TIPRP for Animal Health Workers in
Private Practice
The veterinary
staff of Tuskegee University in Alabama
and the Animal Medical Center in New York will be used as a model representing
the ideals of private practice veterinary medicine. Tuskegee has pioneered
bioinformatics and telehealth through its BIMS Center. The AMC is also an
academic institution with a 24/7 service that provides postgraduate residency
and internship training for veterinarians. It is equipped with state of the art
diagnostics that expose veterinarians, animal health technicians, and
laboratory technicians to increased levels of RFR.
Needs
Assessment
An
on-line survey will be part of a need assessment (NA) to quantify the levels of
protection currently practiced at TUSVM and the AMC. The NA will also be used
in the risk assessment, risk management, and marketing strategy.
Risk
Assessment and Epidemiological Studies
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
protocols for risk assessment and risk management will be used for
carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, and neurobehavioral health effects.
In addition, epidemiological studies will be conducted to
gather data sets, including morbidity, mortality, and cancer prevalence rates
associated with RFR or RFR devices. The epidemiology data will be used in the
formulating of marketing strategies.
Marketing
The
asset model (AM) derived from change theory will be used. The AM can facilitate the pooling of
currently available resources and collaboration of many parts of communities
for the common good of a health initiative. A SWOT analysis (Figure 9 C) will
be performed along with a 4 x 4 P square analysis (4 x 4 P2) (“Think
Tank”, 2011) (Figure 10 C). In the
analysis, a mathematical model is developed in which numerical values of the
following variables are combined and examined statistically: (Price + place+
product + promotion) x (Plan + perspective + perseverance + passionate people)
(Equation 1).
New
York City, the media capital of the world, will be used as a hub for the
digital media marketing of the initiative and for the manufacture of personal
protective items against RFR. A week-long scientific conference on the health
effects of RFR and protection from RFR will be held in NYC to launch the
initiative. There will also be a fashion show exhibiting apparel for RFR
protection. The success of the conference and fashion show will be used as
small wins for future grant applications, consistent with business applications
of Sun Zhou’s classic: The Arts of War (Wee, 2002).
Experimental
Materials and Methods
A cohort
consisting of 100 individuals from the veterinary staff of TUSVM and the AMC
will be issued with personal protective devices for protection from RFR for a
five-year period. Protective devices
will also be installed in the homes of the individuals during the study. Four times per year, blood samples will be
collected from the individuals, complete physical examinations will be done on
each person, and electroencephalographs (EEG) studies and fMRI brain scans will also be performed (Regel &
Achermann, 2011). Dosimeter badges for
each individual will also be examined and exposure dose recorded.
Peripheral blood samples will be used for assessing
mitochondrial respiratory reserve capacity (MRRC) (Tkalec, Stambuk, Srut, Malarić,
& Klobučar, 2013), and the Emulate organ-on-chip platform kits will be used
to detect changes is specific organs.
Software provided by LogiNet will be used to record and process the data
from the TIPRP.
The concurrent
control for this study will be 100 health care workers at institutions in
Alabama and New York City who do not use personal protective devices for
RFR. Similar experimental and
non-experimental methodologies will be applied to the other TIPRP groups. The
experimental protocols will, however, be unique for the specific group
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