Prevention of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Subsistence Shellfish Harvest Communities of Southeast Alaska

阿拉斯加东南部自给性贝类捕捞社区麻痹性贝类中毒的预防

• 批准号: 10545101
• 负责人: Matthew O. Gribble
• 金额: $ 37.68万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-17 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10545101
• 关键词: Prevention; Paralytic; Shellfish; Poisoning; Subsistence

SUMMARY ABSTRACT Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a serious illness that disproportionately affects Alaska Native communities. Sitka Tribe of Alaska has organized an environmental monitoring program and seafood safety testing program along with other regional partners (called SEATOR: Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research) to reduce the burden of PSP disease in Southeast Alaska. This grant seeks to augment SEATOR's ongoing efforts, through additional data collection and partnerships with the Sitka School District and Emory University. Collecting additional years of PSP toxin monitoring data using the same protocols as today will allow a time- series analysis to inform a cutting-edge forecasting model that will give Southeast Alaska residents warning of especially risky subsistence shellfish harvest times, and thereby prevent poisonings. Collecting new data on specific kinds of PSP toxins (rather than only measuring the presence or absence of any PSP toxin) can clarify which other settings around the world are most similar (e.g., by comparing toxin profiles). This is important because PSP is a global health problem and there are other locations that could benefit from an informative prediction model, or that might be able to provide useful information for developing this region's model. SEATOR will continue training members of the community via workshops on how to collect and process samples per the citizen science framework of the ongoing work. This project also includes planned K12 educational interventions to target PSP prevention messages to youth at particular risk of PSP toxicity, while also promoting science education and traditional lifeways. This project is fully community-based participatory research (CBPR) building on existing tribal organization programs, with employment and skills-training opportunities for members of the community, to meet community-prioritized needs and to address this health disparity.

摘要 摘要 麻痹性贝类中毒 (PSP) 是一种严重疾病，对阿拉斯加原住民影响尤为严重 社区。阿拉斯加锡特卡部落组织了环境监测计划和海鲜安全 与其他区域合作伙伴一起进行测试计划（称为 SEATOR：阿拉斯加东南部部落海洋研究） 减轻阿拉斯加东南部 PSP 疾病的负担。这笔赠款旨在增强 SEATOR 正在进行的 通过额外的数据收集以及与锡特卡学区和埃默里大学的合作，做出了努力。 使用与今天相同的协议收集更多年的 PSP 毒素监测数据将允许时间- 系列分析为尖端预测模型提供信息，该模型将向阿拉斯加东南部居民发出警告 特别是在有风险的贝类收获季节，从而防止中毒。收集新数据 特定种类的 PSP 毒素（而不仅仅是测量任何 PSP 毒素的存在或不存在）可以澄清 世界上哪些其他环境最相似（例如，通过比较毒素概况）。这很重要 因为 PSP 是一个全球性的健康问题，而且还有其他地方可以从信息丰富的信息中受益 预测模型，或者可能能够为开发该区域的模型提供有用的信息。 SEATOR 将继续通过研讨会培训社区成员如何收集和处理 根据正在进行的工作的公民科学框架提供样本。该项目还包括规划中的K12 教育干预措施，旨在向面临 PSP 毒性特别风险的青少年传达 PSP 预防信息，同时 还促进科学教育和传统生活方式。该项目完全基于社区参与 研究（CBPR）建立在现有部落组织计划的基础上，包括就业和技能培训 为社区成员提供机会，满足社区优先需求并解决这一健康问题 差距。