A Randomized Controlled Trial of Behavior Changes in Home Exposure Control
EPA Grant Number: R832139C002Subproject: this is subproject number 002 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R832139
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: Johns Hopkins Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment
Center Director: Breysse, Patrick
Title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Behavior Changes in Home Exposure Control
Investigators: Breysse, Patrick
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
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:The objectives of this community-based prevention project are to: (1) conduct a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of current intervention methods to reduce hazardous exposures and their adverse health effects; and (2) complete the analysis of the intervention trial conducted under EPA Agreement No. R826724 and publish the results.
Publications and Presentations:Publications have been submitted on this subproject: View all 19 publications for this subproject | View all 39 publications for this center
Journal Articles:Journal Articles have been submitted on this subproject: View all 18 journal articles for this subproject | View all 38 journal articles for this center
Supplemental Keywords:asthma, allergens, smoke, smoking, pollutant exposure, particulate matter, PM, children’s health,
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, Scientific Discipline, Health, RFA, Risk Assessment, Risk Assessments, Disease & Cumulative Effects, Health Risk Assessment, Ecological Risk Assessment, Children's Health, Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Environmental Policy, airborne urban contaminants, health effects, children's environmental health, age-related differences, human health risk, ambient particulates, air pollutants, air toxics, community-based intervention, environmental health, air pollution, airway disease, children, disease, asthma, human exposure
Progress and Final Reports:
2004 Progress Report
2005 Progress Report
Main Center Abstract and Reports:
R832139 Johns Hopkins Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment
Subprojects under this Center:
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R832139C001 The Epidemiology of Susceptibility to Airborne Particulates and Allergens to Asthma in African Americans
R832139C002 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Behavior Changes in Home Exposure Control
R832139C003 Mechanisms of Particulate-Induced Allergic Asthma
R832139C004 Dendritic Cell Activation by Particulate Matter and Allergen