Tool for assessing health and equity impacts of interventions modifying air quality in urban environments

Cartier, Yuri; Benmarhnia, Tarik; Brousselle, Astrid

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.07.004

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“…Indeed, future work could consider an additive effect modification between status of race/ethnicity and each of the predictors considered in this study. For example, the environmental justice literature reports that at least two distinct types of disparities exist ( Forastiere et al 2007 , Cartier et al 2015 , Hajat et al 2015 ): differential exposure (which was considered in the present study) and differential susceptibility or effect modification (which was not captured in the decomposition procedure). Such effect modification by race/ethnicity could also contribute to the residual unexplained disparity.…”

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Decomposition Analysis of Black–White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: The Relative Contribution of Air Pollution and Social Factors in California

Benmarhnia

Huang

Basu

et al. 2017

Environ Health Perspect

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Background:Racial/ethnic disparities in preterm birth (PTB) are well documented in the epidemiological literature, but little is known about the relative contribution of different social and environmental determinants of such disparities in birth outcome. Furthermore, increased focus has recently turned toward modifiable aspects of the environment, including physical characteristics, such as neighborhood air pollution, to reduce disparities in birth outcomes.Objectives:To apply decomposition methods to understand disparities in preterm birth (PTB) prevalence between births of non-Hispanic black individuals and births of non-Hispanic white individuals in California, according to individual demographics, neighborhood socioeconomic environment, and neighborhood air pollution.Methods:We used all live singleton births in California spanning 2005 to 2010 and estimated PTBs and other adverse birth outcomes for infants borne by non-Hispanic black mothers and white mothers. To compare individual-level, neighborhood-level, and air pollution [Particulate Matter, 2.5 micrometers or less (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)] predictors, we conducted a nonlinear extension of the Blinder–Oaxaca method to decompose racial/ethnic disparities in PTB.Results:The predicted differences in probability of PTB between black and white infants was 0.056 (95% CI: 0.054, 0.058). All included predictors explained 37.8% of the black–white disparity. Overall, individual (17.5% for PTB) and neighborhood-level variables (16.1% for PTB) explained a greater proportion of the black–white difference in birth outcomes than air pollution (5.7% for PTB).Conclusions:Our results suggest that, although the role of individual and neighborhood factors remains prevailing in explaining black–white differences in birth outcomes, the individual contribution of PM2.5 is comparable in magnitude to any single individual- or neighborhood-level factor. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP490

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Decomposition Analysis of Black–White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: The Relative Contribution of Air Pollution and Social Factors in California

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Basu

et al. 2017

Environ Health Perspect

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“…Evaluation plan for the JHS Community Outreach Center. In order to measure success in meeting project objectives and intended outcomes, and to facilitate the assessment of intervention impacts, 7 the CORC developed an evaluation framework or model that incorporated lessons learned from 15 years of experience in developing recruitment, retention, health education, and health promotion strategies and activities for the Jackson Heart Study community and its 5301 cohort. 4 Th e CORC elements that are evaluated include Community Health Advisors activities, activities involving the JHS community partners, and JHS events requiring community/ participants involvement.…”

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Operational and Management Structure of the Jackson Heart Study Community Outreach Center

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Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

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“…. Air pollution is mostly addressed by national projects focusing mostly to tackle the health effects of ultrafine particles and air pollution due to combustion of fossil fuels [35]. On the other hand, most atmospheric models used in air quality management don't have a userfriendly interface that can synthesize the model results produced from different air pollutant emission inputs, and do not offer adequate data visualization for supporting policy making.…”

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A state of the art regarding urban air quality prediction models

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2018

E3S Web Conf.

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Urban pollution represents an increasing risk to residents of urban regions, particularly in large, over-industrialized cities knowing that the traffic is responsible for more than 25% of air gaseous pollutants and dust particles. Air quality modelling plays an important role in addressing air pollution control and management approaches by providing guidelines for better and more efficient air quality forecasting, along with smart monitoring sensor networks. The advances in technology regarding simulations, forecasting and monitoring are part of the new smart cities which offers a healthy environment for their occupants.

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Tool for assessing health and equity impacts of interventions modifying air quality in urban environments

Abstract: The tool represents a practical first step to assessing AP-related interventions for health and equity impacts. Understanding how different factors affect health and equity through air pollution can provide insight to city policymakers pursuing Health in All Policies.

Cited by 18 publications

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Decomposition Analysis of Black–White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: The Relative Contribution of Air Pollution and Social Factors in California

Decomposition Analysis of Black–White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: The Relative Contribution of Air Pollution and Social Factors in California

Operational and Management Structure of the Jackson Heart Study Community Outreach Center

A state of the art regarding urban air quality prediction models

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