Development and successful application of a "Community-First" communication model for community-based environmental health research.
Development and successful application of a "Community-First" communication model for community-based environmental health research.
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DOI：
10.1097/jom.0b013e3181965d9b
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发表时间：
2009-02
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Hufford M
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文献类型：
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作者：
Emmett EA;Zhang H;Shofer FS;Rodway N;Desai C;Freeman D;Hufford M
Effectively communicate results from a community exposure study to meet predetermined community priorities, maintaining ethical principles of autonomy, empowerment and justice. The community established principles for the communications and a plan to inform study participants, community and other stakeholders of results and recommendations in a novel sequence: the “Community-First” communication model. The communications resulted in positive actions including company sponsored free bottled water, accepted by 77.6% of eligible households. Over 95% of participants in a follow-up survey had made some change to residential water supplies. Serum PFOA levels were reduced. Government agencies acted on the results. The unique communication approach generated workable solutions to the problem investigated, raised community awareness and modified behaviors. Information generated a “free market” of community-level solutions. Each major stakeholder voluntarily adopted a “precautionary principle”.
