CBPR Partnerships and Near-Roadway Pollution: A Promising Strategy to Influence the Translation of Research into Practice

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Community-based participatory research (CBPR) aims to engage those traditionally left out of the research process. Partnering with community stakeholders to design, plan, implement and disseminate research can facilitate translation into practice. Using qualitative research methods, we set out to explore the policy and practice implications of a CBPR partnership focused on reducing exposure to near-roadway pollution. Key Informant interviews ( n = 13) were conducted with individuals from various entities (municipal, state and private) for whom partners to the Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health (CAFEH) provided technical assistance between 2013 and 2017. The findings indicate community research partnerships may have the power to inform local planning efforts. Developers and planners who the partnership consulted indicated a greater awareness of the implications of near-roadway exposure. They also described making changes in their practice based on study findings. The CAFEH partnership has demonstrated active attention to translating knowledge can influence local planning and practice, albeit with some challenges.

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Journal ID (nlm-journal-id): 101770664

Journal ID (pubmed-jr-id): 49909

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Environments (Basel)

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Environments (Basel)

Title: Environments (Basel, Switzerland)

ISSN (Electronic): 2076-3298

Publication date Nihms-submitted: 26 August 2020

Publication date (Electronic): 10 June 2020

Publication date (Print): June 2020

Publication date PMC-release: 03 September 2020

Volume: 7

Issue: 6

Electronic Location Identifier: 44

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[1 ]School of Social Work, Macro Department, Boston University, 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA

[2 ]Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership, Somerville, MA 02145, USA

[3 ]Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA

[4 ]Chinatown Community Land Trust, Boston, MA 02111, USA

[5 ]Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06032, USA

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Author Contributions: Conceptualization, D.B., Formal analysis, L.S.S.M., W.Z., A.F., E.R. and L.L., Investigation, A.F. and D.B., Writing—original draft, L.S.S.M. and D.B., Writing—review & editing, W.Z., E.R. and L.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

[* ]Correspondence: lsmarti@ 123456bu.edu

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Doug Brugge http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-2720

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Manuscript ID: NIHMS1621457

DOI: 10.3390/environments7060044

PMC ID: 7470231

PubMed ID: 32905411

SO-VID: eb255b66-47b1-475f-8caa-6549f1d499ed

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