Critical Reflection

Cohen, A., et al. (2012). Our Environment, Our Health: A Community-Based Participatory Environmental Health Survey in Richmond, California. Health, Education, & Behavior, 39(2), 198-209.

Brooks, S. (2000). Innovative Waste Utilization and the Concerned Residents of South Phoenix, AZ. Retrieved from http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/Jones/Sarahbrooks.htm

Read the assigned article, and then answer the following questions honestly and completely. Your response to EACH section of every question should be between 150-500 words. Answers that do not fulfill the minimum word requirement will NOT earn credit. Collegiate-level writing is expected, including but not limited to, using complete sentences, appropriate punctuation, and evidence that you have re-read what you have written to edit for spelling and grammar mistakes.

Use appropriate supporting evidence for your statements. Answer each prompt question thoroughly. If you can ask “why?”, “how so?”, or “how do you know that?” after reading what you’ve written, you’ve got more work to do. Your answers are for your own reflection and will only be viewed by your instructor and grader. Use the information in the articles, content from class, and your reflections of the material to craft your responses.

OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR HEALTH

1. What health concerns were mentioned by the participants in the case study presented in Our Environment, Our Health…? What were the potential environmental causes of these health issues? What did you find most alarming about the survey results and why?

The community-based participatory research had been study by their qualify researcher concerning about the health of their community and their environment which this survey between qualify researchers and community organizers to consider environmental health issues and environmental justice issues in the neighborhoods of Richmond, California.  This low incom community living along the fence line of a major oil refinery and near other industrial and mobile sources of pollution. The Richmond health survey aimed to assess local concerns and perceptions of neighborhood conditions, health problems, mobile and stationary hazards, access to health care, and other issues affecting residents of Richmond. Although respondents thought their neighborhoods were good places to live, they expressed concerns about neighborhood stressors and particular sources of pollution, and identified elevated asthma rates for children and long-time Richmond residents. The Richmond health survey offers a holistic, community-centered perspective to understanding local environmental health issues, and can inform future environmental health research and organizing efforts for community-university collaborative.

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1. Consider the community and individual stressors discussed in Our Environment, Our Health…
   1. The article discusses different community and individual stressors. Which of these community and/or individual stressors have the biggest impact on the population in which you serve? What evidence leads you to this conclusion?

1. What community and/or individual stressors have or do affect your life?

INNOVATIVE WASTE UTILIZATION

1. According to Brooks’s case study, IWU is not the only facility that hosts hazardous waste management (or has tried to dump) in South Phoenix. What are some of the reasons that hazardous waste companies might have chosen South Phoenix to be its location? Recalling our reflections from the Pre-Service Reflection, what power did the community in this case study lack in earlier instances to keep the hazardous waste out? What power did residents of South Phoenix display in this case?

1. Reexamine the demographics that Brooks displays in the demographic section.
   1. What is the significance of the demographic data that Brooks displays in the “Demographics” section? How might this be related to what we have learned about discrimination and racism in class?

1. What is the definition of environmental justice? What kind of environmental injustices are facing the population you serve? How might those injustices affect their health?

1. How can you help alleviate these environmental injustices seen within the community you serve? How can the average citizen help alleviate environmental injustices seen in their community?

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