Queens Ground Zero Health Watch

描述（由申请人提供）：自然系统生物学中心（CBNS）是纽约城市大学皇后学院的环境和职业健康研究所，建议扩大其目前的皇后世界贸易中心医疗监测计划（WTC MMP），以包括世贸中心相关疾病的诊断和治疗。皇后区世贸中心MMP自2003年4月开始进行世贸中心响应者筛查，目前有1114名世贸中心响应者监测，预计将增加到1400人。估计治疗人群为450人。提出皇后区世贸中心医疗监测和治疗方案（世贸中心MMTP）的理由有三点。皇后区世贸中心MMTP将具有：1)地理上的便利（许多世贸中心救援人员住在皇后区，包括四分之一的非纽约消防局世贸中心医疗筛查项目的参与者）；2)用户友好，以社区为基础的临床方法；3)CBNS及其顾问医师非常丰富的职业医学经验。皇后区拥有220万人口，单独来看，将是美国第四大城市。皇后区世贸中心医学中心位于皇后区的中心，除了西奈山的一个小卫星外，它是纽约市曼哈顿以外唯一的世贸中心临床中心。皇后区世贸中心MMTP的目标是：1)为世贸中心救援人员提供全面的健康监测和治疗服务；2)协助世贸中心救援人员及其家属获得健康福利、工人赔偿和其他适当服务；3)描述wtc相关健康状况的演变和新出现的特征；4)将项目结果传达给患者、卫生界、决策者和公众。皇后区世贸中心MMP的优势之一是它对整个非FDNY世贸中心医疗监测计划的智力和政策贡献；广泛参与纽约市世贸中心的卫生问题；它与皇后区的西班牙裔社区有着紧密的联系，许多世贸中心的移民救援人员就住在那里；其强有力的领导、团队；以及鼓励世贸中心工人积极参与的参与性医疗筛查方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for the Biology of Natural Systems (CBNS), an environmental and occupational health research institute at Queens College, City University of New York, proposes to expand its current Queens World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program (WTC MMP) to include diagnosis and treatment of WTC-related conditions. The Queens WTC MMP, which has conducted WTC responder screening since April 2003, has a monitoring population of 1,114 WTC responders, which is expected to rise to 1,400. Estimated treatment population is 450 people. The rationale for the proposed Queens WTC Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program (WTC MMTP) is threefold. The Queens WTC MMTP will have: 1) geographical convenience (Many WTC responders live in Queens, including one-quarter of all participants in the non-FDNY WTC Medical Screening program); 2) a user-friendly, community-based clinical approach: and 3) very extensive occupational medicine experience of CBNS and its consultant physicians. The borough of Queens has 2.2 million people and, standing alone, would be the fourth largest city in the U.S. The Queens WTC MMP is located in the center of Queens and, aside from a small Mount Sinai satellite, is the only WTC clinical center in New York City outside of Manhattan. The goals of the Queens WTC MMTP are 1) to provide comprehensive health monitoring and treatment services of World Trade Center-related conditions for WTC responders; 2) to assist WTC responders and their families to secure health benefits, workers' compensation and other appropriate services; 3) to characterize the evolution and new appearance of WTC-related health conditions; and 4) to communicate program results to patients, the health community, policy-makers, and the public. Among the strengths of the Queens WTC MMP are its intellectual and policy contribution to the overall non- FDNY WTC Medical Monitoring Program; its broad involvement in WTC health issues in New York City; its strong ties to the Hispanic communities of Queens, where many of the WTC immigrant responders reside; its strong leadership, team; and its participatory approach to medical screening encouraging active involvement of the WTC worker population.