Citizen-Science Technology for HealthyLiving at Home

项目摘要 环境风险因素可归因于美国约50%的慢性呼吸道疾病负担， 约10-15%的负担来自其他非传染性疾病（例如，癌症，心血管疾病， 糖尿病）。各种形式的水和空气污染会导致环境风险因素， 较小的归因于噪音、辐射和物理危害等来源。大部分暴露发生在 家，人们70%的时间都在这里度过。然而，你的家应该对你的健康有好处的想法是 常常被视为理所当然。家庭可能是有害污染物暴露的重要来源。室内水平 已确定的和新出现的污染物，包括致癌物、内分泌干扰化合物、标准空气 污染物和有害微生物的含量通常高于在室外测量的水平。这些 接触是非传染性疾病的重要决定因素， 和社会经济不平等的问题。因此，越来越需要无障碍的 环境测试工具和教育计划，以提高人们的认识，并激发生活的变化 改善长期健康的条件。现有环境测量的成本和复杂性 技术在很大程度上是为什么普通家庭，特别是少数民族或社会经济 弱势群体不了解其居住地的环境压力因素。这项I期 该提案将开发和演示一种新颖且廉价的环境家居评估工具（Home 健康盒）用于测量家庭中的空气和水质量。家庭健康盒是一个传感器和样品 因此，本发明提供了一种可以由家庭居住者快速、简单且以最小的努力部署的收集系统。分析 将包括空气中的环境压力因素（颗粒物，黑碳，金属，挥发性有机物， 霉菌/细菌）和水（余氯、金属、细菌）。在构建和测试盒子之后，我们将 在科罗拉多州柯林斯堡的少数民族和社会经济弱势家庭中部署它们。 数据将被传达回家庭居住者（重点是文化敏感的设计， 通信）。家庭健康盒将使个人能够理解，识别和减轻 家庭中的环境危害-大多数接触往往发生的地方。两个目标是 建议：（1）开发一种简单，便携式的采样和传感器系统，以量化环境压力 使用公民科学方法，（2）展示家庭健康箱概念的性能和价值 在对科罗拉多的柯林斯堡的种族和少数民族居民进行的一项试点实地研究中。

Project Summary Environmental risk factors are attributable to ~50% of the chronic respiratory disease burden in the U.S. and to ~10-15% of the burden from other non-communicable diseases (e.g., cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes). Exposure to environmental risk factors occurs through various forms of water and air pollution, with a smaller attribution to sources like noise, radiation, and physical hazards. Much of this exposure occurs at home, where people spend 70% of their lives. Yet, the notion that your home should be good for your health is often taken for granted. Homes can be significant sources of harmful pollutant exposure. Indoor levels of established and emerging pollutants, including carcinogens, endocrine-disrupting compounds, criteria air pollutants, and harmful microbes, are often elevated relative to levels measured outside the home. These exposures are important determinants of non-communicable diseases and they are magnified by racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequalities that prevail across the country. Thus, there is a growing need for accessible environmental testing tools and educational programs to create awareness and inspire change in living conditions for improved long-term health. The cost and complexity of existing environmental measurement technologies are in large part why the average household, especially minority or socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals, are unaware of the environmental stressors in their place of residence. This Phase I proposal will develop and demonstrate a novel and inexpensive environmental home assessment tool (Home Health Box) for measuring air and water quality in homes. The Home Health Box is a sensor and sample collection system that can be deployed by the home occupant quickly, simply, and with minimal effort. Analysis will include environmental stressors in air (particulate matter, black carbon, metals, volatile organics, mold/bacteria) and water (residual chlorine, metals, bacteria). After constructing and testing the boxes we will deploy them across minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged homes in Fort Collins, CO. Measurement data will be communicated back to the home occupant (with an emphasis on culturally-sensitive design of communications). The Home Health Box will empower individuals to understand, recognize, and mitigate environmental hazards in the home – a place where the majority of exposure tends to occur. Two aims are proposed: (1) Develop a simple, portable sampling and sensor system to quantify environmental stressors using a citizen-science approach and (2) demonstrate performance and value of the Home Health Box concept in a pilot field study of racial and ethnic minority residents in Fort Collins, Colorado.