 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Pat McLaine, RN, MPH1, Shara Godiwalla, MPH1, and Penelope Schafer, PhD2. (1) National Center for Healthy Housing, 10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 100, Columbia, MD 21044, 410-772-2778, pmclaine@enterprisefoundation.org, (2) Abt Associates, Inc., 55 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
In February 2004, a HUD-funded website providing information on lead hazards at the address level for three cities – Baltimore, Boston and Chicago - will go live. “Lead-safe homes - Mapping a Healthy Future” will provide an interactive format for the public to obtain “real time” information about lead at the address level and to use mapping to visually identify housing that is both known to be at-risk and known to be safe. Although most programs have developed maps identifying high-risk areas such as zip codes, census tracts, and even census block groups, information about risks at the address level is typically not made available to the public, except by individual request.
A diverse group of stakeholders including local and state health and housing agencies, community groups and advocates, health care providers and non-profit housing agencies have participated in the development of the website. Data have been provided by state and local health and housing agencies and risk indicator models are being developed using available housing and blood lead information. In addition to address-specific information, the site will show the extent of elevated blood lead levels by neighborhood and provide an individualized approach to informing users based on their needs and interests.
Our presentation will include: a look at the website; a discussion of factors key to it’s successful development, including balancing confidentiality of personal information with the public’s environmental right to know; and recommendations for how this education/outreach approach could help programs to better target resources in order to achieve the Federal goal of eliminating of childhood lead poisoning by 2010.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Lead,
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: NCHH is recipient of a Grant from HUD to develop this website.