Participatory environmental health research: A tool to explore the socio-exposome in a major european industrial zone

Autor: Maxime Jeanjean, Julien Dron, Barbara L. Allen, Christelle Gramaglia, Annabelle Austruy, Johanna Lees, Yolaine Ferrier, Marine Periot, Miranda P. Dotson, Philippe Chamaret, Alison K. Cohen
Přispěvatelé: Institut Ecocitoyen pour la Connaissance des Pollutions [Fos-sur-Mer], Virginia Tech [Blacksburg], Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages (UMR G-EAU), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) (BRGM)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-AgroParisTech-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Laboratoire de Sciences Sociales Appliquées (LaSSA), Centre Norbert Elias (CNELIAS), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The VOCE program was supported by the Institut Ecocitoyen pour la Connaissance des Pollutions, with the support of the city of Fos-sur-Mer. The Fos EPSEAL research was supported by the Agence Nationale de Securite Sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), the French Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health & Safety (award numbers: PNREST Anses, Cancer ITMO AVIE-SAN, 2014/1/023 and EST/2017/1/035), and also received in-kind support from Virginia Tech and the Institut Mediterraneen de Recherches Avancees (IMeRA) in Marseille (France). It has been also financially supported by the Fondation de France.
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Environmental Research
Environmental Research, 2023, 218, pp.114865. ⟨10.1016/j.envres.2022.114865⟩
ISSN: 1096-0953
0013-9351
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114865⟩
Popis: International audience; ObjectivesWe show that participatory research approaches can be a useful tool across disciplines and data collection methods to explore the socio-exposome near one of the largest industrial harbors in Europe. We analyzed resident involvement in each project and their capacity to affect structural changes.MethodsLongitudinal participatory environmental monitoring studies on lichens, petunias, aquatic systems and groundwater were conducted under the program VOCE (Volunteers for the Citizens' Observation of the Environment), which mobilized nearly 100 volunteers to collect and report data. A community-based participatory health survey, Fos EPSEAL was also carried out during the same period. We describe citizens' involvement in each study following Davis and Ramirez-Andreotta's (2021) ‘best practice’ grid. We also use residents' insights to refine understanding of the socio-exposome.ResultsThe region is significantly impacted by industrial pollution and fenceline communities are disproportionately exposed. The community-based participatory health survey documented negative health outcomes among the residents, including a higher prevalence of chronic symptoms and diabetes (e.g., 11.9%) in the Fos-Berre Lagoon region than in other communities. This methodology shows the benefits of the co-production of knowledge in environmental health: not only does it enable epistemological transformations favorable to the vulnerable population, but it also triggered public action (i.e., media and public authorities’ attention leading to official expertise reports, filing of collective complaints before the courts).ConclusionThis body of multiple participatory research studies over time is a useful approach to better understand the socio-exposome and health issues in an industrial zone.
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