National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
October 21-27, 2012
National
Lead
Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) is October 21 - 27, 2012. Below are ideas
and resources available to acknowledge this week in your community or anytime because preventing childhood lead poisoning should be observed all
year round.
 The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just released a
new coloring book that educates children
about lead poisoning prevention.
Ethan Gets a Healthier Home (Exit DHS; PDF, 2.8
MB) is a new coloring book
released by CDC explaining the basics of lead poisoning prevention.
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The
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) theme is
"Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy Future." HUD, CDC, and EPA
have coordinated and developed a NLPPW
Campaign Toolkit (exit DHS) for their grantees and partners.
Key messages: "Get your home tested, get
your child tested, get the facts!"
The toolkit contains
the following:
- Poster and
Flyer in English and Espaņol,
- Sample
Press Release and Newsletter Article
- Web Buttons, Badges
and
Banners
- Health-e-Cards
- Video PSAs
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A national initiative, Lead Free Kids
ad campaign (exit DHS), has resources for everyone: parents, pregnant women,
educators, realtors, contractors, homeowners, medical professionals,
renters, property managers or landlords and DIYs (do-it-yourselfers). The webpage
and materials are in English and Spanish.
(exit DHS)
You can download Lead
Free Kids (exit DHS) materials such as TV
and Radio PSAs, Web
Banners, and Color Print and Black and White Newspaper
Ads. And
you can Twitter and Facebook these messages as well.
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October is Children's
Health Month (exit DHS). EPA has developed materials (fact sheets and
posters) to promote this observance. Lead poisoning is among other
home-based environmental health concerns for children. Actions can
be taken to prevent health problems due to these concerns, actions
such as getting children tested for lead exposure and looking around
for chipping and peeling paint. Other actions to promote healthy
homes include testing homes for radon, installing carbon monoxide
and smoke detectors, eliminating asthma triggers like mold, mildew
and tobacco smoke, and discarding mercury thermometers.
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A FREE service
for pregnant women and new mothers, Text4baby (exit DHS)
is an educational program where 3 text messages are sent to mobile
phones each week to guide
women through pregnancy and the baby's first year. The
materials
and messages (exit DHS)
are available in English and Espaņol.
You can use this press release (Word,
33 KB) for
NLPPW
announcing “text4baby” free message resource for pregnant women and
new mothers.
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Sesame
Workshop Lead Away DVD (exit DHS).
In
the Lead Away video, Elmo learns how to keep “lead” away from
his body.
A
toolkit (PDF,
9.3 MB) includes materials such as activity sheets, a storybook and
posters that support the messages in the video. These materials are available in
English and Espaņol. Also, some resources are available on-line at
Lead Away - Tool Kits - Parents - Sesame Street (exit DHS).
For a copy
of the DVD that has the video in both English and Espaņol, and lyrics for the song "The
Lead Police"
(English only), contact Reghan Walsh, 608/261-9432, or reghan.walsh@wi.gov.
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The Renovate
Right toolkit (Word, 1.7 MB) contains sample press releases, talking points, ideas
for outreach and more. Use it for outreach during NLPPW or anytime.
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Reference Paper: A
Preventable Tragedy: How Lead Poisoning Affects Children Across The Life
Course. (PDF, 26 KB) Numerous studies of lead exposure have demonstrated
the serious effects of childhood lead poisoning on school performance
and criminal activity over more than three decades.
This is a summary of the critical effects that impact health and
behavior across the lifespan.
Parents: Please contact your local
public health department to find out what's going on in your
community.
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