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Recent Federal Actions Spur Changes to Children's Blood Lead Level Screenings and Response

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Early Brain Development,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Delaware,
Iowa,
New Jersey,
North Carolina,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Ali Aslam,
Healthcare Access,
At-Risk Populations,
Infant and Child Health

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for screening children’s blood lead levels, as screening rates across the country dropped during stay-at-home orders. A substantive federal policy ...

Improving Care to Address Maternal and Child Lead Exposure

Podcast,
Members,
Early Brain Development,
Healthy People 2030,
Quality Improvement,
Iowa,
Louisiana,
Robert Johnson,
Alexander Billioux,
Analisa Pearson,
Trina Evans-Williams,
Health in All Policies,
Infant and Child Health,
Public Health Review

In 2017, nearly 64,000 children under six had elevated blood lead levels as defined by the CDC. There is no safe blood lead level in children, and even low levels of lead have been shown to affect ...