Sadd James, Morello-Frosch Rachel, Pastor Manuel, Matsuoka Martha, Prichard Michele, Carter Vanessa
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Health Educ Behav. 2014 Jun;41(3):281-90. doi: 10.1177/1090198113511816. Epub 2013 Dec 16.
Environmental justice advocates often argue that environmental hazards and their health effects vary by neighborhood, income, and race. To assess these patterns and advance preventive policy, their colleagues in the research world often use complex and methodologically sophisticated statistical and geospatial techniques. One way to bridge the gap between the technical work and the expert knowledge of local residents is through community-based participatory research strategies. We document how an environmental justice screening method was coupled with "ground-truthing"-a project in which community members worked with researchers to collect data across six Los Angeles neighborhoods-which demonstrated the clustering of potentially hazardous facilities, high levels of air pollution, and elevated health risks. We discuss recommendations and implications for future research and collaborations between researchers and community-based organizations.
环境正义倡导者经常认为，环境危害及其对健康的影响因社区、收入和种族而异。为了评估这些模式并推进预防性政策，他们在研究领域的同事通常会使用复杂且方法上成熟的统计和地理空间技术。弥合技术工作与当地居民专业知识之间差距的一种方法是通过基于社区的参与性研究策略。我们记录了一种环境正义筛查方法如何与“实地核实”相结合——在这个项目中，社区成员与研究人员合作，在洛杉矶的六个社区收集数据——这表明了潜在危险设施的聚集、高水平的空气污染以及健康风险的增加。我们讨论了对未来研究以及研究人员与社区组织之间合作的建议和影响。
