Environmental Exposure
Conditions
Keywords
Ramapough Nation, metals, food, nutrition
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to build on our equitable, eight-year Tribal-academic partnership with the Ramapough Nation of northern NJ to advance tradition-centered farming practices and management strategies supporting sustainable food systems to relieve local food insecurity and nutritional deficiency, prevent disease and promote health. Furthermore, assessing the extent of environmental contamination, individual toxicant burdens and micronutrient levels and health disorders in Ramapough Tribal members of both sexes as outlined in the following: * Collect in-person/online survey information on demographics, health and food intake, nutrition, food security, and psychosocial stressors, and perform core anthropometric measurements (i.e., height, weight, body mass index, body circumference and blood pressure) at enrollment on Tribal members to inform health promotion strategies and community actions. * Determine individual-level contaminant burdens and micronutrient concentrations (e.g., iron, calcium, folate, vitamins) in urine and blood from surveyed (sub-aim 1a) Ramapough Turtle Clan volunteers. * Test soil, plants and surface water where Turtle Clan residents live, recreate and attend church in Ringwood, NJ using a community-based, citizen scientist approach.
Interventions
OTHERNutrition
The intervention will build on the 11-year Tribal-academic partnership with the Ramapough Nation of northern NJ to advance tradition-centered farming practices and management strategies supporting sustainable food systems to relieve local food insecurity. Working with the Ramapough-leased Munsee Three Sisters Medicinal farm (growing produce/crops on clean soil) will provide the tribe with nutrition-rich foods and recipes for nutritious cooking. The interventions aims to return healthy soil on the farm allowing for healthy plant production.
Sponsors
NYU Langone Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Male or female between the age of 18 - 80 years old at the time of enrollment * Living on the streets of Halifax Road, Orange Turnpike, Ramapo Ave, 1st-7th Streets, Mountain Avenue and Fox Hollow Road in Hillburn, NY; Peter's Mine Road, Canon Mine Road, Pipeline Road, Milligan Drive, Cable House Road and Van Dunk Lane in Ringwood, NJ; Stag Hill Road, and Ramapo Brae Lane in Mahwah, NJ * Willing and able to provide consent
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant women and individuals under 18 or over 80 years old * Do not live in the identified streets above and/or have lived there for less than 2 years will be excluded from the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of individuals with heavy metal contaminants in home water samples | through study completion, an average 2 years | Outcome measures will be collected using home water samples. |
| Proportion of individuals with heavy metal and metalloid contaminations in blood biospecimens | through study completion, an average 2 years | Outcomes measures will be evaluated using blood samples from the Ramapough Lunaape Tribe. |
| Proportion of individuals with heavy metal and metalloid contaminations in urine biospecimens | through study completion, an average 2 years | Outcomes measures will be evaluated using urine samples from the Ramapough Lunaape Tribe. |
| Proportion of individuals with insufficient blood serum micronutrient levels | through study completion, an average 2 years | Outcome measures will be evaluated using blood serum from the Ramapough Lunaape tribe. |
| Proportion of individuals with health disorders | through study completion, an average 2 years | Health status will be assessed using anthropometric measures including blood pressure, body weight, waist circumference, height and Body Mass Index (BMI). |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTJudith T. Zelikoff, PhD
CONTACTErica Pratt
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORJudith Zelikoff, PhD
NYU Langone Health
Outcome results
None listed