Online Program

294038
A comparative community information needs assessment on health and hydrofracking


Monday, November 4, 2013 : 10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

Katrina Korfmacher, PhD, Environmental Health Sciences Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
This presentation will provide an overview of a three-state (NY, NC, OH) NIEHS-funded project to assess communities' information needs related to health and hydrofracking (goals, methods, progress, initial findings). In addition, she will highlight similarities and differences between the context of hydrofracking in the three states. At the time the research was conducted, hydrofracking had begun in Ohio, was being planned in North Carolina, and was banned in New York. Within each state, different communities and stakeholders have widely varying perspectives on the practice and its future in their state. These differences persist, despite widespread access to information via interest groups, industry, and web sites. A key dynamic is the vast uncertainty surrounding the scope, scale, and nature of potential health impacts. This presentation will highlight our approach to understanding these differences in perspectives, concerns, and information gaps perceived by diverse community leaders in the three states

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Environmental health sciences
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Identify key differences and similarities in communities’ needs for information about health and hydrofracking in Ohio, North Carolina, and New York.

Keyword(s): Environmental Health, Public Health Research

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: PI of the project being presented
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.