FISH CONSUMPTION RISK COMMUNICATION IN ETHNIC MILWAUKEE

描述(摘自申请人的摘要) 已经建立了多学科合作伙伴关系来应对健康风险 密尔沃基苗族和西语裔人群的化学消费 被污染的鱼。这些财团包括少数民族的代表 社区；在水生毒理学和风险方面有专长的科学家 来自海洋和淡水生物医学科学中心的评估； 第十六街社区卫生中心环境卫生主任， 这些居民的主要医疗保健提供者；以及城市调查专家 以及与市中心不同种族群体的大众交流。关于…的调查 目标人群的捕鱼和鱼类消费习惯将是 在这些项目的开始和结束时完成，以评估该计划。 运用母语强调文化的交际策略 将培养人们的意识。因为孕妇和孩子都处于兴奋状态 为了应对这些风险，将具体实施与这些风险相关的战略。在 苗族社区的主要交流工具将是视频， 以苗族居民为特色，在丰富的、文化的 重视捕鱼的中心地位的背景。内容将包括 关于食用鱼类的营养价值(益处)的信息， 与食用受污染的鱼相关的问题(风险)，如何识别 不同种类的鱼、安全捕鱼区以及如何找到它们，以及如何 让鱼做好准备，尽量减少暴露在污染物中。具体目标是 (一)打造科学合理、文化协调的风险沟通机制 以制作录像带为中心的战略，以解决 与食用受污染鱼类有关的问题；(2)使用视频作为 一项向市中心居民宣传的外展活动的中心内容 食用受污染鱼类的危害；(3)评估这项工作的成功 风险沟通方法；(4)补充成人沟通 中学生命科学教育模块的战略，这将 告诉市中心的学生吃鱼的问题，以及(5)评估 教育模块的有效性将为学生提供 对科学和消费可能产生的后果的理解 被污染的鱼。

DESCRIPTION (Taken from the Applicant's Abstract) Multidisciplinary partnerships have been assembled to address the health risks to Hmong and Hispanic populations in Milwaukee of consuming chemically contaminated fish. These consortia include representatives of the ethnic communities; scientists with expertise in aquatic toxicology and risk assessment from the Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center; the Director of Environmental Health at Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, the major healthcare provider to these residents; and experts in urban survey and mass communications with diverse, inner city ethnic groups. Surveys on the fishing and fish consumption habits of the targeted populations will be done at both the outset and end of these projects to evaluate the program. Communication strategies using native languages and emphasizing cultural awareness will be developed. Because pregnant women and children are at high risk, strategies relating specifically to them will be implemented. Within the Hmong community the primary communication instrument will be a video, featuring Hmong residents speaking to their community within a rich, cultural context that values the centrality of fishing. Content will include information about the nutritional value of eating fish (benefits), the problems associated with eating contaminated fish (risks), how to recognize different species of fish, safe fishing areas and how to find them, and how to prepare fish to minimize exposure to contaminants. The specific aims are (1) to create scientifically sound, culturally attuned risk communication strategies centered around the production of videotapes that address the issues related to the consumption of contaminated fish; (2) to use videos as the centerpiece of an outreach campaign to inform inner city residents about the hazards of eating contaminated fish; (3) to evaluate the success of this approach to risk communication; (4) to complement adult communication strategies with educational modules for middle school Life Science, which will inform inner city students on the problems of eating fish, and (5) to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational modules that will provide students with an understanding of the science and the possible consequences of consuming contaminated fish.