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Community Organizing Network for Environmental Health
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsored by: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Information provided by: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00042484
  Purpose

The Community Organizing Network for Environmental Health is a part of Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA), which, in turn is a part of the Michigan Center for the Environment and Children's Health. It is a community-based intervention research partnership between the University of Michigan, community-based organizations, and health care institutions in Detroit.


Condition Intervention
Asthma
Procedure: Community-level intervention & policy change

MedlinePlus related topics: Asthma Environmental Health
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Educational/Counseling/Training

Further study details as provided by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS):

Detailed Description:

The aims of the Community Organizing Network for Environmental Health are to:

  • share with community groups and organizations the findings from data collected through household and air quality research of the CAAA project;
  • identify and engage existing community groups and organizations interested in working on environmental issues important to their neighborhood and community in the hopes of creating an interorganizational network (I.N.);
  • work with member group of the I.N. to organize, coordinate and conduct activities to reduce physical environmental threats related to asthma; and
  • increase community awareness and knowledge of factors associated with the environment and asthma through sharing of findings to community residents through presentations, annual reports, postings of websites, and community forums
  Eligibility

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00042484

Locations
United States, Michigan
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
Sponsors and Collaborators
  More Information

Study ID Numbers: 10688-CP-001
Study First Received: July 30, 2002
Last Updated: June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00042484  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS):
Asthma
Children's Health
Community Based Research

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Hypersensitivity
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Diseases
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Asthma
Respiratory Hypersensitivity

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Immune System Diseases
Bronchial Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 13, 2009