Communities Organized Against Asthma and Lead (COAL)

描述（由申请人提供） 社区组织对抗哮喘和铅：项目煤（社区组织对抗哮喘和plomo）将是一个伙伴关系之间的德马德雷斯马德雷斯，公司。位于德克萨斯州休斯顿的德克萨斯大学医学分支，位于加尔维斯顿的Casa de Amigos健康中心和德克萨斯南方大学法学院的环境正义诊所。 该伙伴关系将汇集一个完善的和受人尊敬的社区为基础的组织在休斯敦的近北区社区，与环境毒理学家在NIEHS中心在UTMB，卫生保健提供者在哈里斯县医院区诊所服务近北区，以及律师和法律学生与应对环境健康问题的历史在弱势社区。 这一伙伴关系将解决该社区家庭中两个紧迫的环境问题：儿童接触油漆中的铅和可能引发哮喘的物质。 我们将首先通过一种新颖的沟通方法来解决这些问题，使用戏剧作为教育和引起社区反应的手段。 这种方法将使社区了解COAL项目，并将社区的当地知识提供给该项目的合作伙伴。 该项目的第二个重点是满足社区居民的需要，对他们的住宅进行评估，以确定铅的来源和可能引发哮喘的物质。 将对油漆样品进行铅含量测试。 将测定空气中的过敏原（尘螨、霉菌孢子、花粉）水平，并测量刺激性化学物质以及昆虫和啮齿动物的过敏原。 UTMB将培训当地居民家庭评估团队并进行实验室测试。 居民将得到培训，使他们能够减少或消除这些危险，从他们的家园，他们将得到一致的后续行动，从家庭评估小组。 医疗诊所和环境正义诊所将发挥咨询作用，提供有关社区的数据，并在需要时在具体情况下提供协助。 COAL项目的主要目的是为De Madres a Madres提供提供服务的手段，以减少社区儿童接触可能导致铅接触和哮喘恶化的物质。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) Communities Organized Against Asthma and Lead: Project COAL (Communidades organizadas contra asthma y plomo) will be a partnership between De Madres a Madres, Inc. in Houston, TX, The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Casa de Amigos Health Center, and the Environmental Justice Clinic at Texas Southern University School of Law. The partnership will bring together a well-established and respected community based organization in the Near North Side community of Houston, with Environmental Toxicologists in the NIEHS Center at UTMB, health care providers at the Harris County Hospital District Clinic serving the Near North Side, and attorneys and law students with a history of response to environmental health problems in disadvantaged communities. This partnership will address two pressing environmental problems in the homes of this community: exposure of children to lead, from paint, and to agents that can trigger asthma. We will address these issues first through a novel approach to communication using theater as a means to educate and to elicit responses from the community. This approach will inform the community about Project COAL and provide local knowledge from the community to the partners in this project. The second focus of the project will be to serve the needs of residents in the community by making assessments of their homes to identify sources of lead and agents that can trigger asthma. Paint samples will be tested for lead. Levels of allergens (dust mites, mold spores, pollen) in the air will be determined, irritant chemicals and allergens from insects and rodents will be measured. UTMB will train local resident home assessment teams and perform the laboratory tests. Residents will be given training to enable them to reduce or eliminate these hazards from their homes and they will receive consistent follow-up from the home assessment teams. The medical clinic and environmental justice clinic will serve in an advisory capacity and provide data about the community, and assist in specific situations when the need arises. The primary purpose of Project COAL is to give De Madres a Madres the means to provide services to reduce the exposure of children in their community to agents that can result in lead exposure and asthma exacerbation.