Queens Ground Zero Health Watch

描述(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机构，该中心建议扩大其现有的皇后区世贸中心医学监测计划(WTC MMP)，以包括WTC相关疾病的诊断和治疗。皇后区世贸中心计划自2003年4月开始进行世贸中心应答者筛选，监测人数为1114名世贸中心应答者，预计将增加到1400人。估计接受治疗的人数为450人。拟议的皇后区WTC医疗监测和治疗计划(WTC MMTP)的理由有三个。皇后区WTC MMTP将具有：1)地理便利(许多WTC响应者居住在皇后区，包括非纽约WTC医疗筛查计划所有参与者的四分之一)；2)用户友好的、以社区为基础的临床方法：3)CBNS及其顾问医生非常丰富的职业医学经验。皇后区有220万人口，仅凭这一点，就将成为美国第四大城市。皇后区WTC MP位于皇后区的中心，除了一颗小小的西奈山卫星外，它是纽约市曼哈顿以外唯一的WTC临床中心。皇后区世贸中心MMTP的目标是1)为世贸中心应急人员提供世界贸易中心相关疾病的全面健康监测和治疗服务；2)协助世贸中心应急人员及其家人确保医疗福利、工人补偿和其他适当的服务；3)描述世贸中心相关健康状况的演变和新面貌；以及4)向患者、卫生社区、政策制定者和公众传达计划结果。皇后区WTC计划的优势包括对整个非FDNY WTC医疗监测计划的智力和政策贡献；它广泛参与纽约市WTC的健康问题；它与许多WTC移民响应人员居住的皇后区西班牙裔社区的密切联系；它强大的领导力、团队；以及鼓励WTC工作人员积极参与的参与式医疗筛查方法。

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.