Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 26;17(11):3765. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17113765.
Environmental justice (EJ) efforts aimed at capacity building are essential to addressing environmental health disparities; however, limited attention has been given to describing these efforts. This study reports findings from a scoping review of community-academic partnerships and community-led efforts to address environmental inequities related to air, water, and land pollution in the United States. Literature published in peer-reviewed journals from January 1986 through March 2018 were included, and community capacity theory was applied as a framework for understanding the scope of capacity-building and community change strategies to address EJ concerns. Paired teams of independent analysts conducted a search for relevant articles ( = 8452 citations identified), filtered records for content abstraction and possible inclusion ( = 163) and characterized selected studies ( = 58). Most articles implemented activities that were aligned with community capacity dimensions of citizen participation (96.4%, = 53), community power (78%, = 45), leadership (78%, = 45), and networks (81%, = 47); few articles identified a direct policy change (22%, = 13), and many articles discussed the policy implications of findings for future work (62%, = 36). This review synthesizes three decades of efforts to reduce environmental inequities and identifies strategic approaches used for strengthening community capacity.
环境正义（EJ）努力旨在进行能力建设，这对于解决环境健康方面的差异至关重要；然而，人们对这些努力的描述关注有限。本研究报告了一项范围审查的结果，该审查涉及社区-学术伙伴关系和社区主导的努力，以解决美国与空气、水和土地污染有关的环境不平等问题。本研究纳入了 1986 年 1 月至 2018 年 3 月期间在同行评议期刊上发表的文献，并应用社区能力理论作为理解能力建设范围和解决环境正义问题的社区变革策略的框架。独立分析人员小组进行了相关文章的搜索（共确定了 8452 条引文），筛选了记录以进行内容摘要和可能的纳入（共 163 篇），并对选定的研究进行了特征描述（共 58 篇）。大多数文章实施的活动与社区能力的公民参与（96.4%，共 53 篇）、社区权力（78%，共 45 篇）、领导力（78%，共 45 篇）和网络（81%，共 47 篇）维度相一致；很少有文章确定了直接的政策变化（22%，共 13 篇），许多文章讨论了发现对未来工作的政策影响（62%，共 36 篇）。本综述总结了三十年来减少环境不平等的努力，并确定了用于加强社区能力的战略方法。
