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Download full textAuspos, Patricia – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2018
This case study shows how data systems can be combined to identify educational risk factors and then develop and implement solutions for addressing them. It shares a detailed account of strategies -- made possible through data systems developed by the Poverty Center -- that various stakeholders utilized to protect children in Cleveland from lead…
Descriptors: Housing, School Readiness, Physical Environment, Data
Direct linkDowling, Kathryn C.; Miranda, Veronica; Galaviz, Vanessa E. – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2008
Both nationally and within the State of California, it is unlikely that those children most susceptible to lead exposure are adequately screened for blood lead levels. New and creative approaches are necessary to reach these individuals. In-home phlebotomy was employed to test blood lead levels of 128 San Diego households containing Latino…
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Poisoning, Home Visits, Bilingualism
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS/PHS), Atlanta, GA. – 1997
Noting that too many children with elevated lead levels are not being identified in the United States, this report presents policy guidelines for increasing screening and follow-up care of children who most need these services, and for helping communities pursue the most appropriate approach to preventing childhood lead poisoning. Following an…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Hazardous Materials, Health Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1977
Presented is a report on the current status of implementation of the Presidential goal (made in 1971) to reduce by half the incidence of mental retardation by the end of this century. Major conclusions are as follows: no major agency of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) has been made responsible for seeing that the goal is put…
Descriptors: Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Federal Government
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed.; Gendell, Mara, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2007
"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, Diseases
Pawl, Jeree, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1991
This theme issue addresses environmental risks to infants and young children. Articles have the following titles and authors: "Lead Exposure: The Commonest Environmental Disease of Childhood" (Herbert L. Needleman); "Research in Process: A Comparison of Lead Screening Methods in Young Children" (Catherine S. Rude and David…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Diseases, Environmental Influences, Hazardous Materials
Peer reviewedJuan, Stephen – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1995
Details types and causes of accidental injury to young children. Notes that of the average 5,000 accidents per day nationwide, falls account for the greatest number. Concludes with four cautions: check for hazards in child's environs; think safety at home; lobby and advocate for safer toys, furniture, and equipment; and report defects and…
Descriptors: Accidents, Advocacy, Child Safety, Death
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 1991
The severity of the silent epidemic of lead poisoning and its long range effects on young children in impairment of intellectual ability, short-term memory, concentration, and reaction time have been recognized. A 3-year strategic plan for preventing childhood lead poisoning in Illinois was developed by a planning committee working through four…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Incidence, Intervention
Newman, Lucile F.; Buka, Stephen L. – 1991
This paper synthesizes findings of major research studies on development of learning impairment and its prevention in children from birth to age 5. The paper's scope does not include children who died or suffered major retardation. The paper attempts to demystify the language of research and medicine to clarify the prevalence of health,…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Congenital Impairments
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2005
"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, Communicable Diseases
