Shifting from “Community-Placed” to “Community-Based” Research to Advance Health Equity: A Case Study of the Heatwaves, Housing, and Health: Increasing Climate Resiliency in Detroit (HHH) Partnership

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• Personal Author:
  Clark SJ ; Coombe CM ; Gronlund CJ ; Larsen LS ; Lee M ; O'Neill MS ; Palacios A ; Reames TG ; Rowe ZE ; Schott J ; Williams GO ; Ziegler TB
• Description:
  Extreme summertime heat is a significant public health threat that disproportionately impacts vulnerable urban populations. Research on health impacts of climate change (including increasing intensity, duration, and frequency of hot weather) is sometimes designed and implemented without the involvement of the communities being studied, i.e., "community-placed" not "community-based." We describe how the Heatwaves, Housing, and Health: Increasing Climate Resiliency in Detroit (HHH) partnership engaged relevant communities by integrating a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach into an existing, academic-designed research project through a steering committee of community and academic partners. Using a case study approach, we analyze program documentation, partnership evaluation questionnaires, and HHH steering committee meeting notes. We describe the CBPR process by which we successfully collected research data in Detroit during summer 2016, engaged in collaborative analysis of data, and shared results with Detroit residents. Evaluations of the partnership over 2 years show community involvement in research; enhanced capacities; success in securing new grant funding; and ways that CBPR strengthened the validity, relevance, and translation of research. Engaging communities as equal partners using CBPR, even after a study is underway, can strengthen research to understand and address the impacts of extreme heat on health and equity in urban communities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Healthcare Disparities Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Community-based Participatory Research Climate Change Climatic Factors Community Based Extreme Heat Health Disparities Health Equity Public Health Seasonal Factors
• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057262
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019 Sep; 16(18):3310
• Contact Point Address:
  Carina J. Gronlund, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
• Email:
  gronlund@umich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:268134f2ca4fab3995aac55ba65b770272ba8858d544bf22f5ea41ad8769de0df2284f8ee2f3c7dd9da691ed178d3681b424129e65a0cdcf652075158ae02136
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214666/cdc_214666_DS1.pdf
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