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ArticleEnvironmental research2022

Perspectives of peripartum people on opportunities for personal and collective action to reduce exposure to everyday chemicals: Focus groups to inform exposure report-back.

Catherine Oksas, Julia Green Brody, Phil Brown, Katherine E Boronow, Erin DeMicco, Annemarie Charlesworth, Maribel Juarez, Sarah Geiger, Susan L Schantz, Tracey J Woodruff and 3 more

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Article in Environmental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07461857 (Minority-focused Environmental Health Education and Tracking), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07461857 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Minority-focused Environmental Health Education and Tracking (MEET) Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorMillion Marker Wellness, Inc.Ran2025 to 2026Enrolled151ConditionsEnvironmental ExposureArmsEducation curriculum
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Catherine OksasUniversity of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: catherine.oksas@ucsf.edu.
Julia Green BrodySilent Spring Institute, Newton, MA, USA.
Phil BrownDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology and Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: p.brown@northeastern.edu.
Katherine E BoronowSilent Spring Institute, Newton, MA, USA. Electronic address: boronow@silentspring.org.
Erin DeMiccoProgram for Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: Erin.DeMicco@ucsf.edu.
Annemarie CharlesworthProgram for Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: annemarie.charlesworth@ucsf.edu.
Maribel JuarezProgram for Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: Maribel.Juarez2@ucsf.edu.
Sarah GeigerDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA. Electronic address: smurphy7@illinois.edu.
Susan L SchantzBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA. Electronic address: schantz@illinois.edu.
Tracey J WoodruffProgram for Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: Woodruff@ucsf.edu.
Rachel Morello-FroschSchool of Public Health and Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. Electronic address: rmf@berkeley.edu.
Amy M PadulaProgram for Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: amy.padula@ucsf.edu.
program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes

Funding

Project-005U2COD023375 · OD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Linda S Adair, Phillip Brian Smith · 2016 to 2026
$215.9M
ECHODAC (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Data Analysis Center)U24OD023382 · OD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Diane J Catellier, LISA P JACOBSON · 2016 to 2026
$148.4M
The ECHO Measurement Core: A Framework and Resource for Assessing Environmental Exposure and Child HealthU24OD023319 · OD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Courtney K Blackwell, RICHARD GERSHON · 2016 to 2026
$43.7M
The Illinois Kids Development Study ECHO Pregnancy and Pediatric CohortUH3OD023272 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Andrea Aguiar, Susan L Schantz · 2018 to 2026
$18.6M
UCSF Environmental Research and Translation for Health Center (EaRTH Center)P30ES030284 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Tracey J. Woodruff · 2020 to 2026
$11.2M
The Illinois Kids Development Study ECHO Pregnancy and Pediatric CohortUG3OD023272 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI SCHANTZ, SUSAN L · 2016 to 2024
$7.2M
The UCSF Pregnancy Exposures to Environmental Chemicals (PEEC) Children's CenterP01ES022841 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WOODRUFF, TRACEY J. · 2013 to 2018
$3.9M
Project 2: Assessing the Effects on BPA Exposure on Early Human DevelopmentP20ES018135 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WOODRUFF, TRACEY J. · 2010 to 2012
$617k
Scaling up access and usability of smartphone tools for reporting chemical biomonitoring resultsR21ES030454 · NIEHS · SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE · PI BRODY, JULIA GREEN, BROWN, PHILIP M. · 2019 to 2020
$412k
Building environmental health literacy: What should people know about endocrine disrupting compounds?R03ES027884 · NIEHS · SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE · PI BRODY, JULIA GREEN · 2018 to 2019
$148k
NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES022841NIEHS NIH HHS P20 ES018135NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES030284NIEHS NIH HHS R03 ES027884NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES030454NIH HHS U24 OD023319NIH HHS U24 OD023382NIH HHS U2C OD023375NIH HHS UG3 OD023272NIH HHS UH3 OD023272
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Participants in biomonitoring studies who receive personal exposure reports seek information to reduce exposures. Many chemical exposures are driven by systems-level policies rather than individual actions; therefore, change requires engagement in collective action. Participants' perceptions of collective action and use of report-back to support engagement remain unclear. We conducted virtual focus groups during summer 2020 in a diverse group of peripartum people from cohorts in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program (N = 18). We assessed baseline exposure and collective action experience, and report-back preferences. Participants were motivated to protect the health of their families and communities despite significant time and cognitive burdens. They requested time-conscious tactics and accessible information to enable action to reduce individual and collective exposures. Participant input informed the design of digital report-back in the cohorts. This study highlights opportunities to shift responsibility from individuals to policymakers to reduce chemical exposures at the systems level.

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Environmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringChildFocus GroupsHumansPeripartum PeriodBiomonitoringCollective actionDigital health communicationsEnvironmental chemicalsEnvironmental healthEnvironmental health literacyExposure reductionHealth literacyper- and polyfluoroalkyl substancesPhenolic compoundsPolybrominated diphenyl ethersReturn of results

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PMCPMC9244766

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