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ArticleBMC public health2024

Communities catalyzing change with data to mitigate an invisible menace, traffic-related air pollution.

Linda Sprague Martinez, Shir Lerman Ginzburg, Sharon Ron, Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff, Samiya Haque, Sophia Angali England, Kynza Khimani, Wig Zamore, Ellin Reisner, Lydia Lowe and 1 more

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Article in BMC public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Linda Sprague MartinezSchool of Social Work, Macro Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. spraguemartinez@uchc.edu.
Shir Lerman GinzburgDepartment of Public Health, MCPHS University, Boston, MA, USA.
Sharon RonMetropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston, MA, USA.
Cristina Araujo BrinkerhoffSchool of Social Work, Macro Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Samiya HaqueSchool of Social Work, Macro Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Sophia Angali EnglandSchool of Social Work, Macro Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Kynza KhimaniSchool of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA.
Wig ZamoreSomerville Transportation Equity Partnership, Somerville, MA, USA.
Ellin ReisnerSomerville Transportation Equity Partnership, Somerville, MA, USA.
Lydia LoweChinatown Community Land Trust, Boston, MA, USA.
Doug BruggeSchool of Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA.
Boston University · USSomerville Hospital · USUniversity of Connecticut · USMCPHS University · US

Funding

HAFTRAP-Home Air Filtration for Traffic-Related Air PollutionR01ES030289 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI BRUGGE, DOUG · 2019 to 2024
$2.5M
NEAR Highway Pollution: From Research to ActionR01ES026980 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI BRUGGE, DOUG, REISNER, ELLIN · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES026980NIEHS NIH HHS R01ES026980NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES030289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo identify strategies and tactics communities use to translate research into environmental health action.

methodsWe employed a qualitative case study design to explore public health action conducted by residents, organizers, and public health planners in two Massachusetts communities as part of a community based participatory (CBPR) research study. Data sources included key informant interviews (n = 24), reports and direct observation of research and community meetings (n = 10) and project meeting minutes from 2016-2021. Data were coded deductively drawing on the community organizing and implementation frameworks.

resultsIn Boston Chinatown, partners drew broad participation from community-based organizations, residents, and municipal leaders, which resulted in air pollution mitigation efforts being embedded in the master planning process. In Somerville, partners focused on change at multiple levels, developer behavior, and separate from the funded research, local legislative efforts, and litigation.

conclusionsCBPR affords communities the ability to environmental health efforts in a way that is locally meaningful, leveraging their respective strengths. External facilitation can support the continuity and sustainment of community led CBPR efforts.

Indexed as

Air PollutionEnvironmental HealthBostonCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchCommunity ParticipationHumansMassachusettsCBPRCommunity actionResearch translationTransportation relation air pollution (TRAP)Ultrafine particles

Identifiers

PMID38331744
PMCPMC10854106
OpenAlexW4391643168

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