Public Health Reports
Volume 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-116

Implementation of CDC refugee blood lead testing guidelines in Minnesota (Article)

Zabel E.W. , Smith M.E. , O'Fallon A.
  • a Minnesota Department of Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, 625 N. Robert St., St. Paul, MN 55155, United States
  • b St. Paul-Ramsey County Department of Public Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, St. Paul, MN, United States
  • c Minnesota Department of Health, Refugee Health Program, St. Paul, MN, United States

Abstract

The state of Minnesota undertook a trial of the 2005 recommendations for blood lead testing in refugees developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New refugee children younger than 16 years of age receiving health screening at an urban clinic were tested for elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs) and nutritional status. Follow-up lead tests were obtained three to six months after the first test. During the course of the project, 150 refugee children received an initial blood lead test and nutritional blood tests, and 140 (93%) received a second blood lead test. Five children (3.3%) had EBLLs at the initial blood lead test and one child (0.7%) had an EBLL at the second test after a nonelevated first test result. In contrast to findings from New Hampshire, this project did not observe a high number of refugees who developed EBLLs after moving to the U.S. ©2008 Association of Schools of Public Health.

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DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300203
ISSN: 00333549
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English