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{"title":"Stressors in an Urban Environmental Justice Community During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Jill E Johnston, Mariann Tobar, Amanda Jimenez, Bhavna Shamasunder","doi":"10.1089/env.2024.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2024.0008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 crisis unfolded foregrounded by unprecedented levels of where historical underinvestment in basic infrastructure have left the working poor, uninsured, and underinsured vulnerable. Social inequalities related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status leads to certain groups being disproportionately exposed to multiple environmental hazards and social stressors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Building on the existing Health and Air Pollution Study cohort (established in 2017) based in the multiethnic urban neighborhoods in South LA, we assessed acute health symptoms, stress measures, and socioeconomic metrics between May and October 2020. We assessed the pandemic-associated traumatic stress score based on a 10-item questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 242 participants that completed a phone-based survey, we identified preexisting high-risk comorbidities: asthma or COPD (19%), diabetes (24%), hypertension (38%), and obesity (48.4%). Nearly four out of five respondents employed before the pandemic reported job loss or reduction of hours. Isolation, family, and economic concerns were among the top stressors reported by participants. Stress related to access to medical care was reported by one-quarter of participants. Stressors were reported more frequency among uninsured participants. Concern over isolation and inability to buy essential items were most associated with higher pandemic-associated traumatic stress score.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusions: </strong>Understanding the experiences, stressors, and resources in urban environmental justice neighborhoods are key to design policies and programs aimed at improving the socioeconomic impacts of the current-and in future-public health crises.</p>","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"18 2","pages":"146-154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12038427/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144032250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing Metal Exposures Among Children Living in Environmental Justice Communities Near Metal Recycling Facilities in Houston, Texas.","authors":"Elaine Symanski, Kristina W Whitworth, Inkyu Han, Amal Rammah, Juan Alvarez, Iman Moussa, Heyreoun An Han, Juan Flores","doi":"10.1089/env.2022.0023","DOIUrl":"10.1089/env.2022.0023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Children living in environmental justice (EJ) neighborhoods may be vulnerable to metal exposure from industrial facilities that are located near their homes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Working with community partners, we held 20 recruitment events and invited children aged 5-12 and their parents living in EJ communities in Houston to participate in an environmental health study. Parents completed a questionnaire about their child's diet and behaviors and urine samples were collected from children to evaluate their metal exposure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During a 4-month period, we recruited 52 out of 67 (78%) eligible parent/child dyads with 96% of children providing urine samples and 90% of questionnaires complete except for data on children's height and weight. While urinary metal concentrations in our study population were generally similar compared with children aged 6-11 years in the 2015-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we observed higher levels among children who frequently ate Mexican candy, rice, or red meat, spent more time outdoors, played with cosmetics, had metal piercings, or lived in a home with smokers or where pesticides were used.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Our study was successful in recruiting children in EJ communities for the purpose of assessing urinary metal exposure and obtaining questionnaire data from parents to examine the potential sources of exposure. Except for chromium and cobalt, 14 metals were detected in more than half of children's urine samples. We identified potential key determinants of exposure in this population that should be further examined.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings point to the need for adequately powered studies among potentially vulnerable children living in EJ communities to profile metal exposures and identify important sources of these exposures.</p>","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"68 1","pages":"128-142"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12302942/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83588229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How Sierra Leone Enacted One of the Most Progressive Land, Climate, and Environmental Justice Laws in the World","authors":"Sonkita Conteh, Vivek Maru","doi":"10.1089/env.2023.0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2023.0032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139152137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Advancing Environmental Justice in the Community Using Charrette: A Case Study in Boston Chinatown.","authors":"Noelle C Dimitri, Shir Lerman Ginzburg, Sharon Ron, Daphne Xu, Sophia Angali England, Lydia Lowe, Pilar Botana, Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff, Samiya Haque, Doug Brugge, Linda Sprague Martinez","doi":"10.1089/env.2022.0001","DOIUrl":"10.1089/env.2022.0001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Community research partners in Boston Chinatown implemented a planning charrette as a part of a community-based participatory study focused on near highway research and public health action to mitigate traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). Charrettes are intensive workshops for solution-oriented design and planning used to bring together diverse stakeholders to address complex environmental health concerns.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The planning charrette included three phases: (1) community meetings and resident interviews, (2) a planning charrette to address community health concerns and air pollution within larger community wellness goals, and (3) development of a Master Planning document with policy, project, and practice recommendations to guide future community advocacy.