Community Environmental Health Research: Finding Meaning

社区环境健康研究：寻找意义

• 批准号: 6936332
• 负责人: David M Ozonoff
• 金额: $ 5.75万
• 依托单位: BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-30 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6936332
• 关键词: clinical research; community planning; data collection methodology /evaluation; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; environmental exposure; environmental health; ethics; health surveys; human subject; information systems; interview; literature survey; public health; training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) Among the most frequently requested types of assistance from state health departments by distressed communities fearful they are threatened by toxic exposures are "health studies." Yet when studies are done, communities are often unhappy with the results. It seems clear there are vastly differing expectations and understandings among practitioners and community members about what a health study is and what it can provide. The investigators propose to work with four groups frequently involved in community health study initiation, implementation and interpretation. The groups are, 1) academic researchers; 2) public health officials; 3) activist organizations and 4) community members. The goal is to educate and train all four constituencies in the needs and expectations of the others and to come to some common understanding of what is involved when we embark on "community health study." Specific Aims are as follows: 1) Obtain information about participants' knowledge about health impacts of environmental exposures, and perceptions about what community health studies can and cannot do to determine health impacts in specific communities. 2) Analyze the results focus of groups in our partner communities (Lawrence and Salem, Massachusetts) concerning their perceptions of environmental health studies, supplemented with review of historical material on environmental health studies. 3) Develop, test and produce new educational methods and materials for community groups regarding ethical and scientific challenges and opportunities in environmental health studies. 4) Establish mechanisms for forging new and on-going community-researcher relationships.

描述（由申请人提供） 担心受到有毒物质威胁的贫困社区最常向州卫生部门请求的援助类型是“健康研究”。“然而，当研究完成时，社区往往对结果不满意。 很明显，从业者和社区成员对健康研究是什么以及它能提供什么有着截然不同的期望和理解。 研究人员建议与四个经常参与社区健康研究的发起、实施和解释的小组合作。 这些团体包括：1）学术研究人员; 2）公共卫生官员; 3）活动组织和4）社区成员。 我们的目标是教育和培训所有四个选区的需要和期望的其他人，并达成一些共同的理解是什么，当我们开始“社区卫生研究。" 具体目标如下： 1)获得有关参与者对环境暴露的健康影响的知识的信息，以及关于社区健康研究可以和不可以做什么来确定特定社区的健康影响的看法。 2)分析我们的合作伙伴社区（马萨诸塞州劳伦斯和塞勒姆）的团体对环境健康研究的看法，并辅以对环境健康研究历史资料的回顾。 3)为社区团体开发、测试和制作新的教育方法和材料，介绍环境健康研究中的伦理和科学挑战和机遇。 4)建立机制，建立新的和持续的社区研究人员的关系。