5184.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Deadly Interiors: The Histories of Housing, Lead Paint, and the Public Health - Part 1

There is increasing attention paid to the built environment and public health. The first half of this panel will focus on public health and housing broadly, with papers considering the histories of public health efforts to regulate housing in Chicago and the relationship between tenements and tuberculosis in New York City. In addition, the panel will take a contemporary look at housing options for the elderly. The second half of the panel will look at one specific threat posed by housing: childhood lead poisoning. Papers will consider the origins of the dangers of leaded paint and the public health and industry reponses to this hazard.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives:
  1. Recognize the historical importance of health threats from the built environment.
  2. Describe the role of industry and landlords in creating environmental hazards.
  3. Describe the public health response to environmental and occupational hazards.
  4. Apply these lessons to contemporary issues in urban public health.
Moderator(s):Amy Fairchild
Organizer(s):Amy Fairchild
2:30 PMHealth, mortality, and housing: The history of chicago's department of health, 1870 to 1890
Margaret Garb, PhD
2:50 PMDeath and density: Tuberculosis, population, and housing in turn-of-the-century new york city
Amy Fairchild, Deborah Balk, PhD, Martina Lynch, Elizabeth Robilotti, MPH, Melanie Brickman, MS
3:10 PMHousing that meets the needs of older persons: Concepts for urban
Mary Northridge, Editor, Mindy Fullilove
Sponsor:Medical Care
Cosponsors:Environment; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Chiropractic, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA