Recruitment, Retention, and Compliance Results from a Probability Study of Children’s Environmental Health in Economically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods

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• Personal Author:
  Adgate JL ; Church, Timothy R. ; Fredrickson AL ; Geisser MS ; Greaves IA ; Ramachandran G ; Ryan, Andrew D. ; Sexton K
• Description:
  The School Health Initiative: Environment, Learning, and Disease (SHIELD) study used a probability sample of children (second through fifth grades) from two low-income and racially mixed neighborhoods of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to assess childhood environmental health. Children were eligible to participate in SHIELD regardless of whether they or their families spoke a foreign language, their household had a telephone, or they were enrolled in a special education program. The overall enrollment rate in year 1 was 57%, with a substantial disparity between children from English-speaking (42%) versus non-English-speaking (71%) families. At the end of year 1, 85% were retained in the study. A relatively high percentage of children provided the two requested blood (82%) and urine (86%) samples in year 1, and 90% provided a valid spirometry sample. Eighty-two percent provided both requested volatile organic chemical badge samples, and both time-activity logs were obtained from 66%. However, only 32% provided both peak flow measurements. All percentages increased for those participating in the second year of the study. Results indicate that a school-based research design makes it feasible and practical to conduct probability-based assessments of children's environmental health in economically disadvantaged and ethnically diverse neighborhoods. There is an ongoing need, however, to improve understanding of the cultural, economic, psychologic, and social determinants of study participation among this population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Biological Factors Demography Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Hypersensitivity Occupational Health Particulate Matter Public Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Airborne-particles Allergic-reactions Allergies Author Keywords: Asthma Biohazards Biological-effects Biological-factors Chemical-hypersensitivity Children Demographic-characteristics Enrollment Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Indoor-environmental-quality Low-income Lung Function Mathematical-models Metals Minorities Organic-chemicals Pesticides Physiological-effects Physiological-response Probability Sample Public-health Quantitative-analysis Racial-factors Recruitment Retention Risk-analysis Risk-factors Seasonal-factors Statistical-analysis Volatile Organic Chemicals

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• ISSN:
  0091-6765
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  111
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037452
• Citation:
  Environ Health Perspect 2003 May; 111(5):731-736
• Contact Point Address:
  K. Sexton, MMC 807, Room 1260, Minnesota School of Public Health, 420 Delaware St., SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
• Email:
  ksexton@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Health Perspectives
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188547/cdc_188547_DS1.pdf
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