Community Research In Environmental Health : Studies In Science, Advocacy And Ethics

List of Figures vii List of Tables ix List of Contributors xi Introduction: Science with the People 1(10) Doug Brugge and H. Patricia Hynes SECTION A: HOUSING 11(68) 1 Public Health and the Physical Environment in Boston Public Housing: A Community-Based Survey and Action Agenda 13(20) H. Patricia Hynes, Doug Brugge, Julie Watts and Jody Lally 2 A Case Study of Community-Based Participatory Research Ethics: The Healthy Public Housing Initiative 33(16) Doug Brugge and Alison Kole 3 The Seattle-King County Healthy Homes Project: Implementation of a Comprehensive Approach to Improving Indoor Environmental Quality for Low-Income Children with Asthma 49(32) James Krieger, Tim K. Takaro, Carol Allen, Lin Song, Marcia Weaver, Sanders Chai and Philip Dickey SECTION B: OPEN SPACE 79(64) 4 Environmental Justice Across the Mystic: Bridging Agendas in a Watershed 81(20) Julian Agyeman and Dale Bryan 5 A Program to Improve Urban Neighborhood Health Through Lead-Safe Yard Interventions 101(22) Jill S. Litt, H. Patricia Hynes, Paul Carroll, Robert Maxfield, Pat McLaine and Carol Kawecki 6 "We don't only grow vegetables, we grow values": Neighborhood Benefits of Community Gardens in Flint, Michigan 123(22) Katherine Alaimo, Thomas M. Reischl, Pete Hutchison and Ashley E. Atkinson SECTION C: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION 143(60) 7 An Environmental Health Survey of Residents of Boston Chinatown 145(24) Doug Brugge, Andrew Leong, Abigail Averbach and Fu Mei Cheung 8 Traffic Injury Data, Policy and Public Health: Lessons from Boston Chinatown 169(18) Doug Brugge, Zenobia Lai, Christina Hill and William Rand 9 Airborne Concentrations of PM.5 and Diesel Exhaust Particles on Harlem Sidewalks: A Community-Based Pilot Study 187(16) Patrick L. Kinney, Maneesha Aggarwal, Mary E. Northridge, Nicole A.H. Janssen and Peggy Shepard SECTION D: ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE 203(60) 10 Environmental Justice and Regional Inequality in Southern California: Implications for Future Research 205(14) Rachel Morello-Frosch, Manuel Pastor Jr., Carlos Porras and James Sadd 11 Participatory Research Strategies in Nuclear Risk Management for Native Communities 219(26) Dianne Quigley, Virginia Sanchez, Dan Handy, Robert Goble and Patricia George 12 Social Responsibility and Research Ethics in Community-Driven Studies of Industrialized Hog Production 245(20) Steve Wing SECTION E: LESSONS AND CONCLUSION 263(2) Afterword 265(4) H. Patricia Hynes and Doug Brugge Index 269