Environmental Equity and Health

Understanding Complexity and Moving Forward

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ID11027882
AuthorsMary E Northridge (0000-0003-0358-8930, Mary E. Northridge, Gabriel N. Stover, and Donna Sherard are with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. Joyce E. Rosenthal is with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health.), Gabriel N Stover (Mary E. Northridge, Gabriel N. Stover, and Donna Sherard are with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. Joyce E. Rosenthal is with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health.), J Rosenthal (Department of Public Health), Joyce E Rosenthal (Mary E. Northridge, Gabriel N. Stover, and Donna Sherard are with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. Joyce E. Rosenthal is with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health.), Donna Sherard (Mary E. Northridge, Gabriel N. Stover, and Donna Sherard are with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. Joyce E. Rosenthal is with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health.)
Year2003
Volume93
Issue2
Pages209-214
Publication date2003-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.93.2.209
PMID12554571
OpenAlexW2109316281
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited34

The authors invoke a population health perspective to assess the distribution of environmental hazards according to race/ethnicity, social class, age, gender, and sexuality and the implications of these hazards for health. The unequal burden of environmental hazards borne by African American, Native American, Latino, and Asian American/Pacific Islander communities and their relationship to welldocumented racial/ethnic disparities in health have not been critically examined across all population groups, regions of the United States, and ages. The determinants of existing environmental inequities also require critical research attention. To ensure inclusiveness and fill important gaps, scientific evidence is needed on the health effects of the built environment as well as the natural environment, cities and suburbs as well as rural areas, and indoor as well as outdoor pollutants

Economic growth · Economics · Environmental epidemiology · Environmental health · Environmental justice · Equity (law) · Ethnic group · Geography · Health equity · Pacific islanders · Political science · Population · Public health · Race (biology) · Race and health · Social determinants of health · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Gerontology

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