Descripción del proyecto
Cómo perjudica la contaminación atmosférica la salud infantil
La contaminación atmosférica encabeza la lista de riesgos medioambientales para los niños, ya que tiene un impacto especialmente devastador en la salud infantil. Sin embargo, es necesario seguir estudiando los efectos en la salud respiratoria de los niños. El proyecto APPARHU, financiado con fondos europeos, comprobará este efecto sobre su salud durante actividades físicas al aire libre o mientras hacen ejercicio. Utilizará datos del proyecto Human Early-Life Exposure (HELIX), que combina todos los peligros medioambientales a los que están expuestos madres e hijos y los vincula a la salud, el crecimiento y el desarrollo de los niños. El estudio incluirá a 1 301 pares de madres e hijos de seis cohortes de estudio longitudinal diferentes de toda Europa.
Objetivo
Urbanization has changed the land-use in Europe and the majority of the world. Over 80% of Europeans, who are expected to live in urban neighbourhoods by 2030, are at risk of developing chronic respiratory disease (CRD) due to the chronic exposure to increased levels of air pollution, that is characteristic for urban and peri-urban areas. Increased car traffic due to high population and building densities in cities have been associated with poor air quality. Research on how the continued urbanization and the built environment affect human health is emerging. To date, very little is known about how the built environment affects respiratory health in children directly, or indirectly by influencing health behaviours such as physical activity. Childhood is a period of growth and development, which makes children particularly vulnerable to changing environments. Because the respiratory system and the lungs act as the first organ of contact with air pollutants, the health effects of air pollution exposure need to be studied in combination with physical activity. Physical activity increases the breathing rate and the depth of breaths taken in, which facilitates pollutants to reach areas deep in the bronchial tree at higher concentrations, where they can cause damage locally, or be absorbed into the blood stream, and impact regulatory processes systemically. The purpose of this project is to analyze how the built environment affects the combined exposure to air pollution and physical activity with respect to children's respiratory health pre- and postnatally using an exposome approach. We will use data from the Human Early-Life Exposure (HELIX) project, including 1301 mother-child pairs from 6 longitudinal cohort studies across Europe. This research is important, because we will use original, innovative, and interdisciplinary methods to assess how the built environment affects respiratory health in early life, the optimal time point to prevent CRD.
Ámbito científico
CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.
CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicinepneumology
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
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Régimen de financiación
MSCA-IF-EF-RI - RI – Reintegration panelCoordinador
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