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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
3020.0: Monday, December 12, 2005 - 9:24 AM

Abstract #116647

Properties with lead hazards and multiple resident children: What can we learn?

Carla Campbell, MD, MS, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Maternal, Child, and Family Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, 2100 West Girard Ave., PNH Building #3, Philadelphia, PA 19130-1400, 215-685-2795, Carla.Campbell@phila.gov and Richard E. Tobin, MS, MPA, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 2100 W Girard Ave, PNH #3, Philadelphia, PA 19130.

The recommendations for primary prevention of lead poisoning include the recommendation to screen communities for the presence of high-risk properties. Public health officials should be concerned about properties identified with lead hazards and associated over time with multiple children in that residence. Hazardous properties that have housed multiple children may warrant further evaluation and remediation. Since many public health programs have computerized databases, an analysis of property characteristics could be performed. This study will determine the utility of this model of data analysis.

This study will review data (paper and computerized) to look at the characteristics of 112 properties in Philadelphia for which either 6 (10 properties) or 4-5 (102 properties) lead poisoned children have been associated. The property inspection is triggered when at least one resident child has either a venous lead level of 20 mcg/dL or higher, or two levels of 15 mcg/dL or higher. This data review will look at several characteristics of these suspect properties: number of resident children and blood lead level patterns; the time span for which resident children resided in the presence of identified lead hazards; number of properties achieving compliance in addressing lead hazards at some point or as the last recorded environmental action; community characteristics of these multi-children properties (location by zip code, census tract, block group; SES status) and other characteristics of interest. Conclusions will be drawn about this approach as one method for the public health community to identify housing with a high risk for lead exposure of children.

Learning Objectives:

  • At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to

    Keywords: Community-Based Public Health, Environmental Health Hazards

    Presenting author's disclosure statement:

    I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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