Core--Preventing fetal neurotoxicity by reducing local fish consumption

核心--减少当地鱼类消费，预防胎儿神经毒性

• 批准号: 6578822
• 负责人: ANNE L. GOLDEN
• 金额: $ 8.37万
• 依托单位: ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-04-01 至 2003-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6578822
• 关键词: Crustacea; Mollusca; biomedical facility; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; embryo /fetus toxicology; environmental contamination; environmental health; environmental toxicology; fish; food contamination; halobiphenyl /halotriphenyl compound; hazardous substances; information dissemination; mercury; neurotoxicology

DESCRIPTION (Taken from application) The proposed Community-based Prevention and Intervention (CBPI) project -- Preventing Fetal Neurotoxicity by Reducing Local Fish Consumption: An Educational Intervention among Women Receiving WIC Services in New York City) -- will translate the scientific findings from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine?s Superfund Basic Research Program into a direct preventive action designed to reduce human exposure to toxic chemicals found in New York City waterways. The goal of this project is to prevent fetal neurotoxicity caused by PCBs and other persistent pollutants by reducing consumption of locally caught fish among women of childbearing age in two low-income communities (East Harlem and the South Bronx) where subsistence fishing is common. Previous SBRP research confirms that fish and shellfish taken from waters near these communities contain unsafe levels of PCBs and other toxins, posing special risks for women of childbearing age even at relatively low doses. Surveys of local anglers show that many are unaware of the hazards to health that result from consumption of local fish; even when informed, many still eat their catch; the catch is shared with friends and families, including women of childbearing age; and some of the catch is illegally sold. The anglers hold inaccurate but deeply felt beliefs about the safety of local fish, and they tend to distrust government advisories. Women of childbearing age in the study communities may be more open than men to information about fetal health, and are also the population at highest risk. Accordingly, the proposed project will work with eight local WIC (Special Supplemental Nutritional Support for Women, Infants and Children) centers to develop and test a theory-based, culturally appropriate, participatory behavioral approach for promoting safer choices and practices related to consumption of local fish and shellfish. The project is being developed in close collaboration with the New York State Department of Health, state WIC administrators and the WIC center directors. Community organizations are linked to the project through the Outreach Core. Consultants associated with the project add multidisciplinary expertise in social and behavioral science, community-based program development and evaluation, and research and intervention in low-income minority communities.

描述（摘自应用程序） 基于社区的预防和干预（CBPI）项目 通过减少当地鱼类消费预防胎儿神经毒性： 纽约市接受妇女信息中心服务的妇女中的教育干预 --将翻译西奈山学校的科学发现， 药？的超级基金基础研究计划转变为直接的预防行动 旨在减少人类暴露于纽约市发现的有毒化学物质 水路该项目的目标是防止胎儿神经毒性引起的 多氯联苯和其他持久性污染物， 在两个低收入社区的育龄妇女中捕鱼 (East哈莱姆和南布朗克斯），那里的生计捕鱼是常见的。 SBRP先前的研究证实，从附近沃茨采集的鱼类和贝类 这些社区含有不安全水平的多氯联苯和其他毒素， 即使在相对较低的剂量下，对育龄妇女也有特殊风险。 对当地垂钓者的调查显示， 这是由于消费当地鱼类造成的;即使被告知，许多人仍然吃 他们的捕获物;捕获物与朋友和家人分享，包括女性 有些人是非法捕捞的，有些人是非法销售的。垂钓者 对当地鱼类的安全性持有不准确但深刻的信念， 他们倾向于不信任政府机构。育龄妇女 研究团体可能比男性更开放关于胎儿健康的信息， 也是最危险的人群因此，拟议的 该项目将与八个当地的WIC（特别补充营养素） 妇女、婴儿和儿童支持）中心开发和测试基于理论的， 文化上适当的参与性行为方法， 与食用当地鱼类有关的更安全选择和做法， 贝类。该项目正在与新的 约克州卫生部、州WIC管理人员和WIC中心 董事们。社区组织通过 外展核心。与该项目有关的顾问增加了多学科 社会和行为科学的专业知识，以社区为基础的计划 发展和评价，以及研究和干预低收入 少数民族社区。