Leveraging implementation science to advance environmental justice research and achieve health equity through neighborhood and policy interventions

LE Ashcraft, KI Cabrera, MB Lane-Fall… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Environmental justice research is increasingly focused on community-engaged, participatory
investigations that test interventions to improve health. Such research is primed for the use …

Methods in public health environmental justice research: a scoping review from 2018 to 2021

JA Casey, M Daouda, RS Babadi, V Do… - Current environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The volume of public health environmental justice (EJ) research
produced by academic institutions increased through 2022. However, the methods used for …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond climate change: Examining the role of environmental justice, agricultural mechanization, and social expenditures in alleviating rural poverty

MK Anser, SU Yousaf, B Usman, K Azam… - Sustainable Futures, 2023 - Elsevier
Extreme weather events and extreme poverty are two sides of the same coin, with far-
reaching consequences for emerging nations like Pakistan. Rural people are more likely to …

Racial/ethnic disparities in PM2.5-attributable cardiovascular mortality burden in the United States

Y Ma, E Zang, I Opara, Y Lu, HM Krumholz… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Average ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) concentrations have decreased in the US
in recent years, but the health benefits of this improvement among different racial/ethnic …

Increasing racial and ethnic disparities in ambient air pollution-Attributable morbidity and mortality in the United States

GH Kerr, A van Donkelaar, RV Martin… - Environmental …, 2024 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and fine particulate matter with aerodynamic
diameter≤ 2.5 μ m (PM 2.5) threaten public health in the US, and systemic racism has led to …

State-of-the-science data and methods need to guide place-based efforts to reduce air pollution inequity

JM Gohlke, MH Harris, A Roy… - Environmental …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Recently enacted environmental justice policies in the United States at the
state and federal level emphasize addressing place-based inequities, including persistent …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke PM2. 5 and mortality in the contiguous United States

Y Ma, E Zang, Y Liu, J Wei, Y Lu, HM Krumholz… - medRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the growing evidence on the health effects of short-term exposure to wildfire smoke
fine particles (PM 2.5), the impacts of long-term wildfire smoke PM 2.5 exposure remain …

Perceptions and experiences of environmental health and risks among Latina mothers in urban Los Angeles, California, USA

EM Kamai, A Calderon, YO Van Horne, TM Bastain… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Environmental exposures during pregnancy and early childhood can have
acute and chronic adverse health impacts. As minoritized populations are more likely to …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental noise is positively associated with socioeconomically less privileged neighborhoods in the Netherlands

M Hayward, M Helbich - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Environmental noise has detrimental effects on various health outcomes.
Although disparities in some environmental exposures (eg, air pollution) are well …

Intersectional disparities in climate vulnerability and cancer risk

KC Ashad‐Bishop, M Cruz, ZD Bailey, EK Kobetz - Cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite significant progress in the early detection, treatment, and survivorship of cancer in
recent decades, cancer disparities continue to plague segments of the US population. Many …