Descripción del proyecto
Desvelar las consecuencias ocultas de la calidad del aire y el ruido derivado del transporte personal para la salud
El aumento de las enfermedades cardiovasculares entre la población general viene suscitando una mayor aprensión y despertando la curiosidad acerca de sus posibles causas. Se cree que uno de los factores implicados es la calidad del aire que respiramos y el nivel de ruido al que nos vemos sometidos durante nuestros desplazamientos. El equipo del proyecto MobiliSense, financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Investigación, pretende emplear metodologías y prácticas propias de campos tan diversos como la geografía, las ciencias del transporte y la epidemiología. El objetivo del proyecto es conocer el efecto causado por la contaminación atmosférica y la exposición al ruido sobre la salud de las personas durante el transporte. En concreto, el proyecto estudiará una muestra de unos trescientos participantes por medio de múltiples sensores, que permitirán estudiar de forma exhaustiva los efectos de la contaminación atmosférica y la exposición al ruido en el bienestar general de estas personas.
Objetivo
To support policies at the European and national levels, MobiliSense aims to explore the effects of air pollution and noise exposure related to personal transport habits on respiratory and cardiovascular health. Building on methods from Epidemiology, Geography, and Transport sciences, the objectives of MobiliSense are to quantify the contribution of personal transport to the air pollution and noise exposure of individuals; to compare the air pollution and noise exposure in the different transport modes; to investigate whether total and transport-related personal exposure to air pollutants and noise are associated with short-term and two-year changes in respiratory and cardiovascular health; and to examine whether transport-related exposures mediate socioeconomic disparities in health. The MobiliSense project will use passive and active sensors of location, behaviour, environmental nuisances, and health in a representative sample of 1000 participants followed-up over two years. It addresses a gap in knowledge: (i) by assessing transport behaviour over 8 days with GPS receivers and an electronic mobility survey; (ii) by considering the personal exposure to both air pollution and noise and improving its characterisation (inhaled doses, noise frequency components, impulsive noise, and interactions with subjective annoyance); (iii) by measuring a wide range of respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes (smartphone-assessed respiratory symptoms, lung function assessed by spirometry and impedance pneumography, resting blood pressure, ambulatory brachial / central blood pressure, and heart rate variability); and (iv) by investigating short-term and longer-term effects of transport. To assist policy-makers, the final aim is to deliver a simulation tool permitting to determine the extent to which scenarios (i) of changes in personal transport behaviour and (ii) of changes in exposure levels during transport affect individual exposure and respiratory / cardiovascular health.
Ámbito científico
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiology
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software
Programa(s)
Régimen de financiación
ERC-COG - Consolidator GrantInstitución de acogida
75654 Paris
Francia