A Community-Academic Partnership to Reduce Lead Exposure From an Elevated Roadway Demolition, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2012

Public Health Rep. 2017 Nov/Dec;132(6):622-626. doi: 10.1177/0033354917732756. Epub 2017 Oct 4.

Abstract

Disseminating public health recommendations to community members is an important step in protecting the public's health. We describe a community-academic partnership comprising health-based organizations, community groups, academia, and government organizations. This partnership undertook an iterative process to develop an outreach plan, educational materials, and activities to bring lead-poisoning prevention recommendations from a health impact assessment of a roadway demolition/construction project to the residents of an affected neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2012. Community partners played a key role in developing outreach and prevention activities. As a result of this project, activities among members of the partnership continue.

Keywords: childhood lead poisoning prevention; community–academic partnership.

MeSH terms

  • Community Participation / methods*
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Community-Institutional Relations*
  • Health Education / organization & administration*
  • Health Impact Assessment
  • Humans
  • Lead Poisoning / prevention & control*
  • Ohio
  • Universities / organization & administration*