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Download full textBravender, Marlena; Walling, Caryl – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2017
In seeking an avenue to save money, an urban city made a choice to alter the drinking water for its residents and created a crisis, which all community stakeholders were unprepared to address. The Flint water crisis has been given national attention by celebrities and politicians, but the long-term issues related to families, children, and…
Descriptors: Water Pollution, Urban Areas, School Districts, Poverty
Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2024
Since 1997, Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) has published the Newark Kids Count Data Book, a one-stop source for child well-being data on the state's largest city. Newark Kids Count includes the latest statistics, along with five-year trend data, in the following areas: demographics, family economic security, child health, child…
Descriptors: Children, Well Being, Population Trends, Racial Differences
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2008
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Poisoning
Peer reviewedKaufman, M. Robert; Siek, Theodore – Journal of School Health, 1980
Currently, the word "natural" is being used to imply health, safety, and wellness. However, many "natural" substances produce psychoactive or physiologic effects which are potentially toxic to the user. (CJ)
Descriptors: Food Standards, Nutrition, Physical Health, Poisoning
Peer reviewedMarlowe, Mike; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1982
Hair trace mineral concentrations were compared to a group of 40 retarded children with a nonretarded control group of 27. The retarded group had significantly raised hair lead concentrations. There were also differences in the mean levels of six nutrient minerals. (Author)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Etiology, Lead Poisoning, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedThatcher, R. W.; Lester, M. L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
The article reviews experimental data on the deleterious effects of environmental lead and cadmium on cognitive functioning of children. (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Environmental Influences, Lead Poisoning
Peer reviewedRestak, Richard M. – Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1972
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Neurology
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 2000
This document is comprised of five fact sheets from the Illinois Department of Public Health regarding childhood lead poisoning. Recent studies claim that childhood lead poisoning can contribute to problems later in life, such as academic failure, juvenile delinquency, and high blood pressure. Directed to parents, caregivers, and health care…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Children, Family Environment
Direct linkMerrill, Margaret C. – Library Journal, 2006
The Centers for Disease Control estimates that every year 76 million Americans get some kind of food poisoning, more than 300,000 are hospitalized, and approximately 5,000 people die. A 2004 analysis by the Center for Science in the Public Interest indicates that contaminated produce is responsible for the greatest number of food-borne illnesses.…
Descriptors: Hygiene, Disease Control, College Libraries, Public Libraries
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed.; Gendell, Mara, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2006
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, First Aid
Huang, Gary – 1993
Good health directly affects the educational performance of migrant children. However, there is little nationwide, accurate information on the health status of migrant farmworkers, and even less on their children. This digest summarizes recent information on migrant children's health status. Compared to all U.S. children, migrant children have a…
Descriptors: Accidents, Agricultural Laborers, At Risk Persons, Child Health
Norwood, Glenda R. – 1984
In addition to identifying the causes and physical effects of various nutritional deficiencies, this discussion describes the effects of each deficiency on the learning process. The recommended daily food intake for children and teenagers is also noted. Eight types of nutritional deficiency are discussed in detail: (1) malnutrition (both…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anemia, Children, Diabetes
Snowdon, Charles T. – 1973
Described was research on the behavioral and learning effects of lead poisoning or malnutrition in rats. It is explained that approximately 200 rats (either weanling, adult, pregnant, or nursing) were injected with various amounts of lead. It was found that symtomatic levels of lead in weanling or adult rats produced no obvious behavioral or…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Biological Influences, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
Patton, Sharyle – Zero to Three, 2005
Biomonitoring is a public health tool that has been used by scientists and researchers for decades to test blood, bone, urine, hair, human milk, adipose tissue, and other body substances for the presence of toxic chemicals, in order to assess what is called the "chemical body burden." Biomonitoring helps to: (1) identify which chemicals…
Descriptors: Public Health, Children, Public Policy, Child Health
Peer reviewedMooty, Joyce; And Others – Pediatrics, 1975
Descriptors: Body Weight, Diseases, Eating Habits, Etiology
