The focus of this study is the implementation and evaluation of community-based strategies addressing childhood lead poisoning. The targeted population is an economically disadvantaged, underserved urban African-American population in North Central Philadelphia, who are at risk because of lead in their environment. In order to achieve culturally appropriate approaches applicable to underserved populations, the selected community-based strategies have been developed with community residents in an alliance with agencies having a demonstrated history of grass-roots activism in this community. The aims were 1. To test community-developed, community-based prevention/intervention strategies that will increase knowledge regarding the environmental health risk of childhood lead poisoning and 2. To test community-based prevention/intervention strategies that will increase hazard, exposure and outcome surveillance for lead as an environmental agent. The final analysis of the data collected over this four year National Institute for Nursing Research funded study will be presented, along with recommendations regarding community-driven research.
Learning Objectives: Understand the impact of community-driven prevention/intervention strategies, for lead poisoning, on knowledge and surveillance in an economically disadvantaged, underserved African-American population
Keywords: Community Collaboration, Prevention
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: The NIH National Institute for Nursing Research funded this four year demonstration/research project. The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation, Inc. gave this project one of their 1999 National Environmental Education Achievement Awards
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.