Community Research in Environmental Health: Studies in Science, Advocacy and Ethics - Hardcover

Hynes, H. Patricia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754641767 ISBN 13: 9780754641766

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Interest in environmental health research conducted with community participation has increased dramatically in recent years. In this book, Doug Brugge and H. Patricia Hynes relate experience of multiple community collaborations across the United States and highlight the lessons to be learned for those involved in or embarking on community-collaborative research. The volume brings together a variety of cases, examining the nature and form that the collaboration took, the scientific findings from the work and the ethical issues that needed to be addressed. Actual cases covered include lead contaminated soil, asthma and housing conditions, the impact of development on environmental health, the impact of radiation hazards, urban gardening, hog farming and diesel exhaust. The concluding section analyses the experiences of those involved and puts their findings into broader context. Community Research in Environmental Health: Lessons in Science, Advocacy and Ethics provides a valuable guide for all those interested and involved in community research.

About this title

About the Author:

Doug Brugge is Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts University School of Medicine, USA. H. Patricia Hynes is Professor of Environmental Health at Boston University School of Public Health, USA.

Review:

'This book comprises a fascinating and useful series of reports on community-based research in environmental health. I highly recommend it [to] those health workers, students and others with an interest in the community's involvement in research and in policy development concerning environmental health and social justice.' Dr Barry S. Levy, Tufts University, USA 'Doug Brugge and Pat Hynes have put together a valuable compendium of case studies that show how scientists and communities can work together effectively to address the environmental health concerns of low-income, people of color communities. The book contains many of the leading examples of community-based participatory research in the environmental field. The book shows how science is better when done with, rather than apart from, the people who are impacted by the problems. As such, it is a real contribution to the literature of environmental justice.' Charles Lee, Associate Director for Policy and Interagency Liaison, Office of Environmental Justice, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA 'This beautifully written book represents a new milestone in both environmental justice and community based participatory research. Each case study illustrates the powerful combination of strong science, community participation and a commitment to social change and brings alive the struggles and breakthroughs that have made such work a model for the rest of us.' Dr Meredith Minkler, University of California, Berkeley, USA

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0754641767
• ISBN 13: 9780754641766
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292
• Editor: Brugge Doug