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Outreach Campaigns and Materials
National Head Start Association Campaign - EPA partnered with the National Head Start Association and developed the "Give Your Child a Chance of a Lifetime" campaign to promote lead poisoning prevention in young children at Head Start Day Care Centers. The campaign materials include a parent brochure, several fact sheets for staff and parents, and several teaching curriculum sheets. Copies of the "Chance of a Lifetime" documents may be downloading for duplication purposes.
- Parent brochure:Give Your Child the Chance of a Lifetime, Keep Your Child Lead-Safe (PDF) (2 pp, 136K) | Spanish version (PDF) (2 pp, 487K)
- Fact sheets
- What You Need to Know About Lead Poisoning (PDF) (2 pp, 86K) | Spanish version (PDF) (2 pp, 91K) | French version (PDF) (2 pp, 179K) | Chinese version (PDF) (2 pp, 438K) | Russian version (PDF) (2 pp, 216K) | Arabic version (PDF) (2 pp, 283K)
- Health Specialist: Lead Poisoning Prevention (PDF) (2 pp, 45K)
- Home Advisory: Talking Points for Head Start Staff (PDF) (1 pp, 47K)
- Lead Poisoning Home Checklist (PDF) (1 pg, 42K)
- Head Start classroom exercises
- Chip and Dusty (PDF) (2 pp, 95K) (paper bag instructions for Chip (PDF) (2 pp, 70K) , Buster (PDF) (2 pp, 70K), and Dusty (PDF) (2 pp, 53K)
- Healthy Snacks (PDF) (2 pp, 158K)
- Songs (PDF) (2 pp, 73K)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Media Outreach Kit (PDF) (16 pp, 284K) -- EPA has developed a Lead Poisoning Prevention Media Outreach Kit to assist state and local health, environmental, and housing agencies in working with the media, and to create press and outreach materials. The Media Outreach Kit is available in PDF, and may be accessed by clicking on the link above.
WIC Nutritionist Educational Campaign - Designed for and distributed to nutritionists and program managers with the US Department of Agriculture's Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC), this packet provides information on how program staff can help their clients protect themselves and their families from lead. The packet contains fact sheets about lead and nutrition, medical considerations and screening, and lead hazards in the home. The cornerstone of this project is the Fight Lead Poisoning with a Healthy Diet brochure (PDF) (10 pp, 375K).
Keep It Clean Campaign - The disturbance of lead paint that occurs during home improvement and painting poses a serious threat to the health of adults and children. The Keep It Clean Campaign aims to help New Englanders understand the simple measures they can take to avoid lead poisoning during home improvement projects. The educational messages of the campaign focus on easy steps that can make home projects lead-safe.
Outreach Videos
Green Scene: Lead Poison Prevention for Home Renovators -- Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, Acting Director of the Office of Pollution, Prevention and Toxics, discusses steps do-it-yourself home renovators should take to reduce the risk of exposure to lead while completing home renovation projects.
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video Contest (2009)