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Lead Poisoning and GLO: An Assessment of Lead Screening and Elevated Blood Lead Levels at OSHC |
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Gives background on lead poisoning, tips for increasing awareness. Outlines work done with the Get the Lead Out program in Rochester, NY aimed at increasing lead poisoning awareness. |
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Getting the Lead Out: A comprehensive review of lead poisoning, public health initiatives, and a medical student’s involvement with a lead poisoning prevention program in Rochester, NY |
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Background information about how lead affects humans, emphasizes the need to establish and support community based programs such as Get the Lead Out in Rochester, NY |
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Lead Poisoning Education Program and Program Evaluation |
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Orchard Street Community Health Center / GLO Project |
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Get the Lead Out & Get the Word Out |
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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention in Monroe County |
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Lead Poisoning Prevention: An Advocacy Project |
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Draft of a letter to the City Council to emphasize support from healthcare providers for inclusion of key evidence based components in the legislation. Project in conjunction with the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning. |
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Childhood Lead Poisoning Education |
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A DVD on lead education was shown to clients at Jordan Health Center, ABC, Healthy Start, and the BEST Program and distributed to other community partners.
By targeting communities with the greatest burden of childhood lead poisoning, an important difference was made to families that need the most intervention. |
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Household Toxic Exposure Prevention |
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A health fair on household toxic exposure prevention was conducted in partnership with Strong’s poison control center and the Orchard Street Community Health Center for their families with children under 6 years of age. The fair was aimed at improving awareness and teaching safety techniques important for prevention of toxic exposures. |
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