From Pedestrian Safety to Environmental Justice: The Evolution of a Chinatown Community Campaign

Liou, Julia; Hirota, Sherry

doi:10.17953/appc.3.1.bj08024l30746467

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“…Ethnic enclaves for AAPI populations have inspired names such as Chinatown, Japantown, Koreatown, and Little Saigon (46,47). There is a growing body of literature focusing on protective effects against some health problems (48,49) as well as environmental concerns within these enclaves (47,(50)(51)(52)(53). Although our study was not specifically designed to characterize environmental exposure potentials for Asian-specific ethnic enclaves, our results suggest a need to consider broader features of the ethnic enclave concept in relation to environmental exposures and how that may influence a variety of health outcomes.…”

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Disaggregating Data on Asian American and Pacific Islander Women to Provide New Insights on Potential Exposures to Hazardous Air Pollutants in California

Quach¹,

Liu²,

Nelson³

et al. 2014

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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Background: The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population is heterogeneous and rapidly growing in the United States, with a high proportion concentrated in California. Although traditionally assumed to have lower rates of breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women, recent studies have suggested considerable variation in incidence by AAPI ethnic group, with rates in some exceeding those in non-Hispanic whites. The potential role of environmental toxicants has not been well explored and may provide insights into these patterns.Methods: We created an exposure potential index (EPI) score for 24 hazardous air pollutants modeled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment considered to be mammary gland carcinogens, and compared values at the census tract level for "geographically concentrated" AAPI groups throughout the State. "Geographically concentrated" populations were defined as census tracts with at least 100 individuals from a specified racial/ethnic population as enumerated by the 2000 Census.Results: Although EPI scores differed little between census tracts with aggregated AAPI (mean EPI ¼ 0.53) and non-Hispanic white women (mean EPI ¼ 0.63), there was substantial variation between tracts for disaggregated AAPI groups, with notably higher EPI scores for tracts enumerated for Korean or Japanese women (mean EPI of 0.78 and 0.77, respectively) compared with other AAPI groups.Conclusions: Our findings underscore the importance of disaggregating data for the heterogeneous AAPI population to identify differences in potential environmental exposures across groups.Impact: Future cancer etiology studies should examine environmental exposure differences within and across groups for the diverse AAPI population. See all the articles in this CEBP Focus section, "Cancer in Asian and Pacific Islander Populations." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 23(11); 2218-28. Ó2014 AACR.

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Disaggregating Data on Asian American and Pacific Islander Women to Provide New Insights on Potential Exposures to Hazardous Air Pollutants in California

Quach¹,

Liu²,

Nelson³

et al. 2014

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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“…There has been some research, albeit very limited, documenting disproportionate environmental exposures for some AAPI groups. AAPI communities have been shown to be more likely to live near toxic waste sites (Hipp and Lakon, 2010;Lee, 1992;Scorecard, 2011), eat contaminated fish (Silver et al, 2007), and live in high-traffic areas (Liou and Hirota, 2005;Morello-Frosch et al, 2002) than non-Hispanic whites. The problem of AAPI invisibility persists both in terms of the environmental disparities these communities face and their contributions to the environmental justice movement (Sze, 2004).…”

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Engaging Vietnamese American Communities in California in Environmental Health and Awareness

Tran¹,

Tran²,

Tong³

et al. 2013

AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community

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Vietnamese immigrants tend to cluster in targeted geographic areas and occupations with resulting disproportionate exposure opportunities to hazardous environmental chemicals and neighborhood stressors; yet there is little research on environmental health in this population. Vietnamese communities in Alameda, Marin, Santa Clara, and Orange counties in California conducted community mapping audits (i.e., collecting air-contaminant data, observational survey information, and photovoice documentation) in neighborhoods where they live, work, and play. This paper describes the community-based participatory research process that helped to raise awareness about the environment for participating communities, and looks at how community engagement can lead to action for change.

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Environmental Street Audits and Black Carbon Measurements in Vietnamese Immigrant Communities

Quach¹,

Garcia²,

Behren³

et al. 2015

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From Pedestrian Safety to Environmental Justice: The Evolution of a Chinatown Community Campaign

Cited by 3 publications

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Disaggregating Data on Asian American and Pacific Islander Women to Provide New Insights on Potential Exposures to Hazardous Air Pollutants in California

Disaggregating Data on Asian American and Pacific Islander Women to Provide New Insights on Potential Exposures to Hazardous Air Pollutants in California

Engaging Vietnamese American Communities in California in Environmental Health and Awareness

Environmental Street Audits and Black Carbon Measurements in Vietnamese Immigrant Communities

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