Community Perspectives and Environmental Justice Issues in an Unincorporated Black Township

dc.contributor.authorMoore, Teriana
dc.contributor.authorPayne-Foster, Pamela
dc.contributor.authorOliver, JoAnn S.
dc.contributor.authorSpears, Ellen Griffith
dc.contributor.authorSpencer, Christopher H.
dc.contributor.authorMaye, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Rebecca S.
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T19:35:44Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T19:35:44Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThrough each era, the southeastern United States was and continues to be an epicenter for industrial companies to establish factories and plants. Though this development attracts economic gain for the companies and surrounding areas, low-income and predominantly Black communities bear the brunt of the environmental consequences while frequently remaining stagnant economically. This qualitative, community-based participatory research study grew out of a larger study designed to recruit lay community advisors from communities labeled as hard to reach in research. We focus on Holt, Alabama, an unincorporated community in the southeastern United States region. The primary goal of this research inquiry is to thematically analyze community interviews stemming from a topic of research, practice, and policy interest to community members: the effects of industrial pollution on Holt citizens' daily lives. Content analysis of focus-group transcripts revealed four emergent themes, including: (1) how the pollution affects their water, soil, and air quality; (2) illness related to pollution; (3) community engagement and empowerment; and (4) suggestions regarding what government officials could do to address this area of need. Building upon the prior research regarding environmental justice, human flourishing, and the definition of nurturing environments, suggestions are made regarding the creation, implementation, and maintenance of project advisory councils focused on issues of environmental justice. Community advocacy and empowerment as well as community and scientific partnerships are imperative to alleviate problems associated with environmental justice.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationMoore, T., Payne-Foster, P., Oliver, J. S., Spears, E. G., Spencer, C. H., Maye, J., & Allen, R. S. (2022). Community Perspectives and Environmental Justice Issues in an Unincorporated Black Township. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 19, Issue 12, p. 7490). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127490
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph19127490
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2563-4996
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/11520
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectindustrial pollution
dc.subjectlow-income
dc.subjectBlack people
dc.subjectenvironmental justice
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences
dc.subjectPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health
dc.titleCommunity Perspectives and Environmental Justice Issues in an Unincorporated Black Townshipen_US
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