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Lead Poisoning In Scott County: Seeking Advice From Their “Sister City", Caitlin Slone, Palisha Ranjit, Elizabeth Farwell, Rachel Haecherl, Christine Golaszewski
Lead Poisoning In Scott County: Seeking Advice From Their “Sister City", Caitlin Slone, Palisha Ranjit, Elizabeth Farwell, Rachel Haecherl, Christine Golaszewski
2016-2017: Scott County, Iowa and the Scott County Health Department
No abstract provided.
Reassessing Visual Assessment Techniques In Lead Project For Scott County, Hannah Lindaman
Reassessing Visual Assessment Techniques In Lead Project For Scott County, Hannah Lindaman
2016-2017: Scott County, Iowa and the Scott County Health Department
The Upper Mississippi Center has been working closely with Scott County Health Department on a two-year project addressing the stunningly high rates of lead poisoning in parts of Scott County, Iowa. This formal report correlates visual characteristics with the risk-category of lead poisoning in specific parcels in Scott County. Data was collected from the pilot survey in the winter of 2016 and used to run tests using SPSS to find relationships between the visual characteristics that were assessed and the risk-category of the parcel. This report aims to address the fact that the standard for residential visual assessment has a …
The Lead Poisoning Problem In Polk County And Des Moines, Ia, Ami Leichsenring, Naomi Castro, Vanessa Dominguez, Samantha G. De Forest-Davis, Keila Saucedo
The Lead Poisoning Problem In Polk County And Des Moines, Ia, Ami Leichsenring, Naomi Castro, Vanessa Dominguez, Samantha G. De Forest-Davis, Keila Saucedo
2016-2017: Scott County, Iowa and the Scott County Health Department
No abstract provided.
How Do Communities Proactively Address Lead Remediation? : Community Case Studies From Iowa, Dr. Angie L. Carter, Emma Nordmeyer
How Do Communities Proactively Address Lead Remediation? : Community Case Studies From Iowa, Dr. Angie L. Carter, Emma Nordmeyer
2016-2017: Scott County, Iowa and the Scott County Health Department
In 2016, Scott County Health Department officials reached out to the Sustainable Working Landscapes Initiative (SWLI) program at Augustana College to begin a partnership addressing lead poisoning in our community. Teams of students in the Fall 2016 Contemporary Social Issues class conducted sociological case studies of communities in Iowa that are proactively addressing lead remediation through combinations of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and private funding. Groups of students conducted case studies in Dubuque, Linn, Polk, Marshall, and Black Hawk counties in Iowa. Students researched the demographics of these areas as well as successes, lessons learned, …
Fighting Lead Poisoning With Food, Brenna Whisler, Tracy Ngo
Fighting Lead Poisoning With Food, Brenna Whisler, Tracy Ngo
2016-2017: Scott County, Iowa and the Scott County Health Department
No abstract provided.