Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships for Community-Engaged Environmental Health Research in Appalachian Virginia

Emily Satterwhite; Shannon Elizabeth Bell; Linsey C Marr; Christopher K Thompson; Aaron J Prussin II; Lauren Buttling; Jin Pan; Julia M Gohlke

doi:10.3390/ijerph17051695

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Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships for Community-Engaged Environmental Health Research in Appalachian Virginia

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Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships for Community-Engaged Environmental Health Research in Appalachian Virginia

Emily Satterwhite, Shannon Elizabeth Bell, Linsey C Marr, Christopher K Thompson, Aaron J Prussin II, Lauren Buttling, Jin Pan and Julia M Gohlke

International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.17(5), p.1695

03/05/2020

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051695

PMCID: PMC7084490

PMID: 32150930

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Abstract

This article describes a collaboration among a group of university faculty, undergraduate students, local governments, local residents, and U.S. Army staff to address long-standing concerns about the environmental health effects of an Army ammunition plant. The authors describe community-responsive scientific pilot studies that examined potential environmental contamination and a related undergraduate research course that documented residents' concerns, contextualized those concerns, and developed recommendations. We make a case for the value of resource-intensive university-community partnerships that promote the production of knowledge through collaborations across disciplinary paradigms (natural/physical sciences, social sciences, health sciences, and humanities) in response to questions raised by local residents. Our experience also suggests that enacting this type of research through a university class may help promote researchers' adoption of "epistemological pluralism", and thereby facilitate the movement of a study from being "multidisciplinary" to "transdisciplinary".

Environmental Health

community-engaged research

interdisciplinary research

Appalachia

transdisciplinary research

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Title: Subtitle: Building Interdisciplinary Partnerships for Community-Engaged Environmental Health Research in Appalachian Virginia
Creators: Emily Satterwhite - Virginia Tech
Shannon Elizabeth Bell - Virginia Tech
Linsey C Marr - Virginia Tech
Christopher K Thompson - Virginia Tech
Aaron J Prussin II - Virginia Tech
Lauren Buttling - Virginia Tech
Jin Pan - Virginia Tech
Julia M Gohlke - Virginia Tech
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.17(5), p.1695
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051695
PMID: 32150930
PMCID: PMC7084490
NLM abbreviation: Int J Environ Res Public Health
ISSN: 1661-7827
eISSN: 1660-4601
Language: English
Date published: 03/05/2020
Academic Unit: Occupational and Environmental Health
Record Identifier: 9984787458002771

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