Ensuring Trustworthy Data for Communities Engaged in Environmental Sensing

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• Personal Author:
  Volckens J
• Description:
  The recent proliferation of low-cost air quality sensors has sparked much interest among scientists, policymakers, and the general public. These sensors have enabled measurements at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales, which, in turn, has led to the creation of distributed networks to support both traditional research and community-based studies. Low-cost sensors also show promise for the emerging field of citizen-science and for application in resource-limited environments. With these exciting prospects, however, come challenges of sensor performance, reliability, data management, and communications/messaging to various stakeholders. This presentation will summarize our research on the development, evaluation, and application of sampling and sensor technologies for exposure and health research. Our group has pioneered the development of several devices for assessing human exposure to particulate matter air pollution (i.e., the UPAS, AMAS, OAS instruments). We have deployed these technologies for epidemiologic research on children and adults, for citizen-science research at the individual and community level, and for stakeholder-driven assessment of air quality in distinct microenvironments. This presentation will summarize prospects and pitfalls associated with real-time and time-integrated data collection, with the choice of low-cost vs. reference-grade measurement devices, with data management/quality (and data protection), and with communicating and working with members of the community (i.e., non-scientists). We will conclude with some discussion on the topic of matching the measurement to the research question of interest and on the potential for disconnects/misalignment between the exposure and epidemiologic research communities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Air Pollution Air Quality Monitoring Air Sampling Equipment Environmental Monitoring Exposure Assessment Particulates Sensors
• Publisher:
  International Society of Exposure Science
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062907
• Citation:
  International Society of Exposure Science - International Society for Environmental Epidemiology ISES-ISEE 2018 Joint Annual Meeting: Addressing Complex Local and Global Issues in Environmental Exposure and Health, August 26-30, 2018, Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa, Canada: International Society of Exposure Science, 2018 Aug; :S03.02.27
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University, Fort Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150901
• Source Full Name:
  International Society of Exposure Science - International Society for Environmental Epidemiology ISES-ISEE 2018 Joint Annual Meeting: Addressing Complex Local and Global Issues in Environmental Exposure and Health, August 26-30, 2018, Ottawa, Canada
• End Date:
  20190831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:778a1bf1911a63701b6b9365a54076665a8144f5f58c8a450bc8278608f96dd7ed2f4894798e90bf3b41c74ca276a738f2fbccfd286855ebdcd71910b5dcfcfc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226077/cdc_226077_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB ]