Communities catalyzing change with data to mitigate an invisible menace, traffic-related air pollution.

Autor: Sprague Martinez L; School of Social Work, Macro Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. spraguemartinez@uchc.edu.; School of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Health Disparities Institute, 241 Main Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, USA. spraguemartinez@uchc.edu., Ginzburg SL; Department of Public Health, MCPHS University, Boston, MA, USA.; School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA., Ron S; Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston, MA, USA., Brinkerhoff CA; School of Social Work, Macro Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA., Haque S; School of Social Work, Macro Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA., England SA; School of Social Work, Macro Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA., Khimani K; School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA., Zamore W; Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership, Somerville, MA, USA., Reisner E; Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership, Somerville, MA, USA., Lowe L; Chinatown Community Land Trust, Boston, MA, USA., Brugge D; School of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2024 Feb 08; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 411. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 08.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17864-9
Abstrakt: Objectives: To identify strategies and tactics communities use to translate research into environmental health action.
Methods: We employed a qualitative case study design to explore public health action conducted by residents, organizers, and public health planners in two Massachusetts communities as part of a community based participatory (CBPR) research study. Data sources included key informant interviews (n = 24), reports and direct observation of research and community meetings (n = 10) and project meeting minutes from 2016-2021. Data were coded deductively drawing on the community organizing and implementation frameworks.
Results: In Boston Chinatown, partners drew broad participation from community-based organizations, residents, and municipal leaders, which resulted in air pollution mitigation efforts being embedded in the master planning process. In Somerville, partners focused on change at multiple levels, developer behavior, and separate from the funded research, local legislative efforts, and litigation.
Conclusions: CBPR affords communities the ability to environmental health efforts in a way that is locally meaningful, leveraging their respective strengths. External facilitation can support the continuity and sustainment of community led CBPR efforts.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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