@article {113,
	title = {CDC{\textquoteright}s Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: A Long-standing Responsibility and Commitment to Protect Children From Lead Exposure},
	journal = {Public Health Management and Practice},
	volume = {25},
	year = {2019},
	month = {02/2019},
	pages = {S5-S12},
	publisher = {CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention Program},
	abstract = {The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention{\textquoteright}s (CDC{\textquoteright}s) Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) serves as the nation{\textquoteright}s public health leader and resource on strategies, policies, and practices aimed at preventing lead exposure in young children. CDC supports and advises state and local public health agencies and works with other federal agencies and partners to achieve the Healthy People 2020 objective of eliminating childhood lead exposure as a public health concern. Primary prevention-the removal of lead hazards from the environment before a child is exposed-is the most effective way to ensure that children do not experience the harmful effects of lead exposure. Blood lead screening tests and secondary prevention remain an essential safety net for children who may be exposed to lead. CDC{\textquoteright}s key programmatic strategy is to strengthen blood lead surveillance by supporting state and local programs to improve blood lead screening test rates, identify high-risk populations, and ensure effective follow-up for children with elevated blood lead levels. Surveillance plays a central role in helping measure the collective progress of federal, state, and local public health agencies in protecting children from lead, as well as enhancing our ability to target population-based interventions for primary prevention to those areas at highest risk. The CDC CLPPP has been at the front line of efforts to protect children from lead exposure and the resulting adverse health effects over the last 3 decades. As we chart our path for the future, we will continue to learn from past successes and challenges, incorporate new evidence and lessons learned, and work closely with federal, state, local, and nonprofit partners, experts in academia, and the community to advance the overarching goal of eliminating lead exposure in children.},
	keywords = {blood lead level, Children, lead poisoning, prevention, public health},
	doi = {10.1097/PHH.0000000000000868},
	url = {https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2019/01001/CDC_s_Lead_Poisoning_Prevention_Program__A.3.aspx},
	author = {Adrienne S. Ettinger and Monica L. Leonard and Jacquelyn Mason}
}
@article {115,
	title = {Impacts of energy-efficiency investments on internal conditions in low-income households},
	journal = {Building Research \& Information},
	volume = {46},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {653{\textendash}667},
	publisher = {Taylor \& Francis},
	abstract = {Living in cold conditions poses a risk to health, in particular to low-income, fuel-poor households. Improving the energy efficiency of the housing stock may bring multiple positive health gains through improved indoor temperatures and reduced fuel consumption. This study used a multilevel interrupted time-series approach to evaluate a policy-led energy-performance investment programme. Long-term monitoring data were collected for intervention and control households at baseline (n = 99) and follow-up (n = 88), creating a dataset with 15,771 data points for a series of daily-averaged hydrothermal outcome variables. The study found that the intervention raised indoor air temperature by on average 0.84 K as compared with control households, thereby bringing the majority of indoor temperature measurements within the {\textquoteleft}healthy{\textquoteright} comfort zone of 18{\textendash}24{\textdegree}C, while average daily gas usage dropped by 37\%. External wall insulation was the most effective measure to increase indoor air temperature. The greatest increases were found in the evening and at night, in the bedroom, and in British steel-framed buildings. No evidence was found that the intervention substantially increased indoor relative humidity levels when accompanied by mechanical ventilation. The study concludes that the multilevel interrupted time-series approach offers a useful model for evaluating housing improvement programmes.},
	keywords = {Energy efficiency, Housing, humidity measurements, monitoring, public health, public policy, retrofit, temperature measurements},
	doi = {10.1080/09613218.2017.1314641},
	author = {Poortinga, Wouter and Jiang, Shiyu and Grey, Charlotte and Tweed, Chris}
}
