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Agarwal N, Banternghansa C, Bui L. 2009. Toxic exposure in America: Estimating fetal and infant health outcomes. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 56 pp. (NBER working paper series no. 14977)

Health Resources and Services Administration. 2009. National Poison Prevention Week 2009: [Promotional materials]. [Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration, 10 items.

Annotation: This site hosts resources related to poisoning prevention and national poison prevention week including: information on calling a poison center, poison center locations, tips for successful event planning, a press release template, a proclamation guide, instructions on how to write a public service announcement, snapshots of successful events, and additional facts on poisons and poison safety.

Keywords: Campaigns, Poison control centers, Poisoning, Resource centers, Safety

National Center for Healthy Housing and National Conference of State Legislatures . 2009. State laws related to healthy homes. Columbia, MD: National Center for Healthy Housing,

Helm T, Rice G, Hein J. 2009. Yuma County needs assessment. [Tuscon, AZ]: University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Center for Rural Health, 68 pp.

Annotation: This document is a needs assessment for Yuma Country, Arizona. The document includes a summary of county characteristics (history and description, demographic indicators, marital status, economic indicators, and education) and discusses general health indicators, materal and perinatal health indicators, infant and child health indicators; Healthy People 2010; Title V block grant performance measures; and a survey of prenatal care in Yuma County.

Keywords: Child health, Domestic violence, Economic factors, Education, Educational attainment, Health, Health care utilization, Health services, Healthy People 2010, Infant health, Low birthweight, Low income groups, Marital status, Perinatal health, Prenatal care, Statistical data, Title V of the Social Security Act, Unemployment, lead poisoning, oral heath

Brown SP. 2009. Federal lead-based paint enforcement bench book. Columbia, MD: National Center for Healthy Housing, 86 pp.

Annotation: This bench book is written for judges, attorneys, and other persons interested in promoting enforcement to eliminate lead-based paint hazards and, thereby, prevent childhood lead poisoning. It is intended to increase awareness of federal lead-based paint and environmental laws; to provide an overview of federal lead-based paint enforcement programs; and suggest ways citizens and state and local authorities can support enforcement. It covers Title X of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 and the disclosure rule, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Lead Safe Housing Rule, and Federal lead-based paint enforcement programs.

Keywords: Children, Federal legislation, Lead poisoning, Manuals

Foundation for Child Development Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI) Project. 2008. 2008 special focus report: Trends in infancy/early childhood and middle childhood well-being, 1994-2006. [New York, NY]: Foundation for Child Development , 32 pp.

Annotation: This focus report complements an annual update on trends in the overall quality of life for U.S. children and adolescents issued by the Foundation for Child Development and Youth Well-Being Index Project. The present report focuses on trends in indicators of well-being for two infant and child age groups -- birth through age 5 and 6-11 -- and makes comparisons with corresponding trends for adolescents ages 12-17 over the period 1994-2006. The report covers four main topics: (1) trends in age-specific composite well-being indices, (2) trends in domain-specific composite indices for childhood ages, (3) positive trends in specific indicators, and (4) areas of concern for specific indicators.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents, Child health, Child mortality, Children, Education, Family income, Infant health, Infant mortality, Infants, Lead poisoning, Low birthweight, Motor vehicle safety, Nutrition, Obesity, Pregnancy, Prenatal care, Safety, Trends, Vaccination

Peden M, Oyegbite K, Ozanne-Smith J, Hyder AA, Branche C, Rahman AKM, Rivara F, Bartolomeos K, eds. 2008. World report on child injury prevention. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation, 211 pp.

Annotation: This report brings together what is known about various types of child injuries and how to prevent them. The report aims to raise awareness about child injuries globally, draw attention to the preventability of child injuries, and make recommendations that all countries can implement to reduce child injuries. Topic covered include road traffic injuries, drowning, burns, falls, and poisonings.

Keywords: Child safety, Drowning, Burns, Falls, Injury prevention, International health, Motor vehicle crashes, Poisoning

Borse NN, Gilchrist J, Dellinger AM, Rudd RA, Ballesteros MF, Sleet DA. 2008. CDC childhood injury report: Patterns of unintentional injuries among 0-19 year olds in the United States, 2000-2006. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 115 pp.

Annotation: This report uses data from the National Vital Statistics System and the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System -- All Injury Program to provide an overview of unintentional childhood and adolescent injuries related to drowning, falls, fires or burns, transportation-related injuries, poisonings, and suffocation, among others, during the period 2000-2006. Results are presented by age group and sex. The geographic distribution of injury death by state is presented, as well.

