Childhood Asthma, Air Quality, and Social Suffering Among Mexican Americans in California's San Joaquin Valley: “Nobody Talks to Us Here”

Schwartz, Norah Anita; Pepper, David R.

doi:10.1080/01459740903303944

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“…It has also been associated with some of the worst air quality (especially ozone and particulate matter) in the nation (Ngo, et al 2010;Schwartz, Anita & Pepper 2009), as well as drinking water contamination, which is especially prevalent in small rural communities (Balazs, et al 2011(Balazs, et al , 2012. To confront these social and environmental hazards, a vibrant environmental justice social movement grew out of generations of farm worker organizing (Cole & Foster 2001;Ganz 2009;Pulido & Peña 1998).…”

Section: Regional Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping in and out of “messes”: An adaptive, participatory, and transdisciplinary approach to assessing cumulative environmental justice impacts

Huang

London

2016

Landscape and Urban Planning

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The transition from single-media, single-location, and single point-in-time analysis to a cumulative approach represents a profound challenge-and opportunity-for policy makers, planners, advocates and researchers. These challenges and opportunities are, in part, methodological (e.g., data availability of pollution sources, uncertainty of chemical reactions among multiple pollutants, evaluating combined health effects of multiple environmental stressors). However, the social complexity of this issue has been acknowledged, but not systematically documented and analyzed. As a result, there is a significant gap between the development of cumulative impacts analysis and a limited ability to reap their benefit in resolving environmental justice conflicts. Framing cumulative impacts as a "wicked problem" can help highlight some of the challenges in implementing such approaches and can point the way towards applying these approaches to improving collaboration between policy makers, planners, and advocates. We present two case studies of cumulative impacts analysis in California using sociospatial mapping and public participatory geographic information system (PPGIS). These cases will illustrate the challenges and opportunities for combining quantitative and socio-spatial science with PPGIS as strategies to address the wicked nature of assessing and acting to address cumulative environmental impacts. The case studies will emphasize the value of an adaptive, participatory, and transdisciplinary approach as an effective response to the wicked qualities of cumulative impacts themselves. These cases can help planners, policy makers, and community advocates to apply a cumulative impacts approach to their own wicked problems. Coalition and their UC Davis colleagues. In particular, we thank Teri Greenfield from the UC Davis Center for Regional Change and Tara Zagofsky from the UC Davis Collaboration Center for their crucial contributions to these participatory mapping projects. The authors also thank The California Endowment,

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Section: Regional Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping in and out of “messes”: An adaptive, participatory, and transdisciplinary approach to assessing cumulative environmental justice impacts

Huang

London

2016

Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…Pylypa (2001) explains how, among Mexican immigrants in California, the decision to self‐medicate draws on a diverse set of information and influences outside of biomedical arenas, including friends, family, and pharmacy staff. In the United States, common sources for Latinos to obtain antibiotics without prescriptions are local Mexican‐run stores (such as bodegas), or at swap meets (Larson et al 2006; Schwartz and Pepper 2009).…”

Section: Antibiotic Use and Resistance In Mexico And Beyond: Some Bacmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gartin¹,

Brewis²,

Schwartz³

2010

Med Anthropol Q

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Antibiotic resistance is a global public health threat exacerbated by medically unwarranted or improper antibiotic use. Pharmacy counters at the U.S.-Mexico border provide an example of where lay decisions to use antibiotics in ways considered "risky" may be initiated and negotiated. We test how cultural and public health knowledge of antibiotics is distributed among pharmacy staff, local Mexican clients, and U.S. medical tourists in the bordertown of Nogales using a cultural consensus tool. We find that shared cultural models across these groups include public health statements; however, other shared statements are likely to reinforce antibiotic sales at pharmacy counters by those on both sides of the purchase as economic, rather than therapeutic, encounters. From a public health perspective, border pharmacy counters are not a location where increased "safe" knowledge about antibiotic use is being transmitted. However, we do find a positive relationship between "safe" knowledge and reductions in risky behavior.

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“…In 2015, there were over 38 days when air quality in Fresno was deemed “unhealthy” and individuals were advised to avoid outdoor activities. The air pollution has been linked to high rates of asthma and other respiratory diseases [2], particularly among the region’s most vulnerable populations [3]. The region is distinctive in its high levels of income disparities as well as its ethnically diverse communities, with 49% of the population reporting as Latino, 38% White, and 8% Asian, and poverty levels that are comparable to the poorest regions of Appalachia [4,5].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Latino and Non-Latino Perceptions of the Air Quality in California’s San Joaquin Valley

Brown

Cameron

Cisneros

et al. 2016

IJERPH

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The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California has poor air quality, high rates of asthma, and high rates of obesity. Informational campaigns aimed at increasing awareness of the health impacts of poor air quality and promoting behavior change need to be tailored to the specific target audiences. The study examined perceptions of air quality, perceived health impacts, and methods of accessing information about air quality between Latinos and other groups in the SJV. Residents of the SJV (n = 744) where surveyed via one of three methods: community organizations (256), public locations (251), and an internet panel (237). The results suggest that people perceive the air quality in their region to be generally unhealthy, particularly for sensitive groups. The air quality is more likely to be reported as being unhealthy by people with health problems and less unhealthy by Latinos and people who report regularly exercising. Latinos are more likely to report working outdoors regularly, but also more likely to report being able to reduce their exposure if the air quality is unhealthy. The results report differences in informational sources about air quality, suggesting that informational campaigns should target high risk groups using a variety of media.

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Childhood Asthma, Air Quality, and Social Suffering Among Mexican Americans in California's San Joaquin Valley: “Nobody Talks to Us Here”

Cited by 20 publications

References 49 publications

Mapping in and out of “messes”: An adaptive, participatory, and transdisciplinary approach to assessing cumulative environmental justice impacts

Mapping in and out of “messes”: An adaptive, participatory, and transdisciplinary approach to assessing cumulative environmental justice impacts

Nonprescription Antibiotic Therapy:

Latino and Non-Latino Perceptions of the Air Quality in California’s San Joaquin Valley

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