Impact of Traffic-Related Particles on Asthma for Students in an Urban School Dis

描述（由申请人提供）：提议的协作社区驱动研究的动机是辛辛那提学校社区的关注，包括管理人员、教师、公共卫生官员和护士、家长和其他儿童在学校接触与交通有关的颗粒。与交通有关的颗粒物已被证明会加剧学龄儿童现有的哮喘。然而，目前尚不清楚这些污染物在学校的浓度与社区背景水平的比较。此外，开展了反空转运动，成效有限，也没有采取对环境或健康产生影响的措施。为了解决社区关注的问题和缺乏定量数据的问题，辛辛那提大学的环境卫生研究人员与包括辛辛那提公立学校和辛辛那提卫生部在内的社区组织之间建立了新的伙伴关系。这种伙伴关系将以每个组织的优势为基础，共同实现三个具体目标：1)确定儿童在学校接触到的与交通相关的PM水平是否高于儿童所在社区的环境水平；2)制定并实施社区驱动的反空转运动，旨在减少儿童在上学时间接触到与交通相关的空气污染；3)评估研究伙伴关系和反空转运动的有效性，通过评估学校暴露的减少和对上学的哮喘儿童健康的影响。这种互惠研究关系的结果将指导辛辛那提社区和其他地方未来的公共卫生行动，为公共卫生护士提供培训和教育，为患有哮喘的儿童及其家人提供客观的健康数据，吸引公交车司机以减少空转，并为辛辛那提大学研究人员和社区合作伙伴之间未来的合作努力奠定基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed collaborative community-driven study is motivated by the concern of the Cincinnati school community including administrators, teachers, public health officials and nurses, parents, and others childhood exposure to traffic-related particles at schools. Traffic-related particles have been shown to exacerbate existing asthma in school-age children. It is unknown, however, the concentrations of these pollutants at schools compared to community background levels. Furthermore, anti-idling campaigns have been conducted with limited success and without measures of environmental or health impact. In order to address the community's concerns and the lack of quantitative data, a new partnership has been formed between environmental health researchers at the University of Cincinnati and community-based organizations including the Cincinnati Public Schools and the Cincinnati Health Department. This partnership will build upon the strengths of each organization to collaboratively accomplish three specific aims: 1) determine if children are exposed to increased levels of traffic-related PM at school compared to ambient levels in the communities where the children reside, 2) develop and implement a community-driven anti-idling campaign aimed at reducing children's exposure to traffic-related air pollution during school hours, and 3) evaluate the effectiveness of the research partnership and anti-idling campaign by assessing the reduction of exposure in schools and the impact on the health of children with asthma who attend these schools. The results of this reciprocal research relationship will guide future public health actions in the Cincinnati community and elsewhere, provide training and education for public health nurses, provide children with asthma and their families with objective health data, engage bus drivers in order to reduce idling, and provide a foundation for future collaborative efforts between University of Cincinnati researchers and community partners. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This collaborative community-driven study is motivated by the concern of the Cincinnati school community including administrators, teachers, public health officials, school nurses, and parents regarding childhood exposure to traffic-related particles at school. This partnership between the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Health Department, and the Cincinnati Public Schools will build upon the strengths of each organization to collaboratively determine if children are exposed to increased levels of traffic-related PM at school compared to ambient levels in the communities where the children reside. In addition, a community-driven anti-idling campaign will be developed and implemented with the goal of reducing children's exposure to traffic-related air pollution during school hours. Finally, the effectiveness of the research partnership and anti-idling campaign will be evaluated by assessing the reduction of exposure at schools and the impact on the health of children with asthma.