Abstract
The objective of the project was to encourage health promotion through education, outreach, and community-based training. The people attending health fairs (n = 467), community events (n = 469), and Kindergarten classes (n = 241) were the study participants. Hands-on training was offered at homebuilding retail stores (n = 25). U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s online visual training was given to realtors (n = 220), and inspectors, contractors, and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) workers (n = 75). Training workshops were attended by home-buyers and rental home owners at the Neighborhood Association Meetings (n = 91). The impact of training was evaluated by pre- and posttests. Nearly, 90% of the participants (n = 25) reported the hands-on training was useful. At posttest after the HUD online training, 59.4%, 67.9%, 65.1% of the participants (n = 220) identified soil, car batteries, and paint as sources of lead in the environment, respectively. Nearly 70% identified lead as a poison in the environment while 77.5% and 47.2% demonstrated two behaviors which help prevent lead poisoning. A total of 62.3%, 48.1%, and 58.5%, at posttest identified three complications or illnesses—behavioral, physical, and psychological, respectively. The home owners are required to get permission from the City for housing repair. In coordination with the federally funded housing repair or lead abatement programs, the trained inspectors are authorized to certify the renovation or repair works. These outreach activities were successful in improving the knowledge of the community people on lead poisoning prevention.
Highlights
23% of all deaths and 26% of deaths among children under age 5 are due to preventable environmental factors [1]
To provide a comprehensive effort to educating community people on childhood exTo provide a comprehensive effort to educating community people on childhood posure to lead and lead prevention, we developed a community-based participatory reexposure to lead and lead prevention, we developed a community-based participatory search (CBPR) program called Community Lead Awareness Partnership (CLAP) for research (CBPR) program called Community Lead Awareness Partnership (CLAP) for Theaims aimsofofthe theprogram programwere werethree-fold: three-fold:(1)
The total number of participants in this study were 1588 including those who participated in health fairs (n = 467), community events (n = 469), and Kindergarten classes (n = 241), hands-on training at homebuilding retail stores (n = 25), Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s online training (n = 295), and training workshops for home-buyers and rental home owners (n = 91) (Table 2)
Summary
23% of all deaths and 26% of deaths among children under age 5 are due to preventable environmental factors [1]. The Environmental Protection Agency recognizes lead poisoning as one of the most preventable health tragedies for children in the United. Urban and Housing Development, there are approximately 3.8 million houses or buildings that have children living in them who are potentially being exposed to lead [4]. Children of some racial and ethnic groups, such as non-Hispanic African-Americans, are at higher risk for exposure to lead. Half a million U.S children ages 1 to 5 have blood lead levels at or above 5 μg/dL, which is currently the reference level at which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends public health actions be taken [5]
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