Keywords: Adolescent death, Adolescents, Age factors, Burns, Child death, Children, Drowning, Injury surveillance systems, Motor vehicle injuries, Poisoning, Racial factors, Sex factors, Suffocation, Unintentional injuries

Brown SP. 2008. Guidebook for developing state and local lead-based paint enforcement bench books: How-to information, advice, and resources for non-lawyer lead poisoning prevention professionals, advocates, and others. Columbia, MD: National Center for Healthy Housing, 37 pp.

Annotation: This guidebook is designed to help lead poisoning prevention professionals and others develop bench books (legal reference manuals) for judges who adjudicate state and local enforcement cases involving lead-based paint. It tells what laws to look for (including lead-based paint laws and housing laws), how to find them, and how to compile the laws and other information into a useful reference.

Keywords: Children, Lead poisoning, Manuals, State legislation

Keyser D, Firth R, Richardson A, Townsend MZ. 2006. Improving childhood blood lead level screening, reporting, and surveillance in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 61 pp.

Annotation: This report, which is intended primarily for state and local policymakers, public health officials, health care and health plan providers, local government agencies, and parents interested in improving childhood blood lead level screening, reporting, and surveillance in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, provides a synthesis of findings from a study conducted to examine the current status of childhood blood level screening, reporting, and surveillance in Allegheny County and to offer recommendations for improving these processes. Each chapter of the report integrates relevant information from the background study of the literature, database analyses, and interviews and focus groups, as appropriate. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 provides a review of existing data. Chapters 3 and 4 examine the screening and reporting and surveillance processes. Chapter 5 concludes and offers recommendations. The report includes three appendices: (1) population of children and median housing age in Allegheny County, (2) advisory group members, and (3) a comparison of risk factors for lead poisoning.

Keywords: Child health, Lead poisoning screening, Pennsylvania, Prevention, Public health, Risk factors, Screening, Young children

Children's Defense Fund. 2006. Improving children's health: Understanding children's health disparities and promising approaches to address them. Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund, 85 pp.

Annotation: This report identifies policies and practices that can advance the health of children by reducing health disparities. Beginning with an overview of these disparities and selected determinants of health outcomes, the report then documents disparities in outcomes across several major conditions affecting children and provides an analysis of several indicators related to children's health. The report also explores community strategies to reduce health disparities in several children's conditions (infant mortality and prenatal care, immunization, lead poisoning, dental care, asthma, and obesity) to begin to identify a framework for promising practices that can be used across communities. A community program is identified in each section, and additional programs are described in the appendix. A list of selected readings is included.

Keywords: Asthma, Child health, Children, Community action, Community programs, Immunization, Infant, Infant mortality, Lead poisoning, Obesity, Oral health, Pregnant women, Prenatal care

Clay K, Troesken W, Haines M. 2006. Lead pipes and child mortality. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 39 pp. (NBER working paper series no. 12603)

Annotation: This paper uses national data from the public use sample of the 1900 Census of Population and data on city use of lead pipes in 1897 to estimate the effect of lead pipes on child mortality. The paper, which includes an abstract, introduces the issue and discusses the use of lead pipes, lead poisoning, child mortality in the 1900 and 1910 censuses, and the effect of lead pipes on child mortality. A conclusion and references are included. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables grouped together at the end of the report.

Keywords: Child mortality, History, Lead, Lead poisoning

U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2006. Strategies and tools for meeting the needs of children: Public health emergencies. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,

Annotation: This Web conference, broadcast January 11, 2006, explores key issues surrounding the preparedness planning for the care of children. It highlights innovative research, and tools and models that can be used in developing effective preparedness strategies for addressing the unique needs of children. Topics include lessons learned following Hurricane Katrina, children exposed to chemical agents, special considerations in emergency preparedness to address pediatric needs, and updates to national guidelines. Web resources include streaming video, PowerPoint slides, and text versions.

Keywords: Child safety, Children, Conferences, Disaster planning, Emergencies, Emergency medical services for children, Pediatrics, Poisoning

CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. [2005]. CDC recommendations for lead poisoning prevention in newly arrived refugee children. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Environmental Health, 5 pp.

Annotation: This report provides recommendations for preventing lead poisoning among refugee children newly arrived in the United States. The report includes background information as well as recommendations in the following categories: (1) primary prevention of elevated blood lead levels, (2) identification of children with elevated blood lead levels, (3) early post-arrival evaluation and therapy, and (4) health education and outreach.

