Grantee Research Project Results
2009 Progress Report: Impacts of Climate Change on Health Benefits of a Tribal Alaskan Resource:Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Risk Assessment Through Local Monitoring
EPA Grant Number: R833707Title: Impacts of Climate Change on Health Benefits of a Tribal Alaskan Resource:Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Risk Assessment Through Local Monitoring
Investigators: Lila, Mary Ann , Raskin, Ilya , Flint, Courtney
Current Investigators: Lila, Mary Ann , Raskin, Ilya , Flint, Courtney , Johnson, Jennifer
Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , Rutgers
Current Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , Office of Alaska Native Health Research and Epidemiology , Rutgers
EPA Project Officer: Aja, Hayley
Project Period: January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011
Project Period Covered by this Report: May 21, 2009 through May 20,2010
Project Amount: $300,000
RFA: Issues in Tribal Environmental Research and Health Promotion: Novel Approaches for Assessing and Managing Cumulative Risks and Impacts of Global Climate Change (2007) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Environmental Justice , Climate Change , Tribal Environmental Health Research , Human Health
Objective:
To conduct a parallel, integrated simultaneous research approach to: 1) provide baseline assessment of the bioactivity (health risk mitigation properties) of berry resources as influenced by climatic stress factors relevant to global climate change, via cross-comparison of three geographically triangulated tribal communities characterized by inherently different climatic regimes; and 2) assess local traditional knowledge and risk perceptions regarding community health, berries, and climate change, and integrate with biophysical findings for informed local health-related decision-making.Progress Summary:
Future Activities:
During the fall and spring semesters, follow-up opportunities to interface with our established partners in one of the key participation sites (Point Hope) will be developed and researched, as well as with our established partners in ANTHC. Our partners have suggested expansion to a new project theme that will thoroughly explore effects of climate change and contaminants not just on the berry resources (the original project) but on a range of biomedicinally important native flora (herbal and food), and native salmon, incorporating the participation of another faculty member at the University of Illinois (Dr. Cory Suski). In the latter realm, the fish health may be assessed through biometric parameters to determine food availability and population densities, and assemble databases that relate climate indices and fish abundances and the nutrient/extranutritional properties of the fish as a foodstuff (omega 3 acids, lipids, vitamin B3, vitamin B12, magnesium, protein, etc.) will be assayed in this approach. In addition, project write-ups (for planned new project) and manuscript data crunching and preparation (for the current EPA STAR initiative) will be a focus of the coming semesters.
A key impact of the project is the incorporation of some of the project’s participatory approaches and methods in current community health outreach work with ANTHC. Opportunities for future interaction are being explored as well as delivery to local audience forums.
Journal Articles on this Report : 4 Displayed | Download in RIS Format
Other project views: | All 17 publications | 5 publications in selected types | All 5 journal articles |
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Flint CG, Robinson ES, Kellogg J, Ferguson G, Boufajreldin L, Dolan M, Raskin I, Lila MA. Promoting wellness in Alaskan villages: integrating traditional knowledge and science of wild berries. EcoHealth 2011;8(2):199-209. |
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Kellogg J, Higgs C, Lila MA. Prospects for commercialisation of an Alaska Native wild resource as a commodity crop. Journal of Entrepreneurship 2011;20(1):77-101. |
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Kellogg J, Wang J, Flint C, Ribnicky D, Kuhn P, Gonzalez De Mejia E, Raskin I, Lila MA. Alaskan wild berry resources and human health under the cloud of climate change. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2010;58(7):3884-3900. |
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Kellogg J, Joseph G, Andrae-Marobela K, Sosome A, Flint C, Komarnytsky S, Fear G, Struwe L, Raskin I, Lila MA. Screens-to-nature: opening doors to traditional knowledge and hands-on science education. NACTA Journal 2010;54(3):43-50. |
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Supplemental Keywords:
bioactivity, phytochemicals, climate change, community participatory, traditional ecological knowledge, Native Alaskan, tribal researchProgress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe 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.