5094.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Childhood lead poisoning is a preventable environmental public health problem that can cause devastating health consequences in children, including physical and psychological damage, as well as seizures, coma and death at very high blood lead levels (BLLs). In the absence of universal testing of children for elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs), childhood lead poisoning prevention programs must develop methods to better predict EBLLs. This session will discuss methods developed to improve the identification of children at risk. Although lead-based paint hazards are the most common sources of lead exposure in the U.S., studies indicate that there are other significant potential lead exposures that should be further examined. Studies described in this session investigate potential sources that are specific to cultural groups and geographic regions. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the participant will be able to: 1)Describe methods to predict elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs) and improve identification of children at risk for EBLLs 2) Describe methods to identify potential lead exposures for diverse program needs (e.g., rural vs. urban, culturally related sources, etc.) 3) Describe strategies designed to reduce the risk of children’s exposure to lead hazards. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Wendy J. Blumenthal, MPH Kevin McNally, MBA | |||
| Lori Ann Post, PhD | |||
| Predicting lead risk in children from census information, distances from lead pollution sources and survey questions Stan Kaplowitz, PhD, Harry Perlstadt, PhD, MPH, Sean Frost, Lori Ann Post, PhD, Yasmina Bouraoui, Marguerite Barratt, PhD, Warren Brown, PhD | |||
| National Mapping of Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards Joey Y. Zhou, PhD, John Rogers | |||
| Results from a program to identify and reduce lead exposures during the perinatal to early childhood period Lindsay Lake Morgan, RN, GNP, PhD | |||
| Differences in sources of lead exposure for Hispanic and non-Hispanic childhood lead poisoning cases in California * Amy G. Cantor, MHS, Lynn Goldman, MD, MPH, Joseph G. Courtney, PhD, David Kattari | |||
| Withdrawn -- Blood Lead Levels in Galena, KS: A Heavy Metal Mining Superfund Site John Neuberger, MBA, MPH, DrPH, Michael Mosier, PhD, Maria Albert, BGS, Niaman Nazir, MBBS, MPH, Barry Brooks, MA, MS, Vanessa Sincock, BSE, CHES | |||
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| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy | ||