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，以及 ~10%-15%的负担来自其他非传染性疾病(例如癌症、心血管疾病和 糖尿病)。暴露于环境风险因素是通过各种形式的水和空气污染发生的， 较小的归因于噪音、辐射和物理危害等来源。这类风险的大部分发生在 家，人们一生中70%的时间都在那里度过。然而，你的家应该对你的健康有好处的想法是 通常被视为理所当然。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，包括致癌物质、干扰内分泌的化合物、标准空气 污染物和有害微生物的水平往往高于室外测量的水平。这些 接触是非传染性疾病的重要决定因素，它们被种族、民族、 以及在全国普遍存在的社会经济不平等。因此，人们对无障碍环境的需求越来越大 环境检测工具和教育项目，以提高人们的意识并激励人们改变生活 改善长期健康的条件。现有环境测量的成本和复杂性 技术在很大程度上解释了为什么普通家庭，特别是少数族裔或社会经济 处于不利地位的个人没有意识到他们居住地的环境压力源。此阶段I 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 Health Box)，用于测量家庭内的空气和水质量。家庭健康盒子是一个传感器和样本 收集系统，可由住户快速部署，简单，最小的努力。分析 将包括空气中的环境应激源(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)。在建造和测试这些盒子之后，我们将 在科罗拉多州柯林斯堡的少数族裔和社会经济困难家庭中部署它们。量测 数据将回传给住户(重点是对文化敏感的设计 通信)。家庭健康盒子将使个人能够理解、识别和缓解 家庭中的环境危害--这是一个接触最多的地方。两个目标是 建议：(1)开发一种简单、便携的采样和传感器系统，以量化环境应激源 使用公民科学方法和(2)展示家庭健康箱概念的性能和价值 在科罗拉多州柯林斯堡对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.