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Reports and Publications

There are many local resources available for information and support on lead poisoning prevention, including through the , , , and Western NY Lead Poisoning Resource Center. This page lists a number of key publications by the CEC and others on lead poisoning prevention activities in our community.

CEC Publications

• Korfmacher. K.S. and K. Holt.  2018. The potential for proactive housing inspections to inform public health interventions.  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 24(5): 444-447.
• Korfmacher, K.S., K.G. Pettibone, K.M. Gray, O.D. Newman. 2016 .Collaborating for Systems Change: A Social Science Framework for Academic Roles in Community Partnerships. New Solutions. 26(3) 429–457.
• Korfmacher, K.S. and M. Hanley. 2013. Are local laws the key to ending childhood lead poisoning? Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 38(4):757-814.
• Korfmacher, K.S., M. Ayoob, R.L. Morley. 2012.  Rochester’s lead law: Evaluation of an environmental health policy innovation.  Environmental Health Perspectives.  120(2):309-315.
• Korfmacher, K.S. 2010. Boundary networks and Rochester’s “smart” lead law: The use of multidisciplinary information in a collaborative policy process.  New Solutions. 20(3): 317-336.
• Korfmacher, K.S. 2008.  Collaborating for primary prevention: Rochester’s new lead law.  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.  14(4): 400-406.
• Korfmacher, K.S. and K. Kuholski.  2007.  Do the same houses poison many children?  An investigation of lead poisoning in Rochester New York, 1993-2004.  Public Health Reports.  122(4): 483-487.
• Korfmacher, K.S. and S. Dixon.  2007. Reliability of spot test kits for detecting lead in household dust.  Environmental Research (104): 241-249.

Select other publications on lead in Rochester

• Boyce S, Hood K. 2002. Lead Poisoning among Young Children in Monroe County, NY : A Needs Assessment, Projection Model, and Next Steps. .
• Boyce S, Ruffer R, Ayoob M. 2008. An Evaluation of Rochester's Lead Law : 2006-2008.  
• HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development). 2018c. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Partners to Eliminate Lead Poisoning. Office of Policy Development and Research. .
• Kennedy, Byron S., et al. "Declines in Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Children, 1997− 2011." American journal of preventive medicine 46.3 (2014): 259-264.
• McDade, Elizabeth. 2018. “The Mission: End Childhood Lead Poisoning in Rochester.”  Shelterforce: The Voice of Community Development, Nov. 13.
• O'Fallon, Liam. "Go for the GLO." Environmental Health Perspectives 112, no. 6 (2004): A351.
• Payne-Sturges, D.C., K. S. Korfmacher, D.A. Cory-Slechta, M.Jimenez, E. Symanski, J.L. Carr Shmool, O. Dotson-Newman, J. E. Clougherty, R. French, J. I. Levy, R. Laumbach, K. Rodgers, R. Bongiovanni, and M.K. Scammell.  2015.  Engaging Communities in Research on Cumulative Risk and Social Stress-Environment Interactions: Lessons Learned from EPA’s STAR Program.  Environmental Justice.  8(6): 203-212.  DOI: 10.1089/env.2015.0025
• Wilson, J., S.L. Dixon, D.E Jacobs, J. Akoto, K.S. Korfmacher, J. Breysse.  2014. An investigation into porch dust lead levels.  Environmental Research. 137: 29-135