From research to policy: Targeting the primary prevention of childhood lead poisoning.
Public policy can be an effective method of promoting public health and preventing disease in a population. The proposing and passing of a municipal ordinance regulating power-sanding of leaded paint in New Orleans is a policy-level intervention that implements a primary prevention measure to address a community-wide risk. The process of achieving policy change involves defining the problem and the proposed intervention, integrating the resources of the individuals and groups with a stake in the situation, and disseminating information to the general public and to legislators. The implementation of the ordinance regulating power-sanding in New Orleans is a community-level lead poisoning prevention strategy.
Rabito
Felicia A
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Environmental Diseases Prevention Research Center, Center for Applied Environmental Public Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. rabito@tulane.edu
White
LuAnn E
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Shorter
Charles
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D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008145:Louisiana / Q000453:epidemiology