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
Preventing Lead Exposure in Young Children: A Housing-Based
Approach to Primary Prevention of Lead Poisoning (2004)
Description: This document presents recommendations from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory
Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention for a
housing-based approach to primary prevention of childhood lead
poisoning to accelerate progress towards the elimination of
elevated blood lead levels in children.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Lead
Poisoning Prevention Branch
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
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.
EPA's OPPT Lead
Page
Description: This site includes information about lead
regulations and policies, training and resource materials, and
lead poisoning prevention programs.
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.
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.
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.
Community Environmental
Health Resource Center
Description: The Community Environmental Health Resource Center
(CEHRC) is a resource to grassroots groups working for social justice in
low-income communities around the country.
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