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IDENTIFYING DETERMINANTS FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND THEIR HEALTH IMPACT IN ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN: MEASURES TO IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE DISEASE BURDENS.

Project description

Mitigating the risk of airborne diseases for school children

It is estimated that people spend approximately 90 % of their time in different indoor spaces. Therefore, monitoring indoor air quality (IAQ) is a great concern, especially for vulnerable groups such as the young and elderly. The EU-funded INCHILDHEALTH project will conduct an interdisciplinary study across seven European countries and Australia to identify determinants for IAQ and evaluate their impact on environments occupied by school children. The consortium will focus on airborne pathogens and chemicals, and determine how specific exposures in indoor environments affect children’s respiratory and neuropsychological health and well-being. User-friendly and low-cost monitoring methods will be introduced to improve IAQ and mitigate disease risk. Results will be compiled in the INCHILDHEALTH integrated risk assessment tool, which will provide all relevant information on IAQ risks for children.

Objective

InChildHealth will integrate health, environmental, technical and social sciences research to identify determinants for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and evaluate their impact in environments occupied by school children. We will focus on chemicals, particle concentrations, microorganisms and physical parameters in schools, homes, sports halls and transport. The IAQ of these environments determines the dose received by the children and may directly influence their health and well-being.
An environmental epidemiological study and controlled interventions conducted in schools in three European cities will assess the health effects of multipollutant airborne exposures on respiratory infections, allergies, and neurological and cognitional symptoms. In addition, dose-response will be evaluated with a novel cytotoxicity testing pipeline using in-vitro approaches.
The InChildHealth consortium will cover an impressive variety of geographical and cultural diversity, with targeted exposure measurement campaigns and citizen involvement in seven European countries from Northern, Central and Southern Europe and interventions in Australia.
All project?s results will converge in the InChildHealth Integrated Risk Assessment Tool, which will provide information on the interactions between the sources, emissions, concentrations, exposure, doses and disease for children. Besides, we will develop user-friendly and low-cost monitoring technologies and strategies (technical and behavioural) to improve IAQ and reduce disease burdens.
InChildHealth will produce many FAIR datasets on air pollutants and their main sources for indoor environments occupied by children in different climatic and social settings in Europe. Our findings will be disseminated as guidelines, recommendations and training material partly developed with children in a citizen science approach. Such material will support the IAQ regulatory framework in schools, facilitate IAQ management, and broadly promote healthier indoors

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Coordinator

AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR
Net EU contribution

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€ 664 350,00
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02150 Espoo
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Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 664 350,00

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