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Community‐Based Participatory Research as a Tool for Policy Change: A Case Study of the Southern California Environmental Justice Collaborative

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  • Dana Petersen
  • Meredith Minkler
  • Victoria Breckwich Vásquez
  • Andrea Corage Baden

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In 2000, a regional rule governing maximum individual cancer risk from stationary facilities in Southern California was dramatically altered, reducing allowable risk levels by 75%. This article uses a case study approach to explore the role of a community‐based participatory research (CBPR) partnership, the Southern California Environmental Justice Collaborative, in producing research and helping spearhead policy advocacy leading to this policy change. It also highlights the role of the collaborative in helping to change the framing of the issue from individual to cumulative risk assessment, so that the regulatory agencies began to reflect this broader thinking in their policymaking. The collaborative's structure and methodology, regional focus, relationships with key decision makers, and its reputation as an important source of both credible science and “people power” were seen as contributing to its effectiveness. The role of contextual factors including a recovering and more regulation‐friendly economy also is highlighted, as are key barriers faced. Implications for other community–academic partnerships working to address regional and statewide public policy are discussed.

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  • Dana Petersen & Meredith Minkler & Victoria Breckwich Vásquez & Andrea Corage Baden, 2006. "Community‐Based Participatory Research as a Tool for Policy Change: A Case Study of the Southern California Environmental Justice Collaborative," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 23(2), pages 339-354, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:23:y:2006:i:2:p:339-354
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2006.00204.x
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