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Saint Luke's Foundation Raises Awareness:Healthy Kids in Healthy Homes
Lead hasn’t been an additive in paint products for decades, but its poisoning effects are far from being eradicated from properties throughout local neighborhoods. However, the risks of lead exposure, as well as methods for testing and containment, are now top-of-mind for many throughout the community, thanks to Healthy Kids in Healthy Homes, a public/private collaboration led by the Cleveland Department of Public Health, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, and Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry. Launched by the Saint Luke’s Foundation as a transformational initiative in 2004, the Healthy Kids in Healthy Homes initiative has now trained more than 1,000 community members and health care providers in lead testing and lead-safe maintenance and removal, and results continue to indicate lead testing on children is up and incidents of lead poisoning are down.
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