Grantee Research Project Results
2013 Progress Report: Environmental Health Disparities Research Core
EPA Grant Number: NIMHD001Title: Environmental Health Disparities Research Core
Investigators: Boutin-Foster, Carla , Watkins, Beverly , Reyes, Damaris , Olden, Ken , Charlson, Mary
Institution: Weill Cornell Medical College , Cornell University
EPA Project Officer: Hahn, Intaek
Project Period: August 1, 2012 through July 31, 2014
Project Period Covered by this Report: September 22, 2012 through July 31,2013
Project Amount: $860,901
RFA: Transdisciplinary Networks of Excellence on the Environment and Health Disparities (2012) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Environmental Justice , Human Health
Objective:
- Collaboratively prioritizing key areas of environmental disparities and identifying optimal ways to intervene through research or policy. To accomplish this aim, we will analyze 240 surveys with community stakeholders.
- Expanding opportunities for developing careers in environmental health research by broadening the health disparities track of the established Master of Science Program in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research to include an environmental health disparities seminar series taught jointly by members of the Community Steering Committee and Scientific Steering Committee.
- Disseminating key findings to stakeholders by partnering with the CSC in the dissemination of findings via webinars, town hall meetings, and peer-reviewed manuscripts.
- Building community partner capacity through the development of community health profiles that will serve as a resource for collaborators.
Progress Summary:
Future Activities:
We will continue to adhere to the original plans and timeline. We have updated the comprehensive environmental public health databases for each community partner catchment area. The community profiles now include: socioeconomic and demographic indicators, including ethnicity, income levels, housing, census and employment data; condition of the environment, both natural and built: indoor and outdoor air quality, surface and ground water quality, food safety, contamination of soils, and placement of noxious land uses and sites; environmental factors contributing to the local environmental health risk, including emissions from vehicles, industry, such as dry cleaners, and power plants; use of pesticides, waste removal and disposal; availability of health care services (outreach and services by agency, clinic, hospital, first responders); ecological data on land use changes and flooding risk related to climate change.
Journal Articles:
No journal articles submitted with this report: View all 1 publications for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
Air, access, alternatives, ambient air, atmosphere, biology, built environment, carcinogen, chemicals, collaborative research, community-academic partnerships, community-based participatory research, cumulative effects, decision making, diet, drinking water, ecological effects, epidemiology, effects, ethnic groups, environmentally conscious manufacturing, genetics, health effects, heavy metals, mobile sources, nutrition, particulates, population, public good, psychology, race, risk, risk assessment, sensitive populations, socio-economic, sociological, stressor, susceptibility, toxins, toxic substances, urban planning, vulnerability, waterProgress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.