Research

ASPIRE Children’s Environmental Health Center

Research in the ASPIRE Children’s Environmental Health Center focuses on developing and translating evidence-informed policies, programs, and practices to reduce harmful environmental exposures where children live, learn and play.

Publications

2024

Slavik, C.E., Chapman, D.A., Smith, H., Coughlan, M., Peters, E.  (2024)  Motivating parents to protect their children from wildfire smoke: the impact of air quality index infographics  Environmental Research Communications  6
Larkin, A., MacDonald, M., Jackson, D., Kile, M., Hystad, P.  (2024)  Identifying children’s environmental health risks, needs, misconceptions, and opportunities for research translation using social media  Exploration of Digital Health Technologies  2
Irvin, V., Kile, M.L., Lucas-Woodruff, C., Cude, C., Anderson, L., Baylog, K., Hovell, M.F., Choun, S.  (2024)  An overview of the Be Well Home Health Navigator Program to reduce contaminants in well water: Design and methods  Contemporary Clinical Trials  
Foster, SA, Kile, ML, Hystad, P, Diamond, ML, Jantunen, LM, Mandhane, PJ, Moraes, TJ, Navaranjan, G, Scott, JA, Simons, E, Subbarao, P, Takaro, TK, Turvey, SE, Brook, JR  (2024)  Organophosphate ester flame retardants and plasticizers in house dust and mental health outcomes among Canadian mothers: A nested prospective cohort study in CHILD  Environmental Research  240(Pt 1)
collecting tweets to gain insights into children’s environmental health

A Tweet says a thousand words

Can we use Tweets to gain insights into children’s environmental health?