Vásquez Victoria Breckwich, Minkler Meredith, Shepard Peggy
Center for Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA.
J Urban Health. 2006 Jan;83(1):101-10. doi: 10.1007/s11524-005-9010-9.
Community-academic partnerships have demonstrated potential for studying and improving community and environmental health, but only recently have their policy impacts been systematically studied. This case study highlights the evolution, research, and policy processes and outcomes of a community based participatory research (CBPR) partnership that has had multilevel impacts on health policy concerning diesel bus emissions and related environmental justice issues. The partnership between West Harlem Environmental ACTion, Inc. (WE ACT) and the Columbia University Center for Children's Environmental Health was explored using a multimethod case study approach. The conversion of New York City's bus fleet to clean diesel and the installation by the EPA of permanent air monitors in Harlem and other "hot spots" were among the outcomes for which the partnership's research and policy work was given substantial credit. Lessons for other urban community-academic partnerships interested in using CBPR to promote healthy public policy are discussed.
社区与学术机构的合作已展现出在研究和改善社区及环境健康方面的潜力，但直到最近，其政策影响才得到系统研究。本案例研究突出了一个基于社区的参与性研究（CBPR）合作项目的发展历程、研究情况、政策进程及成果，该合作项目在涉及柴油公交车排放及相关环境正义问题的健康政策方面产生了多层次影响。采用多方法案例研究方法，探究了西哈莱姆环境行动组织（WE ACT）与哥伦比亚大学儿童环境健康中心之间的合作。纽约市公交车队向清洁柴油的转换，以及美国环境保护局（EPA）在哈莱姆及其他“热点地区”安装永久性空气监测器，这些成果很大程度上归功于该合作项目的研究和政策工作。文中还讨论了对其他有意利用CBPR促进健康公共政策的城市社区与学术机构合作项目的启示。
