Medicine
Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches to Address Environmental Injustice
Quick fact
In CBPR, communities are not just consulted; they are co-researchers, often leading to more accurate findings and sustainable solutions—like the landmark 2002 study where residents in a polluted New Orleans neighborhood helped identify flood-related contamination that officials had missed.
Why this is interesting
You might assume that communities are simply 'subjects' of environmental research—but what if a very different approach, one where residents help steer the science, could expose hidden pollution and create real change?