针对花粉监测可持续性的全球调查

IF 3.9 2区医学 Q2 ALLERGY

World Allergy Organization Journal Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI:10.1016/j.waojou.2024.100997

Divya Dwarakanath BSc, MPhil , Andelija Milic BSc, PhD , Paul J. Beggs BSc, PhD , Darren Wraith BCom, GradDipHE, BMath, PhD , Janet M. Davies BSc, PhD

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摘要

背景当代空气中的花粉记录是环境健康警告的基础，但人们对花粉监测网络是如何维持的却知之甚少。本研究调查了全球各地的花粉监测站由谁管理和资助，以及如何管理和资助。方法邀请全球花粉监测站地图中列出的协调人填写一份数字问卷，旨在调查参与人员和组织、资金来源的类型和持续时间，以及花粉信息的用途、目的和共享情况。通过描述性统计对定量数据进行了分析，并通过定性专题分析对开放文本回复进行了研究。最常负责监测的是大学（42%）和医院/卫生服务机构（29%）。大多数监测点都有员工（87%）参与花粉监测，其中许多人是兼职（41%）或临时工（11%），还有学生（29%）和志愿者（6%）。超过三分之一的研究机构（35%）将花粉监测作为核心职责之外的额外工作，25%的研究机构将花粉监测作为实物贡献。虽然花粉监测的资金通常来自政府机构（33%）、政府研究基金（24%）或非政府基金（8%），但 92% 的机构报告了不止一个资金来源，99% 的机构报告了对 "需要共同贡献的合作伙伴关系或基金 "的依赖，这表明资金来源结构复杂且持续时间较短（中位数为 3 年）。监测空气传播花粉的常见原因包括临床过敏、人群环境健康、空气生物学和预测。结论目前，空气生物学监测工作由复杂、不安全和不足的资源以及对志愿服务的依赖来维持。空气生物学数据有多种直接的、与健康相关的和其他重要用途，这些用途与可持续性的多个方面相一致。本研究提供的证据可为设计可持续生成空气生物学数据的战略提供参考。

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A global survey addressing sustainability of pollen monitoring

Background

Contemporary airborne pollen records underpin environmental health warnings, yet how pollen monitoring networks are sustained is poorly understood. This study investigated by whom and how pollen monitoring sites across the globe are managed and funded.

Methods

Coordinators listed in the Worldwide Map of Pollen Monitoring Stations were invited to complete a digital questionnaire designed to survey the people and organisations involved, types, and duration of funding sources, as well as uses, purpose, and sharing of pollen information. Quantitative data were analysed by descriptive statistics and open text responses were examined by qualitative thematic analysis.

Results

Eighty-four of 241 (35%) coordinators from 37 countries responded. Universities (42%) and hospitals/health services (29%) were most commonly responsible for monitoring. Most sites involved employees (87%) in pollen monitoring, of whom many were part-time (41%) or casual (11%), as well as students (29%) and volunteers (6%). Pollen monitoring was additional to core duties for over one-third of sites (35%), and 25% reported pollen monitoring was an in-kind contribution. Whilst funding for pollen monitoring was often sourced from government agencies (33%), government research grants (24%), or non-government grants (8%), 92% reported more than 1 funding source, and 99% reported dependence on “partnerships or grants requiring co-contributions”, indicating a complex resourcing structure, of short duration (median 3 years). Common reasons why airborne pollen was monitored included clinical allergy, population environmental health, aerobiology and forecasting. Climate change, research, and social duty were also referenced.

Conclusions

Aerobiological monitoring is currently sustained by complex, insecure, and insufficient resourcing, as well as reliance on volunteerism. There are multiple direct, health-related, and other important uses of aerobiology data, that are aligned to multiple dimensions of sustainability. Evidence from this study can be used to inform the design of strategies to sustain the generation of aerobiology data.

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World Allergy Organization Journal Immunology and Microbiology-Immunology

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9.10

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5.90%

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9 weeks

期刊介绍： The official pubication of the World Allergy Organization, the World Allergy Organization Journal (WAOjournal) publishes original mechanistic, translational, and clinical research on the topics of allergy, asthma, anaphylaxis, and clincial immunology, as well as reviews, guidelines, and position papers that contribute to the improvement of patient care. WAOjournal publishes research on the growth of allergy prevalence within the scope of single countries, country comparisons, and practical global issues and regulations, or threats to the allergy specialty. The Journal invites the submissions of all authors interested in publishing on current global problems in allergy, asthma, anaphylaxis, and immunology. Of particular interest are the immunological consequences of climate change and the subsequent systematic transformations in food habits and their consequences for the allergy/immunology discipline.