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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) |
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Information provided by: | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00011661 |
The purpose of this study is to examine whether adding an inter-generational component to an existing social network-based lay health advisor intervention increases its effectiveness in mobilizing a Native American community to respond to heavy metal contamination from lead and zinc mining.
Condition | Intervention |
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Lead Poisoning |
Behavioral: Education on behaviors to reduce lead exposure |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Historical Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Estimated Enrollment: | 400 |
Study Start Date: | June 2000 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | August 2005 |
Ottawa County, Oklahoma, the site of the research, was heavily mined for zinc and lead in the first half of this century. Mine tailings containing heavy metals are stored in large piles up to 200 feet in height. Ottawa County is home to 8 Indian tribes and much of the mine waste is on tribal land. Specifically, the study will: a) integrate existing Native American youth programs with the existing lay health advisor intervention (Society of Clan Mothers and Fathers) to form an inter-generational intervention, b) expand the existing lay health advisor intervention to address cadmium in addition to lead, c) use participatory research methods to involve tribal youth and adults in an air monitoring study, d) assess the extent to which the intervention contributes to belief, attitude and behavior changes that will reduce heavy metal exposure and absorption in Native American children; and e) assess the contribution of the intervention to creating changes in organizational, community, tribal and government (city, county, state, federal) capacity to address heavy metal contamination in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 1 Year to 6 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Children ages 1-6
Live in Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Study ID Numbers: | 8755-CP-001 |
Study First Received: | February 26, 2001 |
Last Updated: | September 1, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00011661 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Lead poisoning Native Americans |
Lead Poisoning Poisoning Disorders of Environmental Origin |