Community-Based Participatory Research and Policy Advocacy to Reduce Diesel Exposure in West Oakland, California

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ID11034872
AutoresPriscilla A Gonzalez (Priscilla A. Gonzalez is with the Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA. Meredith Minkler and Analilia P. Garcia are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge are with the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA. Catalina Garzón and Meena Palaniappan are with the Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. At the time of the study, Swati Prakash was with the Pacific Institute, Oakland.), Meredith Minkler (0000-0002-7269-1221, Priscilla A. Gonzalez is with the Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA. Meredith Minkler and Analilia P. Garcia are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge are with the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA. Catalina Garzón and Meena Palaniappan are with the Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. At the time of the study, Swati Prakash was with the Pacific Institute, Oakland.), Analilia P Garcia (Priscilla A. Gonzalez is with the Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA. Meredith Minkler and Analilia P. Garcia are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge are with the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA. Catalina Garzón and Meena Palaniappan are with the Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. At the time of the study, Swati Prakash was with the Pacific Institute, Oakland.), Margaret Gordon (Priscilla A. Gonzalez is with the Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA. Meredith Minkler and Analilia P. Garcia are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge are with the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA. Catalina Garzón and Meena Palaniappan are with the Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. At the time of the study, Swati Prakash was with the Pacific Institute, Oakland.), Catalina Garzón (0000-0001-8880-9872, Priscilla A. Gonzalez is with the Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA. Meredith Minkler and Analilia P. Garcia are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge are with the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA. Catalina Garzón and Meena Palaniappan are with the Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. At the time of the study, Swati Prakash was with the Pacific Institute, Oakland.), Meena Palaniappan (Priscilla A. Gonzalez is with the Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA. Meredith Minkler and Analilia P. Garcia are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge are with the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA. Catalina Garzón and Meena Palaniappan are with the Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. At the time of the study, Swati Prakash was with the Pacific Institute, Oakland.), Swati Prakash (Priscilla A. Gonzalez is with the Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA. Meredith Minkler and Analilia P. Garcia are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge are with the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA. Catalina Garzón and Meena Palaniappan are with the Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. At the time of the study, Swati Prakash was with the Pacific Institute, Oakland.), Brian Beveridge (Priscilla A. Gonzalez is with the Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA. Meredith Minkler and Analilia P. Garcia are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge are with the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA. Catalina Garzón and Meena Palaniappan are with the Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. At the time of the study, Swati Prakash was with the Pacific Institute, Oakland.)
Año2011
Volumen101
NúmeroS1
PáginasS166-S175
Fecha de publicación2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2010.196204
PMID21551381
PMCIDPMC3222507
OpenAlexW2049944363
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26
Referencias citadas29

We conducted a multimethod case study analysis of a community-based participatory research partnership in West Oakland, California, and its efforts to study and address the neighborhood's disproportionate exposure to diesel air pollution. We employed 10 interviews with partners and policymakers, participant observation, and a review of documents. Results of the partnership's truck count and truck idling studies suggested substantial exposure to diesel pollution and were used by the partners and their allies to make the case for a truck route ordinance. Despite weak enforcement, the partnership's increased political visibility helped change the policy environment, with the community partner now heavily engaged in environmental decision-making on the local and regional levels. Finally, we discussed implications for research, policy, and practice

Citizen journalism · Community-based participatory research · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Environmental health · Environmental planning · General partnership · Geography · Participatory action research · Political science · Politics · Truck · Visibility · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Engineering · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · Urban Transport and Accessibility