Grantee Research Project Results
Growing Up Healthy in East Harlem (Community-Based Participatory Research)
EPA Grant Number: R831711C001Subproject: 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: Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development in Puerto Rico
Center Director: Alshawabkeh, Akram
Title: Growing Up Healthy in East Harlem (Community-Based Participatory Research)
Investigators: Brenner, Barbara
Current Investigators: Brenner, Barbara , Wolff, Mary S. , Galvez, Maida , Teitelbaum, Susan
Institution: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
EPA Project Officer: Callan, Richard
Project Period: November 1, 2003 through October 31, 2008 (Extended to October 31, 2010)
RFA: Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research (2003) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Children's Health , Human Health
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 91 publications for this subproject | View all 256 publications for this centerJournal Articles:
Journal Articles have been submitted on this subproject: View all 51 journal articles for this subproject | View all 120 journal articles for this centerSupplemental Keywords:
lipase, paraoxonase, fast food, obesity, endocrine disruptors, neurodevelopment,, RFA, Health, Scientific Discipline, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, POLLUTANTS/TOXICS, Environmental Chemistry, Health Risk Assessment, Chemicals, Endocrine Disruptors - Environmental Exposure & Risk, endocrine disruptors, Biochemistry, Children's Health, Endocrine Disruptors - Human Health, Risk Assessment, environmental health, community-based intervention, childhood development, phtalates, endocrine disrupting chemicals, exposure studies, Human Health Risk Assessment, childhood obesity, children's vulnerablity, neurodevelopmental toxicity, children's environmental health, exposure pathwaysProgress and Final Reports:
Main Center Abstract and Reports:
R831711 Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development in Puerto Rico Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R831711C001 Growing Up Healthy in East Harlem (Community-Based Participatory Research)
R831711C002 Pesticides, Endocrine Disruptors, Childhood Growth and Development (Birth Cohort)
R831711C003 Genetics of Phthalate and Bisphenol A Risk in Minority Populations (Individual Susceptibility)
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.
Project Research Results
- Final Report
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007 Progress Report
- 2006 Progress Report
- 2005 Progress Report
- 2004 Progress Report
51 journal articles for this subproject
Main Center: R831711
256 publications for this center
120 journal articles for this center