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Childhood Lead PoisoningMary Bryant, MPH Student
Walden UniversityAspects of Environmental Health: Local to Global PUBH
6165-8Instructor: Dr. Jean Johnson
Spring Qtr, 2009
To educate students on how lead poisoning occurs and to identify who is at risk and what measures can be taken to reduce this preventable health issue.
Purpose
What is lead?
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/images/leadtopic.gif
“…one of the most useful metals in the industrial world”
Aschengrau, A., & Seage, III G. R. (2008) Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett
Heavy metal
Blue-Gray color
Toxic
Chemical Element
Environmental Health Problem
Over 300,000 children affected
yearly
Causes many serious health
problems
Preventable and not contagious
Public Health Issue
Mexican and/or Central American Communities
Azarcon Greta
Bala Goli Pay-loo-ahGhasard
Beware of Home Remedies
Asian Indian and/or Middle Eastern Communities
Virginia Department of Health (n.d.) Lead Poisoning from Folk Home Remedies. Retrieved on May 6, 2009, from http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epidemiology/DEE/documents/Leadfolkremedy.pdf Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009) Folk Medicine and Childhood Lead Exposure. Retrieved on May 6, 2009 from http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/Lead/faq/folk%20meds.htm
Who is most at risk? Why?
Babies and children up to 6 years old
▶Hand-to-mouth actions
▶Playing in dirt
▶Eating items from the floor
▶Not washing hands often
▶Playing with lead-painted toys
“…at high levels of exposure, lead can severely damage the brain and kidneys in adults or children and ultimately cause death”
How is lead harmful?
▶Behavior problems
▶Impaired growth
▶Hearing problems
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (2007) Toxicological Profile for Lead. Retrieved on March 10, 2009 from http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp13.pdf
Mikael
▶ 4 years old
▶ Lives in a house built in 1958
▶ Loves to play in the dirt
▶ Has lots of painted toys
▶ Wears shoes in the house
▶ Goes by the 5 second rule
▶ Does not eat healthy foods
▶ Hates to wash his handsPersonal photograph by Mary Bryant
Eat foods with Calcium, Vitamin C and Iron
Wash your hands regularly
Use cold water drinking
Take shoes off before coming inside
Tell people about lead poisoning
Seek help if you are at risk
Prevention
Eat healthy
Calcium•Milk
•Cheese
•Yogurt
Vitamin C• Oranges
• Kiwi
• Broccoli
Iron• Oatmeal
• Red meat
• Chicken
Ask your doctor
Talk with your parents
Test measures amount of lead in your blood
More than 10μg/dL lead is hazardous
Follow-up treatment may be required
Testing
1. You can get lead from drinking water True
2. Who is most vulnerable to lead poisoning Kids
3. Houses built before 1978 often contain lead paint
True
4. Wearing shoes in the house is a good thing False
5. Playing in dirt with old chipped paint is safe
False
6. Lead poisoning can be prevented True
7. Tell people about the dangers of lead poisoning
True
√ for Understanding
1. You can get lead from drinking water True or False
2. Who is most vulnerable to lead poisoning Kids or Adults
3. Houses built before 1978 often contain lead paint True
or False
4. Wearing shoes in the house is a good thing True or False
5. Playing in dirt with old chipped paint is safe True or False
6. Lead poisoning can be prevented True or False
7. Tell people about the dangers of lead poisoning True or
False
Know where lead is present!
Never wear shoes in the house!
Always wash your hands!
Eat healthy!
Ask your doctor, if you are at risk!
Tell others about the dangers of lead!!!
Conclusion
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (2007) Toxicological Profile for Lead. Retrieved
on March 10, 2009 from http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp13.pdf
Aschengrau, A., & Seage, III G. R. (2008) Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health (2nd ed.).
Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
CDC (2008) Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children. Retrieved on March 12, 2009 from
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/Publications/books/plpyc/chapter3.htm#Chapter%203
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009) Folk Medicine and Childhood Lead Exposure.
Retrieved on May 6, 2009 from http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/Lead/faq/folk%20meds.htm
National Safety Council (2009) Lead Poisoning and Nutrition. Retrieved on May 7, 2009 from
http://www.nsc.org/resources/issues/articles/lead_nutrition.aspx
Virginia Department of Health (n.d.) Lead Poisoning from Folk Home Remedies. Retrieved on May
6, 2009, from
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epidemiology/DEE/documents/Leadfolkremedy.pdf
References