2/2-Carribean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health: *

描述（由申请人提供）：苏里南安东德科姆大学医学院和杜兰大学公共卫生和热带医学院共同提议创建加勒比环境和职业卫生研究联合会（CCREOH）。该联盟将重点关注三个高度优先的环境和职业健康风险：1）与金矿开采有关的土著食物来源（特别是鱼类）的汞污染; 2）大型和小型农业中农药的获取和使用; 3）营养保健品和土著药用植物的环境污染。CREOH的一个重要方面是让土著和其他健康不同的社区参与表征， 保护和保存本地区的营养品资产。 目标1：描述与金矿开采相关的汞污染、农业中农药的使用以及土著营养品污染相关的主要环境和职业健康风险，为苏里南相关环境政策的差距和机会评估提供信息。 目标2：建立一个可持续的公共卫生和EOH网络，作为CREOH的跨学科研究和培训中心。 目标3：制定跨学科研究路线图，以指导联盟的环境和职业健康研究，利用所有联盟合作伙伴的资产。 目标4：制定能力建设组合，包括区域EOH培训计划， 实施CCREOH研究路线图中阐述的优先领域 与公共卫生的相关性（由申请人提供）：该委员会的总体目标是解决苏里南高度优先的环境和职业健康风险，以及日益脆弱的加勒比地区的共同风险，同时保护土著和其他健康状况不同的人口的独特资产、健康和文化传统。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Faculty of Medical Sciences and Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine are collaboratively proposing to create the Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH). The consortium will focus on three high priority environmental and occupational health risks: 1) gold mining-related Hg contamination of indigenous food sources specifically fish; 2) access and use of pesticides in large and small-scale agriculture; and 3) environmental contamination of nutraceuticals and indigenous medicinal plants. An important aspect of CCREOH will be engaging the indigenous and other health disparate communities in characterizing, protecting and preserving the nutraceutical assets indigenous to this region. Aim 1: Characterize the key environmental and occupational (EOH) health risks associated with gold mining-related Hg contamination, pesticide use in agriculture, and indigenous nutraceutical contamination to inform a gap and opportunities assessments of relevant environmental policies in Suriname. Aim 2: Create a sustainable public health and EOH network to serve as the trans-disciplinary research and training hub for CCREOH. Aim 3: Develop a trans-disciplinary research roadmap to guide the consortium's environmental and occupational health research leveraging all consortium partner assets. Aim 4: Develop a capacity building portfolio including a regional EOH training program to successfully implement the priority areas articulated in the CCREOH research roadmap RELEVANCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH (provided by applicant): The overarching goal of the CCREOH is to address high priority environmental and occupational health risks in Suriname and those common to the increasingly vulnerable Caribbean region while preserving the unique assets, health and cultural traditions of indigenous- and other health disparate populations.