Air Pollution Outreach, Education, and Research Capacity Building in Alaska Nativ

描述（由申请人提供）：描述（由申请人提供）：在过去的六年里，蒙大拿大学的空气有毒物质下的大天空计划已被用来教育高中学生在蒙大拿州，爱达荷州和阿拉斯加州的农村地区的室内空气质量，以及被暴露在空气质量差的不良呼吸健康影响。作为该计划的一部分，学生在家中收集室内PM2.5样本，增强有关空气污染和健康的学习体验，同时还收集对蒙大拿大学暴露评估研究人员重要的数据。与阿拉斯加土著部落健康联盟（ANTHC）合作，我们将在七个阿拉斯加土著村庄实施“大天空下的空气有毒物质”计划，以教育社区良好室内空气质量的重要性。随着计划的发展，我们将支持社区识别社区特定的重要空气污染问题，并描述社区内的呼吸道疾病。未来，将在每个社区内确定和实施干预型战略，以减轻已确定的空气污染问题，并改善阿拉斯加土著居民的呼吸系统健康。在我们将空气有毒物质计划实施到阿拉斯加的农村之前，我们首先需要在本提案所针对的每个社区内建立并正式确定伙伴关系。这笔赠款的资金将用于支持这一能力建设工作。该项目将与阿拉斯加土著部落健康联盟（ANTHC）合作，建立一个公共卫生网络，支持了解和缓解七个阿拉斯加土著村庄的空气质量问题。该项目还将在ANTHC，蒙大拿大学和七个部落村庄内创造多个就业机会，同时改善社区成员的空气质量和呼吸健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For the past six years, The University of Montana's Air Toxics Under the Big Sky program has been used to educate high school students in rural areas of Montana, Idaho, and Alaska about indoor air quality, and the adverse respiratory health effects of being exposed to poor air quality. As part of this program, the students collect indoor PM2.5 samples within their homes, enhancing the learning experience regarding air pollution and health, while also collecting data of importance to researchers in exposure assessment at The University of Montana. In collaboration with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), we will implement the Air Toxics Under the Big Sky program into seven Alaska Native villages to educate the communities on the importance of good indoor air quality. As the program evolves, we will then support the communities to identify community-specific air pollution issues of importance, and characterize respiratory disease within their communities. In the future, intervention type strategies will then be identified and implemented within each of the communities to mitigate the identified air pollution problems, and improve respiratory health among the Alaska Native populations. Before we implement the Air Toxics program into the rural villages of Alaska, we first need to establish and formalize the partnerships within each of the communities targeted in this proposal. Funding from this grant would support this capacity building effort. Project Relevance In collaboration with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), this project will establish a public health network that will support the understanding and mitigation of air quality issues within seven Alaska Native villages. This project will also create multiple jobs at ANTHC, the University of Montana, and within seven tribal villages, while improving the air quality and respiratory health of the community members.