to improve the health of infants and children. Information is included on the following topics: Head Start; school readiness; immunizations; adoption; infant mortality; child abuse and neglect; early health testing; tobacco; lead poisoning; injury prevention; disabled children; and, alcohol and other drug abuse. Contact persons and their phone numbers are also included. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control. Contact: Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch This report presents recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control in the areas of sources and pathways of lead exposure, the role of the pediatric health-care provider, the role of state and local public agencies, screening, diagnostic evaluation and medical management of children with elevated blood lead levels, and management of lead hazards in the environment of the individual child and in the community. Appendices give a capillary sampling protocol and a summary of those parts of the lead statement that are most important for the pediatric health care provider. U.S. General Accounting Office. Contact: U.S. General Accounting Office This report provides facts about seven federal programs that fund delivery of services to pregnant women and children: preventive health and health services block grant; maternal and child health block grant; early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment (EPSDT) portion of Medicaid; childhood immunization program; childhood lead poisoning prevention program; community health centers; and migrant health centers. Information provided includes federal and state responsibilities for administration, funding, target populations, program goals, numbers of people served, and services authorized. It also reports on requirements for inter-program coordination and whether such coordination takes place. U.S. General Accounting Office. Contact: U.S. General Accounting Office This report examines the difficulties experienced by property owners in obtaining insurance for lead paint hazards. Issues addressed by the report include the risks faced by property owners because of the limited availability of insurance for lead hazards, and the reasons why insurance companies are excluding this coverage. It also looks at contractors' experiences in obtaining liability insurance for their lead abatement activities. Finally, measures taken by the states and the federal government for increasing the availability of liability insurance lead paint hazards are examined. The roles of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are central to the report. U.S. General Accounting Office. Contact: U.S. General Accounting Office In this report, the General Accounting Office reports on a review of whether six public housing authorities were complying with the requirements of a 1988 law aimed at abating lead-based paint hazards from public housing. The review found that the U.S. Department of Housing had not complied with the law and had not ensured that public housing authorities comply with HUD's testing, abatement, and notification requirements. U.S. General Accounting Office. Contact: U.S. General Accounting Office This report examines the effectiveness of the regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for identifying lead-based paint hazards to ensure the safety of Section 8 tenant-based housing. Families living in privately owned rental housing and who receive tenant-based housing assistance from HUD through Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 are at risk since much of this housing was constructed while lead paint was commonly used. The effectiveness of HUD's regulations for protecting children who live in Section 8 housing and already have elevated levels of lead in their blood is discussed. Background information and a detailed explanation of the study methodology are provided. The report, concluding that current federal regulations do not provide adequate protection for tenants in Section 8 public housing, recommends further studies and modifications to the HUD regulations. U.S. General Accounting Office Contact: U.S. General Accounting Office In this report, the General Accounting Office examines whether federal agencies that sell homes to the public are complying with the provisions of the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act. Specifically, the report discusses whether current federal lead-based paint regulations are consistent with the act's requirements; how the agencies have mplemented these regulations; and how recent legislative changes affect the act's requirements. It also makes recommendations for better protection of purchasers of federally owned residential properties. The agencies discussed include the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) in the Department of Agriculture. U.S. General Accounting Office Contact: U.S. General Accounting Office This report provides information on (1) the principal ongoing federal activities to reduce lead exposure, (2) how these activities compare with the actions the Centers for Disease Control has identified as needed to eliminate childhood lead poisoning, and (3) work to date on state and local lead poisoning prevention programs. U.S. General Accounting Office. Contact: U.S. General Accounting Office This report reviews the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to develop standards and guidelines for lead hazards and lists steps needed to issue the standards and guidelines. U.S. General Accounting Office Contact: U.S. General Accounting Office This investigation of lead in American child care facilities and schools was requested by the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. There were two purposes of the survey: 1) inspect federal, state, and local programs and activities which address lead hazards in child care facilities and schools, and 2) access existing information on the extent and treatment of lead hazards in these facilities and schools. Three federal agencies that are primarily responsible for addressing lead hazards were examined. These agencies are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Child care licensing agencies, education agencies, and school districts in several states were also reviewed. WRS Group. Contact: WRS, Group This lead poisoning folding display enables health educators to display the hazards of lead poisoning. Unfolded the display measures 58" x 22". It is designed for health education classes, health fairs, and similar uses. The display provides brief information on sources of lead poisoning, signs of lead poisoning, long term damage from lead poisoning, and how to prevent lead poisoning.
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