Evaluation of lead hazard control treatments in four Massachusetts communities through analysis of blood-lead surveillance data.
Environ Res
; 99(2): 214-23, 2005 Oct.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16194671
This study utilized existing blood-lead surveillance data and records of housing properties treated for lead hazard control (LHC) in order to investigate the effectiveness of LHC treatments performed in four Massachusetts communities (Boston, Cambridge, Malden, and Springfield). This research is part of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) overall program evaluation strategy for assessing the effectiveness of their LHC Grant Program. Childhood blood-lead levels (BLLs) in housing units that were treated through HUD's LHC Grant Program were compared to BLLs in untreated matched control housing units. Data from multiple sources-local housing departments, local tax assessor departments, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health-were linked to identify similar sets of treated and untreated dwellings. Geometric mean BLLs from before and after treatment were compared for the two sets of housing. Ten years of blood-lead surveillance data for children living in the selected dwellings were analyzed using log-linear mixed models and logistic regression models. Results indicate a 50% decline in BLLs in treated homes, a significantly larger decline than in untreated homes after adjusting for the general downward trend in BLLs observed in the general population for the last several years. Data show that homes that received HUD LHC treatments had children with blood-lead levels that declined twice as fast as in similar untreated homes. These findings show that LHC efforts are successful in reducing children's blood-lead levels.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Programas de Gobierno
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Vivienda
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Plomo
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Intoxicación por Plomo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Res
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Países Bajos