Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Intensified
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Intensified
The Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988 has authorized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to initiate program efforts to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in the United States. As a result of this Act, the CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was created, with primary responsibility to:
- Develop programs and policies to prevent childhood lead poisoning.
- Educate the public and health-care providers about childhood lead poisoning.
- Provide funding to state and local health departments to determine the extent of childhood lead poisoning by screening children for elevated blood lead levels and helping to ensure that lead-poisoned infants and children receive medical and environmental follow-up
- Support research to determine the effectiveness of prevention efforts at federal, state, and local levels.
Accomplishments
Since its inception, the CDC childhood lead poisoning prevention effort has:
- Funded nearly 60 childhood lead poisoning prevention programs to develop, implement, and evaluate lead poisoning prevention activities;
- Provided technical assistance to support the development of state and local lead screening plans;
- Fostered agreements between state and local health departments and state Medicaid agencies to link surveillance and Medicaid data;
- Provided training to public health professionals through CDC’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Training Center;
- Supported the formation of collaborative relationships between CDC’s funded partners and other lead poisoning prevention organizations and agencies (e.g., community-based, nonprofit, and housing groups); and
- Developed the Childhood Blood Lead Surveillance System through which 46 states currently report data to CDC.
Posted by
George Daniels
on Friday March 16 2012, 7:39 PM EST.
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