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Sherry Baron, MD, MPH, Raymond Sinclair, PhD, Devon Payne-Sturges, PhD, Jerry Phelps, BS, Harold Zenick, PhD, Gwen W. Collman, PhD and Liam R. O'Fallon, MA

Sherry Baron and Raymond Sinclair are with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH. Jerry Phelps, Gwen W. Collman, and Liam R. O'Fallon are with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC. Devon Payne-Sturges is with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Jerry Phelps, Gwen W. Collman, and Liam R. O'Fallon are with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC. Harold Zenick is with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park.

Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Sherry Baron, MD, MPH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R-17, Cincinnati, OH 45226 (e-mail: SBaron{at}cdc.gov). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints/Eprints" link.

In 1994, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) initiated a program to address communication gaps between community residents, researchers and health care providers in the context of disproportionate environmental exposures. Over 13 years, together with the Environmental Protection Agency and National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, NIEHS funded 54 environmental justice projects. Here we examine the methods used and outcomes produced based on data gathered from summaries submitted for annual grantees' meetings. Data highlight how projects fulfilled program objectives of improving community awareness and capacity and the positive public health and public policy outcomes achieved. Our findings underscore the importance of community participation in developing effective, culturally sensitive interventions and emphasize the importance of systematic program planning and evaluation.