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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1999
Page
10
Dr Dobson argues that basic literacy is the top school priority and that millions graduate high school functionally illiterate. He cites a case of a boy who quits after grade school, urging early one on one instruction and remedial help as essential despite cost. He also suggests home based businesses as a work option for parents.
A study of 99 urban children with high blood lead levels followed 9 to 15 months, split into two groups. One group received caretaker education plus free housecleaning to remove lead dust, the other only education. Dust from peeling paint, the likely lead source, was reduced by cleaning, lowering lead absorption.
Health news notes a Pediatrics March issue report showing 46 children in cleaned homes had an average 17 percent drop in blood lead, with those cleaned 20+ times averaging 34 percent. Researchers led by Dr. George G. Rhoads of Rutgers and UMDNJ say regular cleaning plus maternal education is a safe, partially effective intervention when lead-safe housing isn't possible.
A Vermont led study of 10 296 Pap tests on girls ages 10 to 19 in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont finds 3.811 percent with cervical cell abnormalities and 14.6 percent with infections. The study argues for early Pap screenings for all sexually active teens to catch precancerous changes. No cancers were detected.
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