scholarly journals Building and Maintaining a Citizen Science Network With Fishermen and Fishing Communities Post Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Using a CBPR Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sullivan ◽  
Sharon Croisant ◽  
Marilyn Howarth ◽  
Gilbert T. Rowe ◽  
Harshica Fernando ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Regional Food ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Potential Damage ◽  
Oil Rig ◽  
Coastal Louisiana

When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew out in 2010, the immediate threats to productive deep water and estuarial fisheries and the region’s fishing and energy economies were obvious. Less immediately obvious, but equally unsettling, were risks to human health posed by potential damage to the regional food web. This paper describes grassroots and regional efforts by the Gulf Coast Health Alliance: health risks related to the Macondo Spill Fishermen’s Citizen Science Network project. Using a community-based participatory research approach and a citizen science structure, the multiyear project measured exposure to petrogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, researched the toxicity of these polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, and communicated project findings and seafood consumption guidelines throughout the region (coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama). Description/analysis focuses primarily on the process of building a network of working fishermen and developing group environmental health literacy competencies.

scholarly journals Implications of the GC-HARMS Fishermen’s Citizen Science Network: Issues Raised, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps for the Network and Citizen Science

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sullivan ◽  
Sharon Croisant ◽  
Marilyn Howarth ◽  
Wilma Subra ◽  
Marylee Orr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Participatory Science ◽  
Cultural Fluency ◽  
Political Economic

This paper is intended to complement our extended documentation and analysis of the activities of the Gulf Coast Health Alliance: Health Risks related to the Macondo Spill project Community Outreach and Dissemination Core entitled, “Building and maintaining a citizen science network with fishermen and fishing communities after the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster using a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach.” We discuss nuances of CBPR practice, including trust-building, clarification of stakeholder expectations, balancing timelines and agendas, cultural fluency, and the importance of regional history—political-economic context, regulatory practices, and cultural life-ways—in creating social dynamics that overarch and underpin the entire process. We examine the unique role of knowledge-making hybrid structures like the project’s Fishermen’s citizen science network and compare/contrast this structure with other models of participatory science or deliberation. Finally, we reiterate the importance of environmental health literacy efforts, summarize project outcomes, and offer thoughts on the future roles of collaborative efforts among communities and institutional science in environmental public health.

scholarly journals Using Precision Environmental Health Principles in Risk Evaluation and Communication of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Jackson ◽  
Meng Huang ◽  
Harshica Fernando ◽  
Ghulam Ansari ◽  
Marilyn Howarth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Risk Of Exposure ◽  
Pah Toxicity

This article provides a description of the rationale and processes adopted by the Gulf Coast Health Alliance: Health Risks related to the Macondo Spill consortium to evaluate and communicate the risk of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seafood over several years following the Deepwater Horizon disaster and subsequent oil spill. We examined gaps in knowledge associated with PAH toxicity following exposure to petrogenic (oil-derived) PAHs by studying the metabolic fate of PAHs and their potential toxicity using sophisticated analytical methods. Using the data generated, we developed a risk communication strategy designed to meet the needs of the stakeholder communities including a consumption guideline calculator, a web-based tool to reconcile seafood consumption with risk of adverse health effects.

“Keep Working for Environmental Justice No Matter How Bleak Things Look. Don’t Give Up. Don’t Just Go Away”: An Interview With Wilma Subra

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sullivan ◽  
Katelyn Parady
Keyword(s):  
Health Risks ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Waste Storage ◽  
Health Advocate ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
Do It Yourself ◽  
Oil Rig ◽  
Gulf Coast Region

MacArthur prize-winning community scientist, Wilma Subra participated in the research of the Gulf Coast Health Alliance: Health Risks Related to the Macondo Spill project. Ms. Subra chronicles the arc of her career as a public health advocate who has informed communities nationwide of active and potential health risks. She has been most active in the U.S. Gulf Coast region where oil production infrastructure, petrochemical refining and production plants, and hazardous waste storage and treatment facilities seem as common as live oaks and red fish. A pioneer in the growing field of do-it-yourself citizen science, Ms. Subra shares her views on community engagement, community-based participatory research, and effective risk communication and also explains how citizen scientists were an essential component in the response to the Deep Water Horizon oil rig explosion and spill.

