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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
3305.1: Monday, November 11, 2002: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Studies of health effects of environmental pollution, as well as regulations based on such results, are often performed with little or no input from affected communities. The Environmental Justice Program at the National Institute of Environmental Sciences has instituted funding mechanisms to bridge this crucial communication gap so that the communities involved have a demonstrable role in defining and identifying problems and risks related to environmental health hazards and also in shaping future research approaches to such problems. Development of community-based strategies to address environmental health problems requires approaches that are not typically familiar to the research and medical communities. The distinctive needs of individual communities and their inhabitants are rarely considered in identifying environmental health problems and devising appropriate medical interventions. The primary objective of this program is to establish methods for linking members of a community, who are directly affected by adverse environmental conditions, with researchers and health care providers. This program is also designed to develop new modes of communication and to ensure that the community actively participates with researchers and health care providers in developing responses and setting priorities for intervention strategies. This session will highlight four projects across the U.S. that have developed community based asthma education and intervention programs and discuss the processes and outcomes of such partnerships. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Expose participants to the process of building community and research partners for improved environmental health. 2. Discuss and evaluate the success of such partnership models. 3. Identify future course of action. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Shobha Srinivasan, PHD | |||
| Shobha Srinivasan, PHD | |||
| Community Partnership for Asthma Prevention Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD | |||
| Williamsburg Brooklyn Asthma and Environment Consortium John Fleming, Cecilia Iglesias Garden | |||
| South Bronx Environmental Justice Partnership A.H. Strelnick, MD | |||
| Clean Air For Barrio Children's Health Diane Takvorian | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||