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Program Specialist: Debra Yarbrough, RS
Phone: (252) 636-4936
Fax: (252) 636-1474
E-mail: envhealth@cravencounty.com
Concentrates on disease prevention and management through environmental controls. We encourage families to provide Healthy Homes so their children can thrive. Our two major programs are Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Youth Asthma Management.
Childhood Lead Poisoning PreventionLead-Safety in Renovation, Repair and Painting Training Courses - The Craven County Health Department Division of Environmental Health is an EPA accredited training provider. Courses are approved for purposes of certification under Section 402 of TSCA. Joint EPA - HUD Curriculum.
| 2010 Course Schedule |
| Initial Training |
| January 22 |
| March 19 |
| March 22 |
| March 26 |
| April 9 |
| April 16 |
| May 14 |
| June 11 |
| July 23 |
| August 27 |
| September 10 |
| October 22 |
| December 3 |
Classes fill quickly - Call 252-636-4936 to reserve your seat.
Lead-Safety in Renovation, Repair and Painting
Training Registration Form
Lead Inspections - Conducts all types of lead inspections, including risk assessments and clearance sampling. Click the following link to visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's website on lead poisoning prevention: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/lead/index.html
Through grant funding from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Protection through the NC Children's Environmental Health Branch, we have formed a partnership with adjacent counties. The Craven-Jones-Pamlico-Lenoir Lead Poisoning Prevention Partnership not only responds to the needs of identified lead-poisoned children, we additionally strive to prevent children from ever being poisoned in the first place!
Referral Program - Identifies the sources of lead in a poisoned child's environment and offers coordinated clinical case management. Click the following link to visit the US Department for Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control and Prevention's website about lead poisoning prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm
Lead-Safe Housing - Helps homeowners enroll in the North Carolina Preventive Maintenance program. Click the following link to visit the NC Children's Environmental Health Branch website on lead poisoning prevention:
http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us/ehs/Children_Health/index.html.
Youth Asthma ManagementThrough funding from various grants from several sources, including the United Way of Coastal Carolina, Inc. and the NC Division of Health and Human Services, we address the needs of children with asthma in our community.
The Craven-Pamlico Asthma Coalition - 'Breathing Should Be Easy!' has several programs and projects to help ensure that every child receives quality, consistent care in order to lead productive NO ATTACKS lives. Join our list serve by sending a message to cravenpamlicoasthmacoalition-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Asthma Management Workshops are held the third Wednesday of each month to help families of children learn how to manage their child's asthma.
Craven-Pamlico Asthma Coalition Meetings are generally held quarterly to plan and implement our community out-reach activities.
Free Community Screenings are generally held annually in May.
Asthma Walk & Health Expo is generally held in the fall.
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