Keywords: Child health, Children, Evaluation, Health education, Immigrants, Lead poisoning, Outreach, Prevention, Refugees

California Childcare Health Program. 2005–. Fact sheets for families. [Oakland, CA]: California Childcare Health Program,

Annotation: These fact sheets for families cover a wide range of health and safety issues in child care. They are written in easy-to-understand language and are tailored to the perspectives of families. Topics include allergies, brain and behavioral health, healthy environment, illnesses and conditions, injury prevention, nutrition, medications, oral health, parents' health, poisoning, and children with special health care needs. The fact sheets are available in English and Spanish.

Keywords: Allergies, Brain, Child behavior, Child health, Children with special health care needs, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Consumer education materials, Environmental health, Families, Injury prevention, Nutrition, Oral health, Parents, Poisoning, Prescription drugs, Safety, Spanish language materials

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005. Preventing lead poisoning in young children: A statement. (5th rev. ed.). Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 103 pp.

Annotation: This report presents recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the areas of sources and pathways of lead exposure, the role of the pediatric healthcare provider, the role of state and local public agencies, screening, diagnostic evaluation and medical management of children with elevated blood lead levels, and management of lead hazards in the environment of the individual child and in the community. Appendices give a capillary sampling protocol and a summary of those parts of the lead statement that are most important for the pediatric health care provider.

Keywords: Child health, Lead poisoning

Children's Safety Network Economics and Insurance Resource Center. 2005. Childhood injury: Cost and prevention facts. Landover, MD: National Public Services Research Institute, Children's Safety Network Economics and Insurance Resource Center, irregular.

Annotation: This fact sheet series present data and analysis on the cost and prevention of childhood injury. Topics include bicycle helmet use, child safety seat use, injury prevention counseling by pediatricians, poison control centers, sobriety checkpoints, and speed limits, Definitions of data types, incidence-based vs. prevalence-based costs, and resource vs. productivity costs are provided. References are also included. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents, Anticipatory guidance, Bicycle helmets, Bicycles, Car seats, Children, Costs, Impaired driving, Injury prevention, Mortality, Motor vehicles, Poisoning, Speed, Statistics, Traffic injuries, Unintentional injuries, Young adults

Enterprise and the National Center for Healthy Housing. 2005. What family child care providers can do about lead. Columbia, MD: National Center for Healthy Housing, 4 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet, which is geared toward child care providers, offers information about what they can do to prevent lead poisoning in the children they care for. The fact sheet provides background information about lead poisoning and outlines strategies for protecting the home against the dangers of lead. A checklist that can help determine whether a home is safe is included.

Keywords: Child care, Child care workers, Child health, Consumer education materials, Lead poisoning, Prevention, Safety, Young children

Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on Poison Prevention and Control. 2004. Forging a poison prevention and control system. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 354 pp.

Annotation: This book examines the role of poison control services within the context of the larger public health system, the injury prevention and control field, and the fields of general medical care and medical and clinical toxicology. It also examines how poison control centers function relative to the functions performed by other health care agencies and government organizations at the federal, state, and local levels. The book, which includes an executive summary, is presented in three parts. Part 1 provides an overview of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Poison Prevention and Control's proposal for a future poison prevention and control system. Part 2 reviews the historical development of the poison control network, the current status of poisoning as a public health problem, and the principal functional elements of the system. Part 3 summarizes arguments for a new poison prevention control system by focusing on the committee's conclusions and recommendations. Statistical information and other information is presented in tables and figures throughout the book. Two appendices include a list of contributors and committee and staff biographies. The book also includes a list of references and an index. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Federal government, Health agencies, Health care systems, Injury prevention, Local government, Poison control centers, Poisoning, Public health, State government, Toxicology

Proscio T. 2004. Healthy housing, healthy families: Toward a national agenda for affordable healthy homes. Columbia, MD: Enterprise Foundation, National Center for Healthy Housing, 19 pp.

Annotation: This report examines emerging trends that point to progress in improving the health prospects of low-income families through practices and policies for providing a decent and affordable home. The report discusses the history of the connection between public health and affordable housing, the health risks associated with poor housing, lead exposure in the home, evidence and standards for healthy housing, harnessing market forces to improve housing conditions through Air Plus for cleaner indoor air, forming coalitions for voluntary change, and healthy housing at the grassroots. A conclusion and endnotes are included.

Keywords: Air pollution, Asthma, Coalitions, Community programs, Environmental health, Health, Housing, Housing programs, Lead poisoning, Low income groups, Public policies
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