Health, traffic, and environmental justice: collaborative research and community action in San Francisco, California.
Health impacts on neighborhood residents from transportation systems can be an environmental justice issue. To assess the effects of transportation planning decisions, including the construction of an intraurban freeway, on residents of the Excelsior neighborhood in southeast San Francisco, PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights), a local grassroots environmental justice organization; the San Francisco Department of Public Health; and the University of California, Berkeley, collaborated on participatory research. We used our findings regarding traffic-related exposures and health hazards in the area to facilitate community education and action to address transportation-related health burdens on neighborhood residents.
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Megan
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San Francisco Department of Public Health, Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability, 1390 Market St, Suite 910, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA. megan.wier@sfdph.org
Sciammas
Charlie
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Seto
Edmund
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Bhatia
Rajiv
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Rivard
Tom
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D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003657:Decision Making; D004779:Environment Design; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012495:San Francisco; D014186:Transportation