Project Funders: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Project Partner: University of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162
Project Description: With Dr. Bruce Lanphear of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) is contributing to a major study to determine the effectiveness of lead hazard control as a primary prevention strategy. Mothers will be enrolled during their first trimesters, and their children will be followed until 36 months of age; the study will enroll a total of 400 children. Half of the units are randomly assigned for treatments to reduce dust lead hazards in the homes to levels to at least five times lower than the federal standards. The other half of the homes are being treated to prevent unintentional injuries. NCHH developed the assessment and hazard control treatment plan, is monitoring the project team's work, and will review the data analysis and the report.