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Social Network Based Intervention to Reduce Lead Exposure Among Native American Children

Sponsor
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (NIH)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00011661
Collaborator
(none)
400
Enrollment
1
Location
62
Duration (Months)
6.5
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine whether adding an inter-generational component to an existing social network-based lay health advisor intervention increases its effectiveness in mobilizing a Native American community to respond to heavy metal contamination from lead and zinc mining.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: Education on behaviors to reduce lead exposure
 N/A

Detailed Description

Ottawa County, Oklahoma, the site of the research, was heavily mined for zinc and lead in the first half of this century. Mine tailings containing heavy metals are stored in large piles up to 200 feet in height. Ottawa County is home to 8 Indian tribes and much of the mine waste is on tribal land. Specifically, the study will: a) integrate existing Native American youth programs with the existing lay health advisor intervention (Society of Clan Mothers and Fathers) to form an inter-generational intervention, b) expand the existing lay health advisor intervention to address cadmium in addition to lead, c) use participatory research methods to involve tribal youth and adults in an air monitoring study, d) assess the extent to which the intervention contributes to belief, attitude and behavior changes that will reduce heavy metal exposure and absorption in Native American children; and e) assess the contribution of the intervention to creating changes in organizational, community, tribal and government (city, county, state, federal) capacity to address heavy metal contamination in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Allocation:
Non-Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Prevention
Study Start Date :
Jun 1, 2000
Study Completion Date :
Aug 1, 2005

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    1 Year to 6 Years
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes

    Children ages 1-6

    Live in Ottawa County, Oklahoma

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Wyandotte Nation Wyandotte Oklahoma United States 74370

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

    Investigators

    None specified.

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    , ,
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT00011661
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • 8755-CP-001
    First Posted:
    Feb 28, 2001
    Last Update Posted:
    Sep 4, 2006
    Last Verified:
    Sep 1, 2006
    Keywords provided by , ,
    Lead poisoning
    Native Americans
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Poisoning
    Lead Poisoning

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Sep 4, 2006