Project 2: Environmental Risk, Coping, and Hispanic Health
Current Status
General Updates:
Project #2 completed its baseline enrollment on June 30, 2006 with 2755 study subjects interviewed and collected 1468 blood samples from these participants. See Table 1 for interviews completed and blood draws by race and ethnicity. A follow up interview is scheduled to be underway June 2007. Complimentary scales and items have been added to the newly developed follow up questionnaire.
A community health report was developed and distributed to each enrolled participated via mail and to the Texas City Study Community Advisory Panel members. In addition, a press release was made available through two large newspaper ads, the Galveston Daily News and the Houston Chronicle to provide the health report to anyone interested. Community relations are constant and interactive through the Texas City Study Community Advisory Panel. They have been very supportive throughout the years and insightful about how we may best carry out the research and share our findings with the community. We continue to meet with the community advisory panel in a quarterly basis.
The following are grant proposals which were generated based on data collected for this Texas City project:
Project title: Allostatic Load in Mexican American Older Adults
Principal Investigator: Ivonne Berges, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigators: M. Kristen Peek, Ph.D., Glenn V. Ostir, Ph.D.
Funding source: NIH RCMAR (Resource Centers for Minority Aging) grant proposal, Pilot study
Project title: Translation of the Hepatitis C Risk Assessment Tool among Older Mexican Americans
Principal Investigator: Yolanda R. Davila, Ph.D., R.N., Co-Principal Investigators: Elizabeth Reifsnider, Ph.D., R.N., Miriam Alter, M.P.H, Ph.D.
Funding source: NIH/NIA - RCMAR (Resource Centers for Minority Aging) grant proposal, pilot study
Project title: Primary and secondary prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma in Hispanics
Principal Investigator: James S. Goodwin, M.D.
Funding source: NIH, SPORE Grant
Project title: Ethnic Differences in the Construct and Predictive Validity of Allostatic Load
Principal Investigator: Kristen Peek, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator: James S. Goodwin, M.D.
Funding source: RO1; under review at NIH
The following are manuscripts submitted in peer reviewed journals and professional poster presentations:
Peek, M.K., Cutchin, M.P., Freeman, D.H., Perez, N.A., and Goodwin, J.S. (In Press). Perceived health change in the aftermath of a petrochemical accident: An examination of pre-accident, within accident, and post-accident variables Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Cutchin, M.P., (In press). The need for the “new health geography” in epidemiologic studies of environment and health. Health and Place
Martin, K.R., Cutchin, M.P., Owen, S.V., Goodwin, J.S., (Revised for resubmission). Concern about Petrochemical Health Risk before and after a Refinery Explosion. Journal of Environmental Psychology
Table 1
| Ethnic Group | Baseline Interviews | Baseline Blood |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic | 1458 | 733 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 334 | 153 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 963 | 582 |
| Total | 2755 | 1468 |
