- Managing a Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, including a housing-based approach to primary prevention, elements of a successful CLPPP, being a CDC CLPPP grantee, developing a shared program vision, the evolving role of CLPPPs
- Financial management, including structure and function of grants and cooperative agreements, budgeting, Medicaid reimbursement, and effective and successful grant writing
- Program evaluation, including process for program evaluation, selecting and writing effective goals and objectives, logic models, and benefits of evaluation
- Legal and regulatory frameworks for prevention, including lead-safe housing standards, and complementary regulatory infrastructure and initiatives
- Collaboration and partnerships to achieve program objectives, including discussion of key stakeholders, effective collaborations for strategic lead elimination, and working with Medicaid and other partners
- Surveillance: data collection and management, including an overview of data reporting and quality issues, data sharing, using and disseminating data, and preparing for NEDSS
- Key elements of a childhood blood lead surveillance system, the role of federal and state surveillance systems, transitioning to web-based tracking systems, and the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) and the lead Program Area Module (PAM)
- Data management and quality, including data entry and verification, data quality and error correction, electronic laboratory reporting (ELR), and reporting to CDC
- Analyses of surveillance and program data, including basic epidemiological concepts and definitions, strengths and weaknesses of lead surveillance data, descriptions of valid analyses for assessing blood lead screening, case management, and other measures of interest to CLPPPs and the community
- Dissemination of surveillance and CLPPP data, including strategies for presenting, communicating, and disseminating data to different audiences
- Overview of primary prevention for CLPPPs, including the feasibility of housing-based primary prevention, elements of a comprehensive primary prevention program, common obstacles, shifting from secondary to primary prevention, and important definitions.
- Strategies for advancing primary prevention, including
- targeting high-risk houses and populations,
- building awareness and community support,
- communicating risk information clearly
- building technical capacity for lead safety
- legal and regulatory tools, including lead safety standards, code enforcement, lead hazard disclosure, and other systems
- collaboration and partnerships
- financing and subsidies for primary prevention
- leveraging other resources
- making the most of available resources
- Techniques for monitoring progress, including opportunities for program evaluation and research, process for program evaluation, and distinction between evaluation and research.
- Introduction to case management for childhood lead poisoning, review of current CDC recommendations for case management, role of public health, and presentation of key policy issues
- Assessment and remediation of residential lead exposure, including assessment criteria and assessment tools, and current research findings on environmental exposure sources and interventions
- Medical assessment and interventions, including the role of the case manager in secondary prevention, current medical management research and practices for children with EBLLs, and tools case managers can use to work with primary care providers
- Nutritional assessment and interventions, including risk factors for nutritional deficiencies, relevant research findings, and tools state and local CLPPPs can use
- Developmental assessment and interventions, including screening tools for case managers, and options for referral and for promoting long-term developmental surveillance
- Educational interventions for caregivers, including review of recommended caregiver educational strategies and the related scientific literature.
- Development of a case management plan
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The Lead Poisoning Prevention Training Center (LPPTC) supports CDC’s partners in state and local childhood lead poisoning prevention programs by training new program personnel to more effectively carry out program activities. The intended participants are those managers and staff with less than two years of lead program experience.
The training covers core subject areas relevant to all childhood lead poisoning prevention program (CLPPP) staff though a series of plenary sessions. Topics covered in the core curriculum include lead’s health effects, federal lead policy, key concepts of primary and secondary prevention, and health education strategies for primary prevention, among others. In addition, the LPPTC offers four specialized training tracks (described below) taught by expert trainers with CLPPP experience: program management, data/surveillance, primary prevention, and case management. Finally, all participants leave the training with an individualized “Personal Action Plan” that provides a framework for translating their training experience into action steps that can be taken on the job.
Program Management Training Track -- This track presents key concepts and skills for CLPPP program managers or assistant program managers. The training focuses on the following topics and includes hands-on exercises for reinforcement of critical concepts.
Data and Surveillance Training Track – This track introduces key concepts and skills important to CLPPP data managers or surveillance staff. The training focuses on the following topics and includes hands-on exercises for reinforcement of critical concepts.
Primary Prevention Training Track -- This track presents a broad range of alternative strategies for incorporating primary prevention of lead poisoning into CLPPPs, and is appropriate for all CLPPP staff disciplines. The training focuses on the following topics and includes hands-on exercises for reinforcement of critical concepts.
Case Management Training Track -- This track introduces key concepts and skills necessary for CLPPP staff with responsibility for case management. The training focuses on the following topics and includes hands-on exercises for reinforcement of critical concepts.
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Last updated: 04/09/2008
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