A Case Study of Community Involvement Influence on Policy Decisions: Victories of a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Edith M. Williams¹  Judith Anderson²  Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter³  Julien Terrell⁴ 

[1] Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), 135 Cannon Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA;Environmental Justice Action Group (EJAG) of Western NY, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA;Primary Care Research Institute, University at Buffalo, UB Gateway Building, 77 Goodell St, Suite 220, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA;The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis), 512 West 143rd Street, New York, NY 10031, USA;

关键词: Lupus;    Superfund;    community-based participatory research;    health policy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph13050515

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The Buffalo Lupus Project was a community-university partnership that investigated associations between exposure to a local waste site and high rates of lupus and other autoimmune diseases. The partnership’s major accomplishment was successful advocacy for containment and clean-up of the site. As a result of community education, the remediation plan suggested by the community was adopted. Additionally, when a local childhood lead poisoning testing program was canceled, community members signed a letter to legislators urging them to replace the funding, which was restored within one week. This demonstrated how coordinated community-based capacity-building efforts can influence health policy.

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