Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199, USA.
J Community Health. 2012 Jun;37(3):599-609. doi: 10.1007/s10900-011-9490-3.
The Arkansas People Participating in Lead Education (APPLE) Program is a collaborative effort between six Arkansas state, national and community organizations to provide lead awareness, training, and municipal legislation to needy communities in Arkansas. Under this program, APPLE organized and hosted well-designed, hands-on, and effective "call to action" lead awareness workshops for parents and community members in 10 needy communities over a 2 year period. Pre- and post-surveys were given to community members to access knowledge, attitudes and effectiveness of lead workshop activities, with demographic and another 13 and 11 questions on pre- and post-surveys, respectively. There were 709 adult attendees across the 10 workshop (Many children also attended.), with 460 completing pre-surveys, and 199 completed post-survey. Post-surveys were limited to four cities. The majority of those who completed surveys were African-American, reported as 78% on pre-surveys, with the majority also being parents (61%) and females. Although, 71% reported knowing that lead paint was bad for their health, more than 60% reported knowing little about lead exposure, and another 25% did not know the age of their residence. On the post-surveys, the majority of respondents found the workshop to be pleasant and informative (98%), while 45% had changed something in their lives to prevent lead exposure for a child and another 53% planned to make a change to prevent lead exposure for a child.
阿肯色州参与铅教育（APPLE）计划是六个阿肯色州州、国家和社区组织之间的合作努力，旨在为阿肯色州贫困社区提供铅意识、培训和市政立法。在该计划下，APPLE 在两年内组织并主持了精心设计、实践和有效的“行动呼吁”铅意识研讨会，为 10 个贫困社区的家长和社区成员举办。在社区成员中进行了预调查和后调查，以了解铅研讨会活动的知识、态度和效果，预调查和后调查分别有 13 个和 11 个问题。在 10 个研讨会中，有 709 名成人参加（许多孩子也参加了），其中 460 人完成了预调查，199 人完成了后调查。后调查仅限于四个城市。完成调查的大多数人是非洲裔美国人，预调查中报告为 78%，大多数人也是父母（61%）和女性。尽管 71%的人报告说知道铅涂料对他们的健康有害，但超过 60%的人报告说对铅暴露知之甚少，另有 25%的人不知道他们居住的年龄。在后调查中，大多数受访者认为研讨会愉快且内容丰富（98%），而 45%的人已经改变了生活中的某些方面以防止儿童接触铅，另有 53%的人计划做出改变以防止儿童接触铅。
