Developing a bidirectional academic-community partnership with an appalachian-American community for environmental health research and risk communication

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1364-1372

  Haynes, Erin N ^a   Beidler, Caroline ^b   Wittberg, Richard ^b,c   Meloncon, Lisa ^d   Parin, Megan ^a   Kopras, Elizabeth J ^a   Succop, Paul ^a   Dietrich, Kim N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Neighbors for Clean Air   (United States)

^c Mid Ohio Valley Health Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic community partnership; Air quality; Appalachian American; Community advisory board; Community based participatory research; Manganese; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MANGANESE; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

MARIETTA;

EID: 80053449778     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003164     Document Type: Review

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