A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Hurricane Katrina: When Disasters, Environmental Health Threats, and Disparities Collide

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (10) ◽  
pp. 1485-1489
Author(s):  
Maureen Lichtveld ◽  
Hannah Covert ◽  
Jane El-Dahr ◽  
L. Faye Grimsley ◽  
Richard Cohn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Asthma Morbidity

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina resulted in long-term flooding of 80% of New Orleans, Louisiana. Mold-infested homes gave rise to concerns about increased childhood asthma. To address these concerns, a diverse community–academic partnership used a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to implement the Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) study in 2007. The study examined the relationship between post-Katrina mold and other environmental exposures and asthma morbidity, while testing an asthma counselor (AC) intervention. Both the AC intervention and the CBPR approach were effectively implemented in the postdisaster setting. However, homes had lower levels of mold and other allergens than expected, possibly because of the timing of environmental sampling. Also, HEAL illustrated the vulnerability of the study community, especially to the interconnected threats of health disparities, environmental health stressors, and disasters. We examine the implications of these threats for public health science, policy, and practice, not only through the lens of Hurricane Katrina but also for future disasters faced by communities in the Gulf Coast and nationally.

Studying the Human Health and Ecological Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster (Part 2): Introduction to This Special Issue of New Solutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-569
Author(s):  
Sharon Croisant ◽  
John Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Environmental Health Sciences ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

This introduction to the special issue continues an examination of the Gulf Coast Health Alliance: Health Risks Related to the Macondo Spill (GC-HARMS) project that began in New Solutions 28:3. GC-HARMS was part of a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-funded Gulf-wide consortium that created regional community-university research partnerships addressing health impacts from the oil spill exposures. Findings from this program enhanced regional preparedness and reinforced existing disaster-response networks. This special issue of New Solutions includes an article exploring the outcomes and implications of using a community-based participatory research—citizen science approach in implementing the project’s exposure assessment/population health study and another article that describes analytic processes used to characterize toxicity of petrogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons which provided data used to develop the project’s risk message. Finally, this issue includes three Movement Voices interviews from individuals and nonprofits that served as GC-HARMS community hubs during the project.

scholarly journals Sustained deposition of contaminants from the Deepwater Horizon spill

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (24) ◽  
pp. E3332-E3340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beizhan Yan ◽  
Uta Passow ◽  
Jeffrey P. Chanton ◽  
Eva-Maria Nöthig ◽  
Vernon Asper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Water Column ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Diatom Bloom ◽  
Drilling Mud ◽  
Deep Sediment ◽  
Pelagic Food Webs ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Large Diatom ◽  
Benthic Ecosystems

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in 1.6–2.6 × 1010 grams of petrocarbon accumulation on the seafloor. Data from a deep sediment trap, deployed 7.4 km SW of the well between August 2010 and October 2011, disclose that the sinking of spill-associated substances, mediated by marine particles, especially phytoplankton, continued at least 5 mo following the capping of the well. In August/September 2010, an exceptionally large diatom bloom sedimentation event coincided with elevated sinking rates of oil-derived hydrocarbons, black carbon, and two key components of drilling mud, barium and olefins. Barium remained in the water column for months and even entered pelagic food webs. Both saturated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon source indicators corroborate a predominant contribution of crude oil to the sinking hydrocarbons. Cosedimentation with diatoms accumulated contaminants that were dispersed in the water column and transported them downward, where they were concentrated into the upper centimeters of the seafloor, potentially leading to sustained impact on benthic ecosystems.

