1/2-Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environ. & Occupational Health:Suriname

描述(由申请者提供)：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正在合作提议创建加勒比环境与职业健康研究联盟(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)与黄金开采有关的本土食物来源汞污染，特别是鱼类；2)大型和小规模农业中农药的获取和使用；以及3)营养食品和本土药用植物的环境污染。CCREOH的一个重要方面将是让土著和其他健康状况迥异的社区参与描述， 保护和保存该地区本土的营养资产。目标1：描述与金矿相关的汞污染、农业中使用杀虫剂和本土营养食品污染有关的主要环境和职业健康风险，以了解苏里南相关环境政策的差距和机会评估。目标2：创建一个可持续的公共卫生和环境卫生网络，作为CCREOH的跨学科研究和培训中心。目标3：制定跨学科研究路线图，以指导财团的环境和职业健康研究，利用财团所有合作伙伴的资产。目标4：制定能力建设组合，包括区域EOH培训方案，以成功 实施CCREOH研究路线图中阐明的优先领域 与公共卫生的相关性(由申请者提供)：CCREOH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常见的风险，同时保护土著和其他健康不同人群的独特资产、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.