Descrizione del progetto
Mitigare il rischio di malattie trasmesse per via aerea per i bambini in età scolare
Si stima che le persone trascorrano circa il 90 % del loro tempo in diversi spazi interni, perciò il monitoraggio della qualità dell’aria interna è una grande preoccupazione, soprattutto per i gruppi vulnerabili come i bambini e gli anziani. Il progetto INCHILDHEALTH, finanziato dall’UE, condurrà uno studio interdisciplinare in sette Paesi europei e in Australia per individuare i fattori che determinano la qualità dell’aria interna e valutarne l’impatto sugli ambienti occupati dai bambini in età scolare. Il consorzio si concentrerà sugli agenti patogeni e sulle sostanze chimiche presenti nell’aria e determinerà come le esposizioni specifiche negli ambienti interni influiscano sulla salute e sul benessere respiratori e neuropsicologici dei bambini. Verranno introdotti metodi di monitoraggio semplici e a basso costo per migliorare la qualità dell’aria interna e ridurre il rischio di malattie. I risultati saranno raccolti nello strumento di valutazione integrata del rischio InChildHealth, che fornirà tutte le informazioni rilevanti sui rischi legati alla qualità dell’aria interna per i bambini.
Obiettivo
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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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
02150 Espoo
Finlandia