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To help you and your family live in a lead-free environment, the
Harris County Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (CLPP) Program
offers a plan of action to reduce serious and permanent health
problems through the early detection of high blood lead levels
and through reducing the prevalence of lead poisoning in
children under six years of age.
The program staff provide risk assessments of lead exposure
among the children in Harris County's jurisdiction and the
adequacy of activities to address the risk, as well as policy
development through the development, oversight, and evaluation
of necessary programs, relationships, and policies that will
support the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (CLPP) program
and assurance through monitoring the provision of its services,
including follow-up care and public and professional education,
while ensuring, as a provider of last resort, the availability
of necessary services.
The program staff:
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Provides case management to children who have elevated blood
lead levels to ensure that the causes of lead in their blood
are identified and addressed.
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Ensures that each child's physician provides follow-up
screening to track the changing levels of lead in the blood
as the sources are identified and refer for abatement when
indicated.
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Develops and maintain a local database so that lead poisoned
cases an be more accurately tracked, evaluated, and
monitored.
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Provides education to physicians, families of children with
elevated blood lead levels and others regarding the need for
screening/re-screening, the methods of identifying and
abating the sources of lead.
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Conducts the target screening in groups or areas of high
risk.
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Provides public education on the dangers and prevention of
lead poisoning.
Determine if your income is within the requirements for
low- to
moderate-income,
as established by HUD. For information and help with removing
lead-based paint in your home or child's environment, click on
the following link:
Harris County's Public Health and Environmental Services' Lead
Hazard Control Program.
Contact (713) 439-6369 for more information about lead poisoning
prevention materials and screening sites. |