A Community-Engaged Project Discovering the Sexuality Questions of Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Inclusion ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-16
Author(s):  
Rebecca R. Kammes ◽  
Rhonda S. Black ◽  
Trisha Easley
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Sexual Health Information ◽  
Education Group ◽  
Participatory Research Approach

Abstract This study used a community-based participatory research approach to examine what adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) view as important topics in sexuality education. A thematic analysis was conducted on questions written by adults with IDD regarding sexuality after attending a sexuality education group. Results were checked for accuracy using a community focus group. Findings provide direct implications for community-based sexuality education programs for adults with IDD, demonstrating the need for mentoring regarding authentic relationship experiences as well as developmentally appropriate sexual health information. Programs need to focus on helping adults with IDD navigate these interpersonal experiences. This study also demonstrates the importance of including the voices of adults with IDD in research in order to ensure its applicability and acceptability.

scholarly journals Rediscovery of Red Wolf Ghost Alleles in a Canid Population Along the American Gulf Coast

Genes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Heppenheimer ◽  
Kristin Brzeski ◽  
Ron Wooten ◽  
William Waddell ◽  
Linda Rutledge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Red Wolf ◽  
Reintroduced Population ◽  
Coastal Louisiana ◽  
Red Wolves ◽  
Bayesian Cluster

Rediscovering species once thought to be extinct or on the edge of extinction is rare. Red wolves have been extinct along the American Gulf Coast since 1980, with their last populations found in coastal Louisiana and Texas. We report the rediscovery of red wolf ghost alleles in a canid population on Galveston Island, Texas. We analyzed over 7000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 60 canid representatives from all legally recognized North American Canis species and two phenotypically ambiguous canids from Galveston Island. We found notably high Bayesian cluster assignments of the Galveston canids to captive red wolves with extensive sharing of red wolf private alleles. Today, the only known extant wild red wolves persist in a reintroduced population in North Carolina, which is dwindling amongst political and taxonomic controversy. Our rediscovery of red wolf ancestry after almost 40 years introduces both positive opportunities for additional conservation action and difficult policy challenges.

scholarly journals A Community Based Participatory Approach to Training Young Adults to Design and Implement a Social Marketing Framed Lifestyle Intervention on Their College Campus

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Olfert ◽  
Makenzie Barr ◽  
Kristin Riggsbee ◽  
Kendra Kattelmann ◽  
Krista Leischner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Lifestyle Intervention ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Environmental Intervention ◽  
Community Based

Background: Using a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach may increase the likelihood of relevance and acceptability of the designed intervention, especially on a college campus. Furthermore, recruiting and training college students to design a social marketing framed healthy lifestyle intervention for their peers will allow the intervention to be tailored to the needs of the campus. Objectives: To describe the process of online-course training college students to develop a campus-based, social marketing health promotion intervention. Methods: Four universities recruited current college students (18+ y.o.) to develop a social marketing and environmental intervention (SMEI), which was completed during a 16-week, online/in-person hybrid semester course. Researchers and Extension professionals trained students to design 24 weeks of intervention events that would be implemented the upcoming year. Results: Seventy-eight students enrolled in the study and social marketing and environmental intervention course among the four intervention states (Florida = 30, South Dakota = 8, Tennessee = 13, West Virginia = 27); students were predominately Caucasian (65.8%), females (84.0%), and sophomore status in college (64.9%). Throughout the semester, students assessed their campus environments, set priorities, and developed weekly events and resources needed to implement the intervention on their campuses. By the end of the semester, with researcher support, students had designed 24 weeks of intervention events (marketing, recruiting, and implementation) focusing on nutrition/food/diet, physical activity, stress management, sleep, and time management. These events and resources were catalogued into a digital toolkit of instructions and activities for each week of intervention events. Conclusion: Using a Community-Based Participatory Research approach with college students interested in health allows for the development of an intervention that stems from grass roots efforts and is tailored to the acceptability and needs of their peers.

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