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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Joey Zhou, PhD and Warren Friedman, PhD, CIH. Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW (P3206), Washington, DC 20410, 202/755-1785, Joey_Zhou@HUD.gov
Little has been established previously about the prevalence of environmental hazards in child care centers. HUD, CPSC, and EPA co-sponsored this survey of licensed child care centers nationwide to assess lead-based paint on interior and exterior building components and play equipment, lead, allergens, and pesticides in interior dust, and lead and pesticides in soil. The multistage area probability sample of 10 eligible, licensed child care centers in each of 30 primary sampling units (PSUs) in the continental US ensured sample distribution across geographic regions, representativeness of urban, suburban, and rural areas, and racial and economic distribution. Questionnaire data and lead, allergen, and pesticide samples were collected from 168 child care centers. The discussion will include survey methodology; prevalences of hazardous levels of lead-based paint, dust lead, and soil lead; and prevalences of cockroach and mite allergens above selected concentrations (in units/g and ug/g, of dust). These data will be presented by location within child care centers, as well as by region of the country, building construction year, and economic and ethnic status of the served children.
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Keywords: Environmental Exposures, Child Health
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
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.