170327 Case Study: Environmental Health and Mapping

Sunday, October 26, 2008: 9:24 AM

Jason Corburn, PhD , Dpt of City and Regional Planning, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Samara Swanston, JD , The Watchperson Project of Greenpoint-Williamsburg, New York, NY
Participants in this small group will learn how mapping can be used by partners employing the CBPR approach to improving environmental health.

Learning Objectives:
a. Define community-based participatory research and distinguish it from other forms of inquiry b. Identify three methods of data collection, i.e., focus group, mapping, and survey that can be used jointly by members of a partnership c. Identify at least three critical issues that arise when adopting and applying the principles of community-based participatory research for data analysis and collection d. Discuss roles and approaches for scholars and community members in community-based participatory data analysis and collection

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I played a lead role in developing the project written about in the case study.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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.

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