Quantifying the Distribution of Environmental Health Threats and Hazards in Washington State Using a Cumulative Environmental Inequality Index

Min, Esther; Piazza, Millie; Galaviz, Vanessa E; Saganić, Erik; Schmeltz, Michael T.; Freelander, Lauren; Farquhar, Stephanie A.; Karr, Catherine; Gruen, Deric; Banerjee, Dibyendu; Yost, Michael G.; Seto, Edmund

doi:10.1089/env.2021.0021

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“…Multiple studies have shown [35][36][37] that BIPOC individuals will be more impacted by climate change and environmental degradation in the coming years. And, throughout the environmental movement, BIPOC people may have been left out of the conversations in some spaces.…”

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Environmental Literacy Differences Based on Gender Identity and Race: A Social Justice Concern

Drake,

Speer,

Stachewicz

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Environmental literacy can empower students to make positive changes in their environment. Understanding the rates of environmental literacy in college students of color is particularly important because African American, Asian, and indigenous peoples (BIPOC) are most likely to be disproportionately impacted by environmental degradation. We administered a survey with questions regarding environmental literacy to undergraduate students at a comprehensive midwestern university in the fall of 2019 resulting in 2560 participants (about 25% of the student population). An ANOVA comparing environmental literacy summary scores demonstrated that Caucasian respondents had a statistically higher environmental literacy than African American and Native American students but were not statistically different from Asian, native Hawaiian, and mixed-race students, although all scores were low with Caucasian students scoring 39% and African American students scoring 31%. We also found that Caucasian and BIPOC women had a greater concern for the environment (F = 20.675, p < 0.001) and felt that their actions can make a difference following two separate tests (F = 18.916, p < 0.001; F = 19.003, p < 0.001) than men or gender-nonconforming students. Caucasian students have a slightly higher environmental literacy, but the scores overall are low. Women consistently report more concern for the environment and also greater empowerment to make a difference.

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confidence: 99%

Environmental Literacy Differences Based on Gender Identity and Race: A Social Justice Concern

Drake,

Speer,

Stachewicz

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Methods in Public Health Environmental Justice Research: a Scoping Review from 2018 to 2021

Casey,

Daouda,

Babadi

et al. 2023

Curr Envir Health Rpt

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Purpose of Review The volume of public health environmental justice (EJ) research produced by academic institutions increased through 2022. However, the methods used for evaluating EJ in exposure science and epidemiologic studies have not been catalogued. Here, we completed a scoping review of EJ studies published in 19 environmental science and epidemiologic journals from 2018 to 2021 to summarize research types, frameworks, and methods. Recent Findings We identified 402 articles that included populations with health disparities as a part of EJ research question and met other inclusion criteria. Most studies (60%) evaluated EJ questions related to socioeconomic status (SES) or race/ethnicity. EJ studies took place in 69 countries, led by the US (n = 246 [61%]). Only 50% of studies explicitly described a theoretical EJ framework in the background, methods, or discussion and just 10% explicitly stated a framework in all three sections. Among exposure studies, the most common area-level exposure was air pollution (40%), whereas chemicals predominated personal exposure studies (35%). Overall, the most common method used for exposure-only EJ analyses was main effect regression modeling (50%); for epidemiologic studies the most common method was effect modification (58%), where an analysis evaluated a health disparity variable as an effect modifier. Summary Based on the results of this scoping review, current methods in public health EJ studies could be bolstered by integrating expertise from other fields (e.g., sociology), conducting community-based participatory research and intervention studies, and using more rigorous, theory-based, and solution-oriented statistical research methods.

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A spatial indicator of environmental and climatic vulnerability in Rome

Badaloni,

De Sario,

Caranci

et al. 2023

Environment International

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Quantifying the Distribution of Environmental Health Threats and Hazards in Washington State Using a Cumulative Environmental Inequality Index

Cited by 4 publications

References 26 publications

Environmental Literacy Differences Based on Gender Identity and Race: A Social Justice Concern

Environmental Literacy Differences Based on Gender Identity and Race: A Social Justice Concern

Methods in Public Health Environmental Justice Research: a Scoping Review from 2018 to 2021

A spatial indicator of environmental and climatic vulnerability in Rome

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