Queens Ground Zero Workers Health Watch

说明： 皇后区归零地工人健康观察建议对归零地工人的健康状况进行纵向评估，旨在：a)表征归零地工人和相关工人的健康状况变化和新的健康状况的发展；b)为归零地工人提供关于在归零地工作的健康影响的最新知识，包括个人和总体；以及c)确保对筛查计划中检测到的健康状况进行适当的转诊和跟进。皇后区归零工人健康观察建议在整个世界贸易中心(WTC)响应者健康联盟中充当至少700名工人的临床中心。对于居住在皇后区和邻近地区的基线筛查计划的大约23%的参与者来说，临床中心的位置很方便。皇后学院提议的临床中心的可信度和专业性体现在以下几个方面：作为世贸中心工人和志愿者医疗筛查计划的一部分，皇后学院对600名世贸中心遗址工人进行了基线检查；2002年初，皇后学院对世贸中心遗址附近的415名临时工/建筑清理工人进行了医疗筛查；1999年至2004年，皇后学院与佩斯国际联合会合作，对9,200名能源部工作人员进行了全国医疗筛查。 建议的机制将包括计划时事通讯、小组教育会议和WTC工人倡导小组，以最大限度地减少参与者的流失并保持计划的忠诚度。此外，皇后学院已证明有能力与其他医疗机构、工会、纽约市卫生局和其他机构合作，这些机构对记录归零地工人的健康影响至关重要。因此，皇后学院预计，它将成为世贸中心响应者健康联盟和世贸中心世贸中心响应者健康联盟的宝贵临床、科学和智力资源。

DESCRIPTION: The Queens Ground Zero Worker Health Watch proposes a longitudinal assessment of the health of Ground Zero workers that is designed: a) to characterize changes in the health status and the development of new health conditions among Ground Zero and related workers, b) to provide Ground Zero workers with current state of the art knowledge, individually and in aggregate, about the health effects of working at Ground Zero, and c) to ensure appropriate referral and follow-up for health conditions that are detected in the screening program. The Queens Ground Zero Worker Health Watch proposes to serve as a Clinical Center for a minimum of 700 workers within the overall World Trade Center (WTC) Responder Health Consortium. The Clinical Center is conveniently located for the approximately 23percent of participants in the baseline screening program that live in Queens and immediately adjacent areas. The credibility and expertise of the Clinical Center proposed by Queens College is demonstrated by the baseline examination of 600 Ground Zero workers by Queens College as part of the WTC Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening program (2003-present); the medical screening of 415 day laborers/building clean-up workers near Ground Zero by Queens College in early 2002; and the national medical screening of 9,200 Department of Energy workers by Queens College in cooperation with PACE International Union between 1999 and 2004. Proposed mechanisms to minimize participant attrition and to maintain program loyalty over time will include a program newsletter, group educational sessions, and a WTC Worker Advocacy Group. In addition, Queens College has a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with other medical institutions, unions, the NYC Health Department, and other agencies that have been essential to the documentation of health effects of Ground Zero workers. Queens College, thus, anticipates that it will serve as a valuable clinical, scientific, and intellectual resource to Ground Zero workers and to the World Trade Center Responder Health Consortium.