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SHORT COURSE IN LEAD POISONING: IS THERE A THRESHOLD LEVEL?Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 03/19/2006 - 22:12.
04/04/2006 - 10:00 04/04/2006 - 14:00 Etc/GMT-4 Within the context of a City Club of Cleveland event celebrating National Public Health Week, a short course in Lead Poisoning is designed for primary care providers, physicians and nurses, to update the current practices of prevention, screening, and treatment along with a demographic description of the Greater Cleveland lead problem. Statement of Need Lead poisoning is still one of the most serious public health concerns facing children in Cuyahoga County. Rates of childhood lead poisoning are well above 20% in many Cleveland neighborhoods and the City of East Cleveland. Cleveland’s rate is in the top 5 nationally, with the current U.S. overall rate at under 2%. While nationally the rate of childhood lead poisoning has been decreasing, in our community it continues to steal a high proportion of our children’s futures by producing mental deficits and increasing aggressive behavior. This short course will give the medical professions caring for our children an overview of our local problem along with what preventive measures are being taken, and importantly, it will also provide information on treatment and special education for lead poisoned children. How do we increase the blood lead screening rate which in Greater Cleveland is only about 50% of what it should be? What is the latest status of treatment modalities for children with elevated lead levels? New research suggests that targeted education programs may be able to make major improvements in lead poisoned children. What local medical and educational resources exist for these children and their physicians? This short course will address these questions and feature one of the nation’s leaders in childhood lead poisoning, Bruce P. Lanphear, MD, MPH. Participant Learning Objectives: After attending this course, participants will be able to:
Keynote Speaker: Bruce P. Lanphear, MD, MPH Dr. Lanphear is The Sloan Professor of Children's Environmental Health and the Director of the Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. He is the principal investigator for a NIH/EPA-funded Children's Environmental Health Center to study fetal and early childhood exposures to prevalent environmental neurotoxins, including lead, pesticides, and environmental tobacco smoke. Dr. Lanphear is also conducting a randomized controlled trial to test the safety and efficacy of housing repairs to reduce childhood lead exposure and residential injuries in 400 children followed from birth. He also serves on the US EPA’s Clear Air Scientific Advisory Committee and is a scientific consultant for the National Center for Healthy Housing. Dr. Lanphear will review new data on the adverse health effects of childhood lead exposure, review the major sources of childhood lead exposure and discuss the regulations and tools necessary to shift our focus toward primary prevention. AGENDA TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2006 10:30 Welcome 10:35 Greater Cleveland’s Lead Problem 10:55 When & How to Screen 11:10 When & How to Chelate 11:30 Once Poisoned, Then What? 11:50 Questions 12:00 Luncheon 12:25 Welcome 12:30 Low-Level Lead Toxicity: The Ongoing Search for a Threshold 1:00 Questions and Comments 1:30 GCLAC: The Community Plan 2:00 Adjourn FACULTY Course Director Roberta Anderson, RN, CPNP Lawrence S. Quang, M.D. Matthew Carroll Terrence M. Allan, M.P.H. The policy of the Case School of Medicine CME Program (Case) requires that the Activity Director, planning committee members and all activity faculty (that is, anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity) disclose to the activity participants all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. Disclosure will be made to activity participants prior to the commencement of the activity. Case also requires that faculty make clinical recommendations based on the best available scientific evidence and that faculty identify any discussion of “off-label” or investigational use of pharmaceutical products or medical devices. Accreditation The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 creditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses and sanitarians can also claim CME credits for this educational activity. Location The course will be held at The City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Registration Call Case Western Reserve University, Swetland Center for Environmental Health, phone (216) 368-5967 to register for the short course (there is no fee; room is limited). Sponsors St. Luke’s Foundation Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council Participant Organizations: Case Continuing Medical Education Program Location
City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue 2nd Floor
Cleveland, OH United States
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