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Growing Up Healthy in East Harlem (Community-Based Participatory Research)

EPA Grant Number: R831711C001
Subproject: this is subproject number 001 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R831711
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: Mount Sinai Center for Children’s Health and the Environment
Center Director: Wolff, Mary S.
Title: Growing Up Healthy in East Harlem (Community-Based Participatory Research)
Investigators: Brenner, Barbara
Institution: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
EPA Project Officer: Fields, Nigel
Project Period: November 1, 2003 through October 31, 2008
RFA: Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research (2003)
Research Category: Health Effects , Children's Health

Description:

Objective:

This community-based participatory research (CBPR) project is studying childhood obesity in relation to structural features and endocrine disruptor (ED) exposures in the urban built environment of East Harlem. The specific objective of this project is to assess accessibility to physical activity resources and to healthy foods.

Publications and Presentations:

Publications have been submitted on this subproject: View all 153 publications for this subproject | View all 168 publications for this center

Journal Articles:

Journal Articles have been submitted on this subproject: View all 83 journal articles for this subproject | View all 86 journal articles for this center

Supplemental Keywords:

lipase, paraoxonase, fast food, obesity, endocrine disruptors, neurodevelopment, , POLLUTANTS/TOXICS, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Scientific Discipline, Health, RFA, Endocrine Disruptors - Environmental Exposure & Risk, Risk Assessment, Health Risk Assessment, endocrine disruptors, Chemicals, Children's Health, Biochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Endocrine Disruptors - Human Health, neurodevelopmental toxicity, endocrine disrupting chemicals, dietary factors, children's environmental health, childhood obesity, childhood development, community-based intervention, exposure pathways, environmental health, phtalates, children's vulnerablity, exposure studies

Progress and Final Reports:
2004 Progress Report
2005 Progress Report
2006 Progress Report
2007 Progress Report


Main Center Abstract and Reports:
R831711    Mount Sinai Center for Children’s Health and the Environment

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