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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2026

Potential Associations Between Psychological Distress and Ambient Air Quality Among Secondary School Teachers in New Jersey.

Derek G Shendell, Juhi Aggarwal, Quincy W Hunter, Midhat Rehman, Alexa Fiumarelli DeBenedetto, Maryanne L Campbell

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Derek G ShendellNew Jersey Safe Schools Program (NJSS), Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH), Rutgers University, 683 Hoes Lane West, 3rd Floor SPH-Suite 399, Office 384/Field Dry Lab 381, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2062-1811
Juhi AggarwalNew Jersey Safe Schools Program (NJSS), Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH), Rutgers University, 683 Hoes Lane West, 3rd Floor SPH-Suite 399, Office 384/Field Dry Lab 381, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9858-730X
Quincy W HunterNew Jersey Safe Schools Program (NJSS), Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH), Rutgers University, 683 Hoes Lane West, 3rd Floor SPH-Suite 399, Office 384/Field Dry Lab 381, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Midhat RehmanNew Jersey Safe Schools Program (NJSS), Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH), Rutgers University, 683 Hoes Lane West, 3rd Floor SPH-Suite 399, Office 384/Field Dry Lab 381, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-5228-7101
Alexa Fiumarelli DeBenedettoDepartment of Environmental & Occupational Health & Justice, Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH), Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Maryanne L CampbellNew Jersey Safe Schools Program (NJSS), Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH), Rutgers University, 683 Hoes Lane West, 3rd Floor SPH-Suite 399, Office 384/Field Dry Lab 381, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3147-2794

Funding

New Jersey Department of Education 24-100-034-5062-032-H200-6030 and 25-100-034-5062-032-H200-6030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cross-sectional surveys of psychological distress using the Kessler-6 tool (K6+) were conducted among training cohorts per year of New Jersey (NJ) secondary school teachers between January 2022 and December 2024. Data downloaded for 12-18 annual virtual synchronous live session training date ranges related to specified teacher cohorts, consisting of 30 calendar days prior to its date to relate to K6+ questions (575 unique participants across 42 total live sessions). Utilizing data from federal/state air quality monitoring stations (AQMS), we constructed a database of estimated exposures to ambient/outdoor air quality. Cohorts were broken down by school district (SD) and paired with AQMS based on approximate geographic proximity for each SD's school's physical address utilizing NJ-GeoWeb. Once addresses were reported and associated with two AQMS, associated reviewed daily criteria pollutant data (2021-2024) were retrieved for particulate matter (PM, PM

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental ExposurePsychological DistressSchool TeachersCross-Sectional StudiesEnvironmental MonitoringHumansNew JerseyOzoneParticulate MatterAir PollutantsOzoneParticulate Mattercommunity-engaged researchKessler 6+mental healthoutdoor air qualityozonePM10PM2.5psychological distress

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PMID41899784
PMCPMC13026603

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