Learning and Living with Wildfire Smoke: Creating Clean Air Environments in Schools through Youth Participatory Action Research

项目摘要 该提案旨在让高中适龄青年参与将学校建设成清洁空气环境 在野火季节期间和之后。该培训和研究计划将建立在D 'Evelyn博士的专业知识基础上， 空气污染毒理学和社区参与式研究（CBPR），并为她的职业生涯做好准备， 环境健康科学和实施科学在气候，健康和社区的关系 行动上在K99指导阶段，D 'Evelyn博士将利用她精心组装的专业知识， 导师团队和基于课程的学习，以获得培训：1）CBPR和青年的最佳实践 2）定性方法、实施科学和评价; 3)在社区环境中解决健康公平问题的暴露科学。该培训将提供博士。 德伊夫林与跨学科的技能，因为她走向独立研究的学术生涯。超过 在K99阶段的课程中，D 'Evelyn博士将通过实施来扩大学校的空气质量知识 空气质量课程和青年主导的空气质量监测网络。目标1将建立一个永久的 学校社区的监测网络，使学生能够收集、分析和传播 有关学校空气质量的信息，目的是提高教育和健康意识， 暴露于野火烟雾的影响。这项工作将建立在D 'Evelyn博士之前的工作经验之上 与高中学生，并将使她能够将她在空气污染毒理学方面的专业知识转化为一个 可理解的，以地方为基础的课程，以提高认识和学生的自我效能感，在烟雾影响 社区.这一目标的教育和行为成果将通过观察和 对学生和教师进行了事前/事后调查，以评估他们参与项目的影响。后 完成K99阶段的奖励后，D 'Evelyn博士将进入R 00阶段，她将 完成目标2和3，这将使她成为一名独立的研究人员。R 00阶段将侧重于空气 质量干预、实施科学和评估。在目标2中，D 'Evelyn博士将继续培养 通过共同制定干预计划，让青年参与， 每个学校社区的关注。然后，她将与学生和学校管理人员合作， 实施该计划，利用新的实施科学技能和知识，她在 训练阶段。目标3将以全面评估 YPAR项目：1）减少暴露于野火烟雾和其他空气污染物; 2）改善 受野火烟雾影响的学校的社区健康和健康公平。这个项目将描述 一个基于YPAR的环境健康干预和实施计划，并努力实现一个计划， 这可以在任何学校实施，无论地点或可用资源如何。

Project Summary This proposal seeks to engage high-school aged youth in establishing schools as clean air environments during and beyond wildfire season. This training and research plan will build upon Dr. D’Evelyn’s expertise in air pollution toxicology and community based participatory research (CBPR) and prepare her for a career in environmental health science and implementation science at the nexus of climate, health, and community action. During the K99 mentored phase, Dr. D’Evelyn will utilize the expertise from her thoughtfully assembled mentorship team and course-based learning to gain training in: 1) best practices in CBPR and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR); 2) qualitative methodology, implementation science and evaluation; and 3) exposure science to address health equity questions in a community setting. This training will provide Dr. D’Evelyn with interdisciplinary skills as she moves toward an academic career in independent research. Over the course of the K99 phase, Dr. D’Evelyn will expand air quality knowledge in schools through implementation of an air quality curriculum and a youth-led air quality monitoring network. Aim 1 will establish a permanent monitoring network in the school community which will enable students to collect, analyze and disseminate information about their school’s air quality with the goal of increasing education and awareness of the health impacts of exposure to wildfire smoke. This work will build upon Dr. D’Evelyn’s previous experience working with high school students and will enable her to translate her expertise in air pollution toxicology into an understandable, place-based curriculum to improve awareness and student self-efficacy in smoke-impacted communities. Educational and behavioral outcomes from this aim will be measured through observations and a pre/post survey given to students and teachers to evaluate the impact of their involvement in the project. Upon completion of the K99 phase of this award, Dr. D’Evelyn will move into the R00 phase in which she will complete Aims 2 & 3 that will transition her to an independent researcher. The R00 phase will focus on air quality interventions, implementation science, and evaluation. In Aim 2, Dr. D’Evelyn will continue to foster youth engagement through co-development of an intervention plan that will address the specific exposure concerns of each school community. She will then work with students and school administrators to support implementation of this plan, utilizing the new implementation science skills and knowledge she gained during the training phase. Aim 3 will conclude this independent phase with a full evaluation of the effectiveness of a YPAR project to: 1) reduce exposure to wildfire smoke and other airborne pollutants; and 2) improve community health and health equity in schools impacted by wildfire smoke. This project will describe the impact of a YPAR-based environmental health intervention and implementation program, and work toward a program that could be implemented in any school, regardless of the location or resources available.