Research and Evaluation
Milwaukee Healthy Homes Grant
Rhode Island Weatherization
Milwaukee Pilot Ordinance
Phoenix Healthy Homes
EPA Swiffer Study
Lead Technical Study with Howard University
Common Areas Study
Cincinnati HOME Project
Providence Healthy Homes
HUD Retospective Evaluation of Lead Hazard Control Grantees
HUD 6-Year Extension Analysis
TheHUD Risk Assessment Study
This project is a randomized controlled trial of the Milwaukee Healthy Homes Demonstration Project intervention. All families and their dwellings will receive the standard Milwaukee Health Department Lead Hazard Control Treatment if needed and will receive bed casings for all mattresses. The intervention group will receive in addition: case management services, dust decontamination, integrated pest management, and moisture control treatments. Effect of the program intervention on quality of life indicators for asthmatic children and their families will be determined at 12 months follow-up. Effect of intervention on dust mite and cockroach allergen levels will be determined at 3-, 6-, and 12 months follow-up. The effect of the intervention on cat and dog allergens will be determined at 12 months follow-up if pet present pre-intervention.
For more information, please contact Jill Breysse at
NCHH is partnering with the Rhode Island State Energy Agency to pilot a program that combines window replacement and weatherization service for 25 low-income properties in Rhode Island. The pilot will include a demonstration and research component. The demonstration aims to show that weatherization and lead funds can be effectively combined to create safer, energy-efficient housing for at-risk families. The research will examine the relative safety of the units following the "weatherization plus health" activities. The study will also examine the extent to which weatherization activities create potential hazards and how weatherization activities can be modified to mitigate potential health risks.
For more information, please contact Jonathan Wilson at
HUD contracted with Battelle and NCHH to study the effectiveness of Milwaukee's relatively inexpensive and very productive lead hazard control strategy that focuses on window treatments. Battelle has the lead on this project with NCHH managing most of the field work.
For more information, please contact Pat McLaine at
We will work with the Phoenix Children's Hospital to examine the influence of their case management services along with minor building treatments on asthma triggers and safety hazards in the homes of asthmatic children. Pre and post-intervention visual assessments of safety hazards and asthma triggers will serve as the primary measure of effectiveness. We will work with Phoenix to develop the optimal visual assessment tool.
For more information, please contact Sherry Dixon at
This study will examine the efficacy of using Swiffer mops in lieu of a clearance examination. This research could play an important role in informing the protocols followed by renovation and remodeling contractors under future EPA regulations. The study will investigate whether a "white glove test" can be used as a proxy for clearance testing, to enable homeowners and others to clean surfaces to a point under EPA clearance standards. Laboratory tests suggest that this strategy holds promise. NCHH will carry out a field study in the City of Baltimore to determine the feasibility of this practice outside laboratory conditions.
For more information, please contact Connie Etheridge at
Lead Technical Study with Howard University
NCHH is partnering with Howard University's Center for Urban Progress to carry out a lead technical study, funded by HUD. This is a participatory research program. As part of this project, NCHH will evaluate the effectiveness of the DC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program's (CLPPP) case management strategies. The evaluation will demonstrate the effectiveness of existing case management systems and produce publishable data that can further guide policy development, provide specific information about the success of current case management systems, provide recommendations for how to improve its case management effort, identify general problems with current case management practices and make recommendations for resolution of these problems. NCHH will also update its 1997 report entitled "Designing and Managing Lead Hazard Control Programs: Lessons Learned to Date." The report documents the lessons grantees learned in establishing and administering their programs. Finally, NCHH will analyze available data to provide practical information about soil lead hazards and about the interim control strategies that contractors and prospective grantees could employ to make a home lead-safe, depending on its unique building condition. In addition, we will examine which housing conditions and characteristics are most predictive of lead hazards to enable hazard control agencies to prescribe the most appropriate treatments for housing units.
For more information, please contact Sherry Dixon at
NCHH and the University of Cincinnati Department of Environmental Health will collaborate on a lead technical study, "A Study of the Influence of Common Area Lead Hazards and Common Area Lead Hazard Control on Dust Lead Loadings in Multifamily Buildings." The study will examine the relationships between pre-intervention common area lead levels and the floor dust lead loadings in associated dwelling units as well as the effects of lead hazard control treatments in common areas on floor dust lead loadings in the building. The goals of the study are to help the HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control better explain the value of treating common areas as well as identify the intensity of lead-based paint interventions that most effectively control lead-based paint hazards in residential common areas. More
For more information, please contact Jonathan Wilson at
Dr. Bruce Lanphear has received funding from NIEHS and HUD for a major study to determine the effectiveness of lead hazard control of housing to prevent children from being poisoned. Mothers will be enrolled in their trimester.and their children will be followed until 36 months of age. 400 children will be enrolled. All will receive an educational benefit. Half of the units will be randomly assigned for treatments to control allergens and other asthma causing environmental hazards. The other half will be treated to prevent unintentional injuries. All units will be assessed every year; and children' blood will be tested periodically. This will be the first study featuring random selection, a control group and enrollment before birth. NCHH is developing an assessment and hazard control treatment plan. It will train local data collectors and QA/QC their work. It will review the data analysis and the report.
Partner: Cincinatti Children's Medical Center
For more information, please contact Jonathan Wilson at
The Center has been hired by the City of Providence, Rhode Island to evaluate the effectiveness of lead and other environmental and safety hazard interventions in reducing dust lead loadings and cockroach and dust mite allergen levels in dwellings. With support of a grant from Round VI of HUD's Lead Hazard Control Grant Program and a grant from HUD's Healthy Homes Initiative, interventions and the research study are currently underway. More
For more information, please contact Jill Breysse at
HUD Retrospective Evaluation of Lead Hazard Control Grantees
HUD contracted with Battelle and NCHH to study the programs of representative grantees that received Lead Hazard Control Grants in years after those that participated in the original national evaluation. The objective is to determine how well the overall HUD program is doing and to note any signifant changes in the activities of program recipients. Battelle has the lead on this project. Battelle and NCHH have been designing and redesigning the project over the past 18 months. The present plan involves a qualitative program evaluation and a statistical evaluation of dust lead data coleted bafore and after treatment. Center staff will interview the local program managers with respect to such issues as dwelling unit selection, hazard control treatment strategy, contracting with construction firms, tenant relocation and clearance. Center staff will also visit at least four treated units in each program to get an idea as to what was actually done. No new dust tests or occupant interviews will be carried out. This project will be completed in 2004.
Partner: Battelle
For more information, please contact Jonathan Wilson at
HUD has contracted with NCHH through the Battelle contract to collect and analyze dust lead data from some 425 dwelling units six years after completion of treatment by the lead hazard control programs in Minnesota, Milwaukee, Vermont and New York City that were part of the original evaluation. NCHH has the lead in this project and is dong most of the work. This project will help determine the extent to which lead reaccumulates in dust on floors and windowsills in housing in varying baseline condition six years after completion of two levels of lead hazard control treatment. HUD has provided funding through data collection and management. Funding for analysis and development of the report and a scientific article is expected during this fiscal year. More
Partner: Battelle
For more information, please contact Sherry Dixon at
A scientific study of the effective assessment of residential lead hazards. More
For more information, please contact Sherry Dixon at
Lead Specs for Housing Developers
Assistance in developing standardized, computerized specifications for various forms of lead hazard reduction construction activities. More
For more information, please contact Jack Anderson at
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