UK-CARES and BREATHE, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40504 USA.
Perry County Central High School, Hazard, KY 41701, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 8;17(24):9178. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17249178.
Residents in rural Kentucky (KY) and suburban Ohio (OH) expressed concerns about radon exposure and lung cancer. Although 85% of lung cancer cases are caused by tobacco smoke, radon exposure accounts for 10-15% of lung cancer cases. Academic and community members from the University of KY and the University of Cincinnati developed and pilot-tested a family-centered, youth-engaged home radon testing toolkit. The radon toolkit included radon information, and how to test, interpret, and report back findings. We educated youth as citizen scientists and their teachers in human subjects protection and home radon testing using the toolkit in the classroom. Youth citizen scientists explained the study to their parents and obtained informed consent. One hundred students were trained in human subjects protection, 27 had parental permission to be citizen scientists, and 18 homeowners completed surveys. Radon values ranged from < 14.8 Bq/m to 277.5 Bq/m. Youth were interested and engaged in citizen science and this family-centered, school-based project provided a unique opportunity to further the healthy housing and quality education components of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Further research is needed to test the impact of student-led, family-centered citizen science projects in environmental health as part of school curricula.
肯塔基州（KY）农村和俄亥俄州（OH）郊区的居民对氡暴露和肺癌表示担忧。尽管 85%的肺癌病例是由烟草烟雾引起的，但氡暴露占肺癌病例的 10-15%。肯塔基大学和辛辛那提大学的学术和社区成员开发并试点了一个以家庭为中心、以青年为主体的家庭氡测试工具包。该氡工具包包括氡信息，以及如何测试、解释和报告结果。我们教育青年作为公民科学家，以及他们的教师在课堂上使用工具包进行人体保护和家庭氡测试。青年公民科学家向他们的父母解释了这项研究，并获得了知情同意。有 100 名学生接受了人体保护方面的培训，有 27 名学生的父母允许他们成为公民科学家，有 18 名房主完成了调查。氡值范围从<14.8 Bq/m 到 277.5 Bq/m。青年对公民科学很感兴趣并积极参与，这个以家庭为中心、以学校为基础的项目为实现 2030 年可持续发展目标中健康住房和优质教育的目标提供了一个独特的机会。需要进一步研究学生主导、以家庭为中心的公民科学项目在环境健康方面的影响，作为学校课程的一部分。
