Visualizing Air Pollution: Communication of Environmental Health Information in a Chinese Immigrant Community

Wong, Carolyn F.; Wu, Hsin-Ching; Cleary, Ekaterina Galkina; Patton, Allison P.; Xie, Alan; Grinstein, Georges; Koch‐Weser, Susan; Brugge, Doug

doi:10.1080/10810730.2019.1597949

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“…Three studies primarily used education or training programmes to engage the community in air quality activities. Wong, Wu [ 65 ] trained high school students to use an interactive pollution map, and supported the young people to teach older adults with English as a second language how to use the map through workshops. To expand a community monitoring network, an internship programme for young people was established by a community-based organisation [ 60 ].…”

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“…Many studies outlined how residents had developed skills and competencies in, for example, conducting research [ 30 , 62 ], using monitoring equipment [ 34 , 59 ], action planning [ 59 ], leadership [ 35 , 40 ], public speaking and dissemination [ 30 , 53 , 60 ], and advocacy [ 31 , 36 , 62 ]. Participation in air quality activities was found to have enhanced individual and collective confidence and motivation to act [ 31 , 42 – 44 , 49 , 52 , 64 , 68 ], built a sense of community [ 37 , 52 ], and increased self-efficacy [ 38 , 52 , 65 , 66 ]. Community engagement in some cases enabled the development of new connections [ 41 , 59 , 63 , 65 ], and partnerships between the community and organisations [ 37 , 47 , 53 ].…”

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“…Participation in air quality activities was found to have enhanced individual and collective confidence and motivation to act [ 31 , 42 – 44 , 49 , 52 , 64 , 68 ], built a sense of community [ 37 , 52 ], and increased self-efficacy [ 38 , 52 , 65 , 66 ]. Community engagement in some cases enabled the development of new connections [ 41 , 59 , 63 , 65 ], and partnerships between the community and organisations [ 37 , 47 , 53 ]. Community participation in air quality activities was found to elicit a sense of ownership, particularly in studies whereby residents has contributed to decision-making or collected their own data [ 30 , 35 , 38 , 68 ].…”

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“…Those undertaken in the USA frequently referred to these as environmental justice communities [38,40,45]. Disproportionate exposure to pollution [36,39,40,50,65], existing vulnerabilities such as age [43,62], and the marginalisation of certain groups [30,36,41,49] were repeated themes in those placed within the context of health inequalities. Ten studies contained very little reference to health inequalities, with an implicit or explicit suggestion that air pollution was a universal issue within a geographical area [33,46,48,51,52,54,55,64,67,68].…”

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Engaging communities in addressing air quality: a scoping review

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Background Exposure to air pollution has a detrimental effect on health and disproportionately affects people living in socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Engaging with communities to identify concerns and solutions could support organisations responsible for air quality control, improve environmental decision-making, and widen understanding of air quality issues associated with health. This scoping review aimed to provide an overview of approaches used to engage communities in addressing air quality and identify the outcomes that have been achieved. Methods Searches for studies that described community engagement in air quality activities were conducted across five databases (Academic Search Complete, CABI, GreenFILE, MEDLINE, Web of Science). Data on study characteristics, community engagement approach, and relevant outcomes were extracted. The review process was informed by a multi-stakeholder group with an interest in and experience of community engagement in air quality. Thirty-nine papers from thirty studies were included in the final synthesis. Conclusion A range of approaches have been used to engage communities in addressing air quality, most notably air quality monitoring. Positive outcomes included increased awareness, capacity building, and changes to organisational policy and practice. Longer-term projects and further exploration of the impact of community engagement on improving air quality and health are needed as reporting on these outcomes was limited.

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“…Influenced by research and community advocacy, Boston Public Schools leaders first incorporated air filtration changes to the proposed school design, then dropped the proposed site entirely, as the result of budgetary concerns. In a similar timeframe to this work, a grant from the National Library of Medicine funded development of an innovative interactive air pollution map that was used in an educational intervention with Chinese immigrants in Chinatown [ 27 ]. Most recently funding from NIEHS has supported research and action designed to catalyze the translation of science to practice and, very recently, a randomized crossover trial of portable air filtration in housing near the highway in Somerville.…”

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Two communities, one highway and the fight for clean air: the role of political history in shaping community engagement and environmental health research translation

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Dimitri

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Background This paper explores strategies to engage community stakeholders in efforts to address the effects of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). Communities of color and low-income communities are disproportionately impacted by environmental threats including emissions generated by major roadways. Methods Qualitative instrumental case study design was employed to examine how community-level factors in two Massachusetts communities, the City of Somerville and Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood, influence the translation of research into practice to address TRAP exposure. Guided by the Interactive Systems Framework (ISF), we drew on three data sources: key informant interviews, observations and document reviews. Thematic analysis was used. Results Findings indicate political history plays a significant role in shaping community action. In Somerville, community organizers worked with city and state officials, and embraced community development strategies to engage residents. In contrast, Chinatown community activists focused on immediate resident concerns including housing and resident displacement resulting in more opposition to local municipal leadership. Conclusions The ISF was helpful in informing the team’s thinking related to systems and structures needed to translate research to practice. However, although municipal stakeholders are increasingly sympathetic to and aware of the health impacts of TRAP, there was not a local legislative or regulatory precedent on how to move some of the proposed TRAP-related policies into practice. As such, we found that pairing the ISF with a community organizing framework may serve as a useful approach for examining the dynamic relationship between science, community engagement and environmental research translation. Social workers and public health professionals can advance TRAP exposure mitigation by exploring the political and social context of communities and working to bridge research and community action.

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Environmental contaminants and child development: Developmentally‐informed opportunities and recommendations for integrating and informing child environmental health science

Miller

2022

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Child environmental health (CEH) science has identified numerous effects of early life exposures to common, ubiquitous environmental toxicants. CEH scientists have documented the costs not only to individual children but also to population‐level health effects of such exposures. Importantly, such risks are unequally distributed in the population, with historically marginalized communities and the children living in these communities receiving the most damaging exposures. Developmental science offers a lens and set of methodologies to identify nuanced biological and behavioral processes that drive child development across physical, cognitive, and socioemotional domains. Developmental scientists are also experts in considering the multiple, hierarchically‐layered contexts that shape development alongside toxicant exposure. Such contexts and the individuals acting within them make up an overarching “child serving ecosystem” spanning systems and sectors that serve children directly and indirectly. Articulating how biobehavioral mechanisms and social–ecological contexts unfold from a developmental perspective are needed in order to inform CEH translation and intervention efforts across this child‐serving ecosystem. Developmentalists can also benefit from integrating CEH science findings in their work by considering the role of the physical environment, and environmental toxicants specifically, on child health and development. Building on themes that were laid out by Trentacosta and Mulligan in 2020, this commentary presents recommendations for connecting developmental and CEH science and for translating such work so that it can be used to promote child development in an equitable manner across this child‐serving ecosystem. These opportunities include (1) Using Developmentally‐Informed Conceptual Models; (2) Applying Creative, Sophisticated, and Rigorous Methods; (3) Integrating Developmentally‐Sensitive Intervention Considerations; and (4) Establishing Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Cross‐Sector Partnerships.

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Visualizing Air Pollution: Communication of Environmental Health Information in a Chinese Immigrant Community

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

Engaging communities in addressing air quality: a scoping review

Engaging communities in addressing air quality: a scoping review

Two communities, one highway and the fight for clean air: the role of political history in shaping community engagement and environmental health research translation

Environmental contaminants and child development: Developmentally‐informed opportunities and recommendations for integrating and informing child environmental health science

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