Abstract of Meeting Paper
Assessment and Communication of Pesticide Exposures in Minority Families. L.
McCauley, J. Santana, W. Lambert, W. K. Anger, J. Muniz, and J. Rothlein, Oregon
Health and Science University
Reducing Pesticide Exposure in Minority Families is beginning its sixth
year of NIEHS funding. Scientists from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
at the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology partner
with researchers from a community-based organization, the Oregon Child
Development Coalition (OCDC), which is the state grantee for the Migrant
HeadStart program. Community-based research activities concentrate on the
following objectives:
- Develop and validate a pathway model of organophosphate pesticide exposure
for children residing near tree fruit orchards;
- Conduct a longitudinal investigation of pesticide residue analysis, work
practices, home characteristics and biological markers of exposure in
migrant families residing in multiple homes and communities throughout a
year;
- Evaluate specific neurobehavioral outcomes in Latino children living in
homes with measured pesticide residues and in homes with minimal pesticide
residues;
- Assess the effectiveness of accepted methods of intervention including
health education and environmental exposure reduction on changing behavior
and reducing pesticide exposure in the migrant agricultural community.
- Strengthen and expand partnerships among migrant farmworker communities to
increase the capacity of the community to address issues of environmental
exposures and health.
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