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Partnerships for environmental and occupational justice: contributions to research, capacity and public health

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  • Baron, S.
  • Sinclair, R.
  • Payne-Sturges, D.
  • Phelps, J.
  • Zenick, H.
  • Collman, G.W.
  • O'Fallon, L.R.

Abstract

In 1994, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) initiated a program to address communication gaps between community residents, researchers and health care providers in the context of disproportionate environmental exposures. Over 13 years, together with the Environmental Protection Agency and National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, NIEHS funded 54 environmental justice projects. Here we examine the methods used and outcomes produced based on data gathered from summaries submitted for annual grantees' meetings. Data highlight how projects fulfilled program objectives of improving community awareness and capacity and the positive public health and public policy outcomes achieved. Our findings underscore the importance of community participation in developing effective, culturally sensitive interventions and emphasize the importance of systematic program planning and evaluation.

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  • Baron, S. & Sinclair, R. & Payne-Sturges, D. & Phelps, J. & Zenick, H. & Collman, G.W. & O'Fallon, L.R., 2009. "Partnerships for environmental and occupational justice: contributions to research, capacity and public health," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(S3), pages 517-525.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2009:99:s3:s517-525_4
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    1. Alissa Cordner & Grace Poudrier & Jesse DiValli & Phil Brown, 2019. "Combining Social Science and Environmental Health Research for Community Engagement," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-16, September.
    2. Jennifer S. Carrera & Kent Key & Sarah Bailey & Joseph A. Hamm & Courtney A. Cuthbertson & E. Yvonne Lewis & Susan J. Woolford & E. Hill DeLoney & Ella Greene-Moton & Kaneesha Wallace & DeWaun E. Robi, 2019. "Community Science as a Pathway for Resilience in Response to a Public Health Crisis in Flint, Michigan," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-25, March.
    3. Edith M. Williams & Julien Terrell & Judith Anderson & Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter, 2016. "A Case Study of Community Involvement Influence on Policy Decisions: Victories of a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-9, May.
    4. Leona F. Davis & Mónica D. Ramirez-Andreotta & Jean E. T. McLain & Aminata Kilungo & Leif Abrell & Sanlyn Buxner, 2018. "Increasing Environmental Health Literacy through Contextual Learning in Communities at Risk," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-23, October.
    5. Sara E. Grineski & Timothy W. Collins & Ricardo Rubio, 2019. "Distributional Environmental Injustices for a Minority Group without Minority Status: Arab Americans and Residential Exposure to Carcinogenic Air Pollution in the US," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-16, December.

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