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Abstract #161813
Slides (pdf) or HandoutEdith Parker, DrPH1, Wilma Brakefield-Caldwell, BSN2, Lynna Chung, MPH1, J. Timothy Dvonch, PhD3, Katherine Edgren, MSW4, Sonya Grant-Pierson, MSW5, Yolanda Hill, MSW6, Barbara A. Israel, DrPH7, Toby Lewis, MD3, Paul Max, BS6, Angela Reyes, MPH8, Zachary Rowe9, Thomas Robins3, Maria Salinas10, and Donele Wilkins11. (1) Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 S. Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, 734-763-0087, edithp@umich.edu, (2) Steering Committee Member, 259 Cherry Pointe Dr., Canton, MI 48187, (3) Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 S. Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (4) Health Promotion and Community Relations, University of Michigan Health Services, 207 Fletcher, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (5) Rebuilding Communities, Inc., Warren/Conner Development Coalition, 11148 Harper Ave., Detroit, MI 48213, (6) Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, 1151 Taylor, Detroit, MI 48202, (7) Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, 109 S. Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (8) Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, 1200 Trumbull, Detroit, MI 48202, (9) Friends of Parkside, PO Box 13168, Detroit, MI 48213, (10) CHASS, 5635 W. Ford, Detroit, MI 48209, (11) Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, 8469 E. Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48214
The Community Action Against Asthma combined an intervention study to reduce environmental triggers for childhood asthma at the household and neighborhood level with an epidemiologic study of the relationship between ambient and indoor air quality exposures (e.g., ozone and particulate matter 2.5 and 10) and children's lung function and other asthma-related health indicators. As part of the neighborhood level intervention, activities focused on community organizing and engagement of community groups in education processes around environmental health. For example, CAAA staff worked with a local Detroit school to educate parents on implications of environmental contaminants found at the school and facilitated the creation of an action plan that satisfied parent's concerns. In another example, CAAA community and academic partners shared research results and their implications with local advisory boards for transportation and other projects with environmental health implications. This presentation will describe CAAA's strategy and share accomplishments, challenges and lessons learned through this process.
Learning Objectives:
- By the end of this presentation, the participants will be able to
- 1. Articulate the importance of community-academic partnerships in designing environmental research projects in ways to enhance community.
- 2. Identify at least 2 different strategies for enhancing community capacity around environmental health.
- 3. Articulate the role of dissemination of research results to the broader community in which the research is undertaken as a crucial piece of creating capacity.
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA