The effectiveness of housing policies in reducing children's lead exposure
| Autor: | Katherine Swartz, Ralph Timperi, Howard Hu, James D. Sargent, Mary Jean Brown, Jane D. Gardner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Public Policy
Lead poisoning Unit (housing) Statute Cohort Studies New England Environmental health medicine Sanctions Humans Enforcement Policy Making health care economics and organizations Health policy Retrospective Studies medicine.diagnostic_test Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Environmental Exposure medicine.disease Hazard Lead Poisoning Socioeconomic Factors Child Preschool Housing Blood lead level Business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | American journal of public health. 91(4) |
| ISSN: | 0090-0036 |
| Popis: | In this retrospective cohort study, we assessed the risk that in addresses where children had been lead poisoned (blood lead level ≥25 µg/dL) in the past, at least 1 subsequently resident child would have a blood lead level of 10 µg/dL or greater. The study was conducted in adjacent areas in 2 states in the northeastern United States. Enforcement of lead poisoning prevention statutes differed between the states during the 5-year study period (1993‐1998). In one state, where such statutes were strictly enforced, addresses where lead-poisoned children lived were subject to enforcement, including criminal and civil penalties against property owners who failed to abate lead hazards. Inspectors reported dangerous levels of lead to the owner, to all tenants at the address, and to the state lead poisoning prevention program. Tenants living in units other than the one inspected were informed of the process for obtaining an inspection of their units. In the other state, with limited enforcement of lead poisoning prevention statutes, inspection was limited to the unit where the poisoned child lived and seldom resulted in lead hazard abatement. Criminal and civil sanctions were not initiated against property owners, and tenants were not notified of the presence of lead hazards. |
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