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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
The Community Outreach and Education Workgroup
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The Committee for the Elimination of Childhood Lead Poisoning
(CECLP)
An Overview
This workgroup takes a broad approach to ensure families,
communities and the general public are informed about
traditional and non-traditional lead risks and prevention
measures. The group aims to establish viable and lasting
partnerships with community organizations and state and local
agencies already serving high-risk populations. The workgroup
also partners with agencies and organizations working in
high-risk communities in order to increase public awareness.
Our Vision
"Partnerships are built so that all high-risk children under
72 months are tested for lead poisoning and all Florida
residents and communities are aware and active in the prevention
of childhood lead poisoning."
Our Goal
Families and
communities have access to information and services that develop
skills to ensure a lead-safe environment for Florida's children
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Workgroup Chair
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Links
The following links lead to sites outside the
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EPA -- Lead in
Paint, Dust, and Soil
Description: This site includes
information about lead regulations and policies, training and resource
materials, and lead poisoning prevention programs.
Centers for Disease Control - Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program
Description: This site assists state and local
childhood lead poisoning prevention programs, to provide a
scientific basis for policy decisions, and to ensure that
health issues are addressed in decisions about housing and
the environment.
Alliance for Healthy
Homes
Description: The Alliance is a national, nonprofit
public interest organization dedicated to protecting
children from lead and other environmental health hazards in
and around their homes. This site provides general
information about related policies and community capacity
building.
OSHA
-- Toxic Metals: Lead
Description:
Provides information relevant to lead in the
workplace. Specifically, it includes information about
safety techniques and strategies that can be used to reduce lead hazards
in the workplace.
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES)
Description: The site includes information about the ABLES
program. This program is a state-based surveillance program of
laboratory-reported adult blood lead levels. The program objective is to
build state capacity to initiate, expand, or improve adult blood lead
surveillance programs which can accurately measure trends in adult blood
lead levels and which can effectively intervene to prevent lead
over-exposures.
Source; CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH)
National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH)
Description: NCHH is a private,
nonprofit organization that provides information and resources on how to
protect children from residential environmental hazards while preserving
the supply of affordable housing.
Source: Centers for Disease Control - Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program
Coalition to End
Childhood Lead Poisoning
Description: The Coalition is a national, nonprofit organization
whose mission is to prevent childhood lead poisoning. The site provides
information for parents, health care providers, tenants, and property
owners about lead-related issues.
Global Lead Network - This site provides resources and support for those
individuals working on lead poisoning prevention around the world.
Building Blocks for Primary Prevention: Protecting Children from
Lead-Based Paint Hazards (2005)
Description: This publication offers a comprehensive
collection of 70 "building blocks," which are primary prevention
strategies to reduce exposure to hazards in housing.
Source:
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch
Department
of Housing and Urban (HUD's) DevelopmentOffice of Healthy
Homes and Lead Hazard Control
Description: This site provides information about HUD programs
that address lead-based paint in housing. This site also provides
guidelines on controlling lead-based paint hazards, a list of helpful
documents for property owners, and information on how to obtain HUD lead
grants.
CLEARCorps
Description: CLEARCorps is an
AmeriCorps service program that provides information for families,
property owners, community organizations, and public agencies on how to
create lead-safe communities.
National
Safety Council (NSC)
Description: NSC through the
Environmental Health Center provides information about outreach meeting
and training sessions that will give community-based organizations the
tools and skills to enable them to plan and execute successful lead
poisoning prevention programs in their communities.
National
Lead Information Center (NLIC)
Description: The NLIC site provides
information about lead hazards and their prevention. Information
specialists are available to answer questions about lead-based paint
hazards, lead abatement, and control and risk-assessment methods.
Brochures, posters, and additional educational materials are also
available.
U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Description: The CPSC site provides
informational alerts about the presence of lead in consumer products.
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