Community-based research as a mechanism to reduce environmental health disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native communities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4076-4100

  McOliver, Cynthia Agumanu ^a   Camper, Anne K ^b   Doyle, John T ^c   Eggers, Margaret J ^b   Ford, Tim E ^d   Lila, Mary Ann ^e   Berner, James ^f   Campbell, Larry ^g   Donatuto, Jamie ^h  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Big Horn County Commissioner   (United States)

^d SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^g Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Swinomish Indian Tribal Community   (United States)

^h Environmental Health Analyst Department of Social Services Swinomish Indian Tribal Community   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN); Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR); Tribal communities

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH RISK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL IDENTITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BERRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ALASKA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84927556014     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120404076     Document Type: Article

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