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>Intergenerational residents, community leaders, planners, researchers, and volunteers (<i>N</i> = 90) joined a day-long planning charrette to inform the Chinatown Master Plan. Workshops were informed by resident interviews focused on finding solutions to three resident identified priorities: Healthy Housing, Healthy Mobility, and Healthy Public Realm. Air pollution mitigation strategies were embedded in discussions around each priority area.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The charrette provided an opportunity for community stakeholders to voice concerns about TRAP as part of a new framework focused on health and wellness. Concerns about pedestrian safety, housing access, and expansion of green and recreational spaces were highlighted by participants as important areas for further development.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Boston Chinatown residents reaffirmed their investment in the community by highlighting concerns about TRAP within the context of other health-related concerns. Charrettes offer a vehicle to advance environmental justice in communities through collective problem-solving and decision making.</p>","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"16 6","pages":"461-472"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10704576/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138811995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“People Should Not Have to Live Under These Conditions”: Using Focus Groups to Inform the Development of a Community-Led Intervention Addressing Air Quality and Health Equity","authors":"Paige Williams, Anita Zuberi, Debra Hyatt-Burkhart, Jennifer Padden Elliott","doi":"10.1089/env.2022.0066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2022.0066","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139251579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hosting a Market Is Just the First Step: Exploring the Relationship Between Community Characteristics and Farmers Market Size","authors":"Justin L. Schupp, Ethan D. Schoolman","doi":"10.1089/env.2022.0079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2022.0079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"32 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139263776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Environmental Justice Mapping Tools Guide to Understand Available Resources to Increase Access","authors":"Jessica Kuonen, M. Miles","doi":"10.1089/env.2022.0103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2022.0103","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"10 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139268962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Satellite Remote Sensing for Environmental Data Justice: Perspectives from Anti-Prison Community Organizers on the Uses of Geospatial Data","authors":"Ufuoma Ovienmhada, Ahmed Diongue, David N. Pellow, Danielle Wood","doi":"10.1089/env.2023.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2023.0019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"66 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136104232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Housing, Environmental Justice, and the Case of the Stop Cop City Movement: A Structural Intersectional Approach to Housing Equity","authors":"H. Shellae Versey","doi":"10.1089/env.2022.0035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2022.0035","url":null,"abstract":"Environmental JusticeAhead of Print Housing, Environmental Justice, and the Case of the Stop Cop City Movement: A Structural Intersectional Approach to Housing EquityH. Shellae VerseyH. Shellae VerseyAddress correspondence to: H. Shellae Versey, Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, 226 Dealy Hall, Bronx, NY 10458, USA E-mail Address: [email protected]https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9817-4724Dr. H. Shellae Versey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, USA.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 Oct 2023https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2022.0035AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 0Issue 0 InformationCopyright 2023, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:H. Shellae Versey.Housing, Environmental Justice, and the Case of the Stop Cop City Movement: A Structural Intersectional Approach to Housing Equity.Environmental Justice.ahead of printhttp://doi.org/10.1089/env.2022.0035Online Ahead of Print:October 23, 2023PDF download","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"19 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135367011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Struggle for Recognitional Justice: Cartographic-Affective Resistance to a Proposed Compressor Station in Buckingham County, Virginia","authors":"Janeé Petersen, Harold A. Perkins","doi":"10.1089/env.2022.0090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2022.0090","url":null,"abstract":"The Problem: In 2014, Dominion Energy proposed a large compressor station in Buckingham County, Virginia to pressurize its Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Dominion and regulators presented demographic data that erased African Americans living near the compressor site in the community of Union Hill, to circumvent environmental justice concerns during the permitting process. Theoretical Framing: The erasure of African Americans in Union Hill for the construction of a compressor station was a recognitional injustice. Art is useful for contesting misrecognition by generating affective solidarities among various and dispersed groups of people concerned about injustice. Case Study Design: Qualitative methods are used to study how protestors deploy creativity to overcome misrecognition in Union Hill and Greater Buckingham County, Virginia. We focus, in particular, on two photographic series created to generate affect against the compressor station and pipeline. Case Study Results: Photography as art is a powerful protest tool combating misrecognition by publicly highlighting the link between people and place. While the photos highlighted are not maps in a conventional sense, they are ‘cartographic-affective’ because they (re)map the contours of life for otherwise unseen people living in Union Hill and Buckingham County. Conclusion: Cartographic-affect in the featured photographs results in recognitional justice as protesters are not only made public, but reconnected to places from which they were previously erased. In the process, the site of struggle against a petro-hegemony in North Carolina is (re)situated and (re)scaled away from the hegemon's disempowering state and census tract levels toward empowering bodily, community, and national scales.","PeriodicalId":46143,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Justice","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135569737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}