REDUCING PESTICIDE EXPOSURE IN MINORITY FAMILIES

描述：拟议的研究是一个跨学科的社区为基础的 环境研究计划，重点是农药污染， 农业社区。 这是一项合作奋进， 俄勒冈州健康科学大学职业健康研究中心 和环境毒理学（CROET）和俄勒冈州儿童发展 联合开发一个多阶段研究项目。 项目 将由一个研究咨询委员会领导，该委员会包括 农业社区、卫生和社会服务机构以及学术界 机构职能体系 本研究的具体目的是：（1）比较 家庭中农药水平与农作物类型的关系 父母们使用的是，作物上常用的杀虫剂类型， 住房与农田的接近程度和住房的特点;（2） 评估与农药过量接触有关的具体健康后果， 工人和他们的孩子，并评估特定的生物标志物;和（3） 评估移民先行计划作为一种机制的有效性， 提供文化上适当的环境卫生预防 战略布局

DESCRIPTION: The proposed study is an interdisciplinary community-based environmental research program focusing on pesticide contamination in agricultural communities. It is a collaborative endeavor bringing together the Oregon Health Sciences University Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET) and the Oregon Child Development Coalition in the development of a multiphase research project. The project will be led be a research advisory board that includes members of the agricultural community, health and social service agencies and academic institutions. The specific aims of the study are to: (1) compare the levels of pesticides in homes as a function of the type of agricultural crop the parents work with, the types of pesticides commonly used on the crops, proximity of housing to the field and characteristics of the home; (2) evaluate specific health outcomes associated with pesticide over-exposure in both workers and their children and to evaluate specific biomarkers; and (3) assess the effectiveness of the Migrant Headstart program as a mechanism for delivering culturally-appropriate environmental health prevention strategies.