Title Research priorities for assessing health effects from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill : a letter report / Committee to Review the Federal Response to the Health Effects Associated with the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Published Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource Series Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents Cover -- Frontmatter -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Letter Report -- Executive Summary -- Charge to the Committee -- Background -- Rationale for Studying Health Effects from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill -- Populations to Study -- Study Design Considerations -- Coordination of Information Sharing -- Coordination Among Institutional Review Boards -- Community Engagement and Communication -- Building the Capacity to Quickly Respond to Disasters -- Research Priorities -- Behavioral Health -- Exposure Assessment -- Seafood Safety -- Communication -- Developing a Research Response Framework -- Summary of Research Priorities -- References Summary At the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a committee appointed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is tasked with providing advice to HHS on research priorities for assessing health effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The committee's recommendations are included in this report. The committee believes that it is important to study health effects from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill for three reasons: 1. To learn about the impact of oil spills on human health,2. To improve mitigation efforts, and3. To prevent adverse health effects from occurring in individuals affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and in future disasters. During its information-gathering process, the committee learned about many potential areas of research aimed at improving its understanding of the physical and behavioral health effects of oil spills. All of those areas are important. The committee evaluated the information and narrowed the list of possible research opportunities to those that it believes should be considered priorities. The committee's research priorities encompass five main areas: behavioral health, exposure assessment, seafood safety, communication, and developing a research response framework for disasters. The research priorities, summarized in Box 1, are not presented in any specific order. They address current gaps in knowledge and the order of priority will depend on further scientific review and community input Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes This study was supported by Contract No. N01-OD-4-2139 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services English Subject BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 -- Health aspects BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 -- Research Oil spills -- Health aspects -- Mexico, Gulf of Oil spills -- Research -- Mexico, Gulf of Environmental monitoring. Seas. Water Pollution, Chemical -- adverse effects Petroleum -- adverse effects Occupational Exposure -- adverse effects Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects Environmental Monitoring Oceans and Seas seas. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Health & Safety. Seas Environmental monitoring Oil spills -- Health aspects Oil spills -- Research Research Gulf of Mexico Form Electronic book ISBN 9780309163125 0309163129 9780309163132 0309163137 128291720X 9781282917200 9786612917202 6612917202 0309177030 9780309177030

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