Abstract
GIS Collaboration leads to Blood Lead Poison Study on Learning
Track: GIS for Administration, Planning and Policy
Author
Detroit Public Schools (DPS) and the City of Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion Office of Health Information, Planning, Policy, Evaluation, and Research (HIPPER) developed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to raise awareness about the issue of lead exposure on educational achievement and behavioral outcomes in the city of Detroit; advance interventions to address the long-term effects of childhood lead poisoning on lifetime learning in educational settings and make effective use of cross-disciplinary data to address cross-cutting preventable public health issues. Using geographic information systems technologies blood lead poisoning data from HIPPER was joined with DPS student data. The impact of elevated blood lead levels on children during early childhood ( birth to 5 years) leads to dramatic negative impacts of educational performance of the children as they move through the Detroit Public Schools. This is an educational crisis in urban education in the Eastern United States.
Randall Raymond
Detroit Public Schools
27415 Selkirk St.
Southfield, Michigan 48076
United States
Phone: 248-910-7830
E-mail: aerraymond@aol.com
Harolyn Tarr
City of Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion
1151 Taylor
Detroit, Michigan 48202
United States
Phone: 313-876-4340
E-mail: tarrh@detroitmi.gov
Margaret Tufts
City of Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion
1151 Taylor
Detroit, Michigan 48202
United States
Phone: 313-870-0675
E-mail: Tuftsm@detroitmi.gov
Yvonne Anthony
City of Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion
1151 Taylor
Detroit, Michigan 48202
United States
Phone: 313-399-4094
E-mail: AnthonyY@detroitmi.gov