Symposium on Health Research and Needs to Ensure Environmental Justice: Recommendations, February 10–12, 1994, Arlington, Virginia

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of Minority Health Research ; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ; U.S. Department of Energy ; National Center for Environmental Health
• Description:
  On February 10-12, 1994, six government agencies with the support of community and academic leaders convened the first federal symposium on environmental justice. This Symposium on Health Research and Needs to Ensure Environmental Justice was a working meeting. Its goal included formulation of recommendations by: community . leaders, workers, business and academic representatives, diverse government personnel, and people from the broader scientific community. More than a thousand Symposium participants worked in small core groups that met three times throughout the Symposium for facilitated discussions. These groups provided opportunities to discuss substantive issues raised in breakout groups and plenary sessions and answer specific questions related to health research and needs. Core group discussions also provided opportunities for individuals to share different experiences and to debate, integrate and summarize key Symposium issues. Within core groups, everyone shared expertise or information from plenary and breakout sessions and from personal and professional experiences. The core group format allowed each person to become teacher and learner, and increased the level of participation. A major theme of the Symposium was the importance of involving grassroots organizations in education and research activities in their communities, and in making sure that communities benefit from these activities. Another major theme was the need for federal agencies to work together and avoid contradictory policies and duplication of services. Core groups recommended that the Federal Government and other environmental justice stakeholders empower communities, increasing their self determination and enhancing their interaction, collaboration and communication with a more responsive, reinvented government. Specific requests included: I. Conduct meaningful health research; II. Promote disease prevention and pollution prevention strategies; Ill. Set up new ways for interagency coordination; IV. Provide outreach, education and communications; and V. Design legislative and legal remedies. Sections I through V of this executive summary provide an overview of recommendations crafted by Symposium participants. The appendices to the executive summary provide specific recommendations and other Symposium products. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environment Healthcare Disparities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Environmental Factors Environmental Health Environmental Protection Health Disparities Occupational Safety And Health
• Publisher:
  EEI Communication
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Georgia ; Maryland ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-104
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059239
• Citation:
  Alexandria, VA: EEI Communication, 1994 Feb; :1-104
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Symposium on Health Research and Needs to Ensure Environmental Justice: recommendations, February 10-12, 1994, Arlington, Virginia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ec5391c570a83466510b80e17a1526b6b205d73aac61f758bc6e1ae841ca6cec20777e5eda38f2e46a9c88bbfc0908b29f41e2ce21dfff0b5651cbac93206263
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223524/cdc_223524_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.53 MB ]