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American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2007.110486

Framing Health Matters

Integrating Epidemiology, Education, and Organizing for Environmental Justice: Community Health Effects of Industrial Hog Operations

Steve Wing 1*, Rachel Avery Horton 1, Naeema Muhammad 2, Gary R. Grant 2, Mansoureh Tajik 3, Kendall Thu 4

1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 Concerned Citizens of Tillery
3 University of Massachusetts at Lowell
4 Northern Illinois University

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: steve_wing{at}unc.edu.


  Abstract

The environmental justice movement has stimulated community-driven research about the living and working conditions of people of color and low income communities. We describe an epidemiologic study designed to link research with community education and organizing for social justice. In eastern North Carolina, high-density industrial swine production occurs in communities of low-income people and people of color. We investigated relationships between the resulting pollution and the health and quality of life of the hog operators' neighbors. A repeat-measures longitudinal design, community involvement in data collection, and integration of qualitative and quantitative research methods helped promote data quality while providing opportunities for community education and organizing. Research could affect policy through its findings and its mobilization of communities.

Key Words: Community Health, Environment, Epidemiology, Ethics




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