1. WP 4.1.Clinical Field Survey SINPHONIE Project kick-off meeting 10-12 November, REC Conference Center, Szentendre Hungary Peter Rudnai National Institute of Environmental Health, Budapest

2. Overview of the presentation Objectives Study population Methods Time schedule Deliverables Expected result

3. OBJECTIVES To obtain data on health status of children by questionnaire surveys, focusing on asthma, respiratory infections, upper respiratory tract symptoms, cough, wheeze, dyspnea, allergic rhinitis, bronchitis. To collect data on possible confounders for the respiratory symptoms (home environment, SES, parents’ respiratory and allergic diseases, ETS) To assess the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and diseases among teachers To obtain data on the respiratory health of children by assessment of absenteeism from schools (or kindergartens) due to respiratory diseases

4. STUDY POPULATION Primary school children between 8-10 (7-11) years of the studied classrooms Teachers Kindergarten children (3-5 years)

5. METHODS Questionnaires - on the children’s health status (+ home environment, SES etc.) - on the teachers’ respiratory symptoms Data collection sheet on absenteeism due to respiratory diseases in the studied classes

6. TIME SCHEDULE Questionnaires - Preparation (Oct 2010 – February 2011) - Translation (March – April 2011) - Backtranslation (April – May 2011) - Field work (Oct 2011 – March 2012) - Data processing (Nov 2011 – May 2012) Data collection on absenteeism (October 2011 – March 2012) Ethical approval (May – June 2011)

7. DELIVERABLES (May 2011) Questionnaires (children’s and teachers’ ones) Data collection sheet on absenteeism

8. EXPECTED RESULT Contribution to WPs 5, 6, 7 and 8