Public health and law collaboration: The Philadelphia lead court study

C. Campbell, E. Gracely, S. Pan, C. Cummings, P. Palermo and G. Gould

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 7, 1271-1277

Abstract: Objectives. We determined whether Philadelphia Lead Court is effective in enforcing lead hazard remediation in the homes of children with elevated blood lead levels. Methods. We created a deidentified data set for properties with an initial failed home inspection (IFHI) for lead hazards from January 1, 1998, through December 31, 2008, and compared compliance rates within the first year and time to compliance for lead hazard remediation between 1998 and 2002 (precourt period) and between 2003 and 2008 (court period). We evaluated predictors of time to compliance. Results. Within 1 year of the IFHI, 6.6% of the precourt and 76.8% of the court cases achieved compliance (P

Keywords: lead, article; blood; child; cohort analysis; cooperation; ecosystem restoration; environmental exposure; evaluation; housing; human; infant; law enforcement; lead poisoning; legal aspect; methodology; practice guideline; preschool child; public health; retrospective study; standard; statistics; time; United States, Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Cooperative Behavior; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Remediation; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Guideline Adherence; Housing; Humans; Infant; Law Enforcement; Lead; Lead Poisoning; Philadelphia; Public Health; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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