The
Center for Urban Progress received funding from the U. S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a Lead Technical
Study in Washington, D.C. The study uses a Community Based Participatory
approach to research, partnering with four local churches and
D.C. agencies with lead activities. Four programmatic areas have
grown out of the collaboration:
- D.C.
Lead Safe Babies
- Lead
Dust Wipe Testing Service
- Lead
Safe Work Practices, and the
- Lead
Housing Registry
D.C.
Lead Safe Babies gives expectant parents, family members,
and caregivers of young children in the District of Columbia
an opportunity to learn basic information about the health
effects of lead poisoning, sources of exposure to lead, and
remediation methods.
Free lead dust wipes tests are made available for families. Counseling services
for families searching for housing alert them to the dangers of older homes
(those built before 1978).
The
Bakers Dozen facility serves as a center for outreach for the Lead
Dust Wipe Testing Service and houses most of the training
sessions that teach D.C. residents safe work practices when working
on older lead contaminated homes. DC residents are able to learn
if there is a possible lead dust hazard in their homes.
Lead
Safe Work Practices is a course that teaches the importance
of, and basic methods for, reducing lead dust contamination
while performing home repairs and regular maintenance in housing
built before 1978.
The Lead
Housing Registry provides information on housing that
either has been screened for lead or has poisoned a child in
the past. This permits families of young children to make better
informed housing choices.
These
free services leverage the collaborative efforts of D.C. faith-based
organizations, community-based-organizations, private and public
entities for outreach and delivery to the D.C. community. Placing
undergraduate and graduate students from various s programs into
D.C.’s environmental health arena, the Lead Technical Study
empowers D.C. residents and provides training and growth opportunities
for student interns.
Click
here to read about the Childhood
Lead Poisoning
Prevention Technical Study Launch Ceremony
View
Photos of the
Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Technical Study Launch Ceremony
For
additional information about this program, contact:
Janet A. Phoenix, MD
Director, Childhood Lead Technical Study Program
202-865-8580 or 703-534-8334
japhoenix@aol.com
