Poster Abstracts

Grantee Research Project Results

Strengthening Environmental Justice and Decision Making: A Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental Health Impacts

Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington DC

March 17 - 19, 2010

Abstracts

POSTER ABSTRACTS

The overall goal of the conference was to lay the foundation for developing analytical and decision frameworks that can be used by EPA and other federal, state, and local government agencies to better quantify and characterize disproportionate environmental health impacts on minority and low-income populations that may result from their programs, policies, and activities. Specifically, the workshop revolved around several themes on contributors to disproportionate environmental health impacts among minority and low-income populations:

proximity and exposure to environmental hazards;
population susceptibility/vulnerability;
unique exposure pathways;
cumulative impacts/burdens;
community capacity to participate in the decision-making process;
vulnerable physical infrastructure;
chronic community stress

SELECTED ABSTRACTS FOR THE POSTER DISCUSSION SESSIONS

Data and Methodology: Proximity Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Presenter	Abstract Title
Troy Abel	Skewed Riskscapes and Environmental Injustice: A Case Study of Metropolitan St. Louis
Mary Collins	Place-Based Targeting: Using a Novel Method To Identify Disproportionalities in Causes and Effects
Mark Corrales	Comparison of Methods for Nationwide Environmental Justice Analysisof Predicted SO2 Levels
Angela Gilbert	Using Geographically Weighted Regression for Analyzing Disproportionate Environmental Impacts: Adverse Health Risks From Air Toxics in Florida
William McDonnell	Proximal Exposure of Utah Schoolchildren to Airborne Pollutants From Major Roadways
Arlene Rosenbaum	Demographic Distribution of Exposure to Diesel Particulate Matter at Selected Harbor Areas

Data and Methodology Needs: Multiple and Cumulative Impacts/Effects Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Presenter	Abstract Title
Daniel Axelrad	Using Children’s Environmental Health Indicators To Identify Disparities in Exposure and Health
Hilton Kelley and John Prochaska	Multiple Impacts and Health Disparities in Port Arthur, TX: A Community Profile of Cumulative Risk
Danelle Lobdell	Creating an Overall Environmental Quality Index: Assessing Available Data
Sarah Sharp	Innovations in Environmental Justice Research for Action: the San Joaquin Valley Cumulative Health Impacts (SJV-CHIP)
Patricia Murphy	Human Exposure and Health in EPA’s Report on the Environment: An EPA Resource for Data and Indicators for Informing Environmental Justice Policy Discussions
Sacoby Wilson	Use of a Community-University Partnership To Examine Exposure and Health Disparities in North Charleston, South Carolina

Data and Methodology Needs: Susceptibility and Vulnerability Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Presenter	Abstract Title
Jane Clougherty	A Framework for Examining Social Stress and Susceptibility in Air Pollution and Respiratory Health
Tamara Saltman	Identifying “At-Risk Populations”: Applying High-Resolution Air Quality, Demographic, and Baseline Health Data To Define and Locate At-Risk Populations
Sacoby Wilson	Mapping of Human Vulnerability to Climate Change at the County Level Across the United States
Sue M. Moodie	Community- and Family-Level Factors Influence Caregiver Choice To Screen Blood Lead Levels of Children in a Mining Community
Keeve Nachman	Disparities in Race/Ethnicity in Relation to Air Pollution Exposure and Asthma in Adults

Data and Methodology Needs: Unique Exposures Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Presenter	Abstract Title
Christine Chaisson	Traditional Knowledge and Community-Specific Living as the Basis for Relevant Risk Assessment: New Tools and Approaches
Roseanne Lorenzana	Asian American and Pacific Islander American Seafood Consumption Studies in Washington State
David Richardson	Collaborative Investigation of Odors, Air Quality, and Health in a Community Bordering a Landfill
Vi Waghiyi	Contaminants in the Traditional Foods of the Yupik People of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska—Exposure Pathways, Collaborative Interventions, and Prevention

Data and Methodology Needs: Psychosocial Stress Thursday, March 18, 2010, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter	Abstract Title
Jessie Carr	Spatial Correlations Among Air Pollution and Social Stressors Across NYC Communities
Jane Clougherty	Chronic Social Stress and Susceptibility to Concentrated Ambient Fine Particles in Rats
Richard Salkowe	Natural Disasters and Human Health: Measuring the Prevalence of Stress-Related Disease After the 2002-2003 Illinois Storm, Tornado, and Flood Events
Ami Zota	Allostatic Load, an Indicator of Chronic Stress, Modifies the Impact of Blood Lead Levels on Hypertension

Data and Methodology Needs: Physical Infrastructure Wednesday, March 18, 2010, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter	Abstract Title
Gary Adamkiewicz	Exposure Disparities Within the Indoor Environment: Understanding Critical Pathways and Implications for Policy Responses
Christopher Heaney	Collaborative Investigation of Water Quality in a Community Bordering Landfills
Rhona Julien	Examining Determinants of Pesticide Exposures in Public Housing Using Classification and Regression Tree (CART) Analysis
Gretchen Kroeger	The CEHI Community Assessment Project: A Tool for Linking the Built Environment With Key Health Outcomes
Max Weintraub	EPA Inspection and Enforcement Actions Under TSCA To Protect Vulnerable Populations
Sacoby Wilson	Use of Community-Owned and -Managed Research To Assess Infrastructure Disparities and the Quality of Water and Sewer Services in Marginalized and Underserved Environmental Justice Communities

Social Capital and Community Capacity to Participate in Environmental Decision Making Wednesday, March 18, 2010, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Presenter	Abstract Title
Steven Fischbach	Building Community Capacity in Environmental Decision-Making Through Community Lawyering: A Case Study
Claire Franklin	Zinc Residues in Caribou: A Dilemma Presented to the Selawick, AK, Community: Community Decisions About Risk and Benefit
Myra Immings	Synthesizing Environmental Justice Planning Into Transportation Planning for Projects in the Southeastern United States Through Enhanced Public Involvement
Kathleen Fagan	Enhancing Worker Advocacy: OSHA’s Outreach to Diverse Worker Populations
Don Yellowman and Marsha Monestersky	Forgotten People CDC—The Navajo Nation Laboratory

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