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Community-Based Cumulative Risk
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Current Research Tasks
New Approaches and Tools for the Conduct of Community-Based Cumulative Risk Assessments
The goal of this research is to address important needs for quantitatively and qualitatively assessing cumulative risks in communities. The anticipated research can be summarized into a few components. First, existing community-based risk assessments tools and approaches will be compiled, reviewed, and evaluated to assist in the generation of hypotheses regarding how to appropriately address spatial and temporal patterns of exposure to multiple chemicals and non-chemical stressors (e.g., physical, biological and psychosocial) and how to incorporate individual human attributes (e.g., health status, behaviors, life stage) that are reflective of general community structure. Next, specific tools will be used/modified/designed for project applications identified in the research plan to demonstrate the utility of the tools and, when supplemented with appropriate measures, to determine the value added to the assessment. Existing approaches/protocols for the conduct of community-based assessments will be evaluated in addition to identifying new protocols that need to be developed. Finally research will be conducted on approaches that effectively implement and communicate prevention/intervention strategies to communities. The research will provide tools, novel methods and approaches to perform effective community-based cumulative risk assessments for use by communities, Regions, and regulatory decision-makers. Details of New Approaches and Tools for the Conduct of Community-Based Cumulative Risk Assessments