Improving childhood blood lead level screening, reporting, and surveillance in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
By: Donna Keyser ... [et al.].
Contributors: Keyser, Donna.; RAND Health.
Series: Rand Corporation monograph series
Publisher: RAND Health
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Lead poisoning in children -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County -- Prevention -- Statistics.; Medical screening -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County.; Lead Poisoning -- blood -- Pennsylvania.; Lead Poisoning -- epidemiology -- Pennsylvania.; Child -- Pennsylvania.; Infant -- Pennsylvania.; Mass Screening -- Pennsylvania.; Program Evaluation -- Pennsylvania.; Safety Management -- Pennsylvania.
Description: Lead poisoning remains a serious, preventable environmental health threat to young children, and its elimination is a key goal of U.S. public health policy. This report focuses on screening, reporting, and surveillance of childhood blood lead levels in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, through a review of relevant literature, state and county reporting and surveillance databases, and interviews and focus groups.
Notes: "Prepared for Healthy Home Resources."

"MG-423-HHR"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-61).
Table of contents: title: Existing data on childhood blood lead screening, reporting, and surveillance in Allegheny county; title: Screening for childhood lead poisoning in Allegheny county; title: Reporting and surveillance for childhood lead poisoning in Allegheny county.