Community-Engaged Pathways Linking Environmental Stressors and Health in Vulnerable and Indigenous Communities
Community-Engaged Pathways Linking Environmental Stressors and Health in Vulnerable and Indigenous Communities
Session ID#: 281671
Session Description:
Environmental stressors, including contaminated water, degraded air quality, and climate-driven extremes, disproportionately affect marginalized and Indigenous communities. Yet their health impacts are often inadequately characterized, and solutions are frequently developed without sufficient integration of local knowledge and lived experiences. This session invites contributions that examine links between environmental exposures and community health through community-engaged and participatory research. Studies that integrate environmental monitoring with culturally grounded approaches to assess risks and inform mitigation are encouraged. Contributions exploring solution-oriented approaches, including empathic design of technologies, exposure reduction strategies, and human-centered design frameworks, are especially welcome. This session aims to advance interdisciplinary dialogue bridging environmental science, public health, engineering, and community practice to support equitable and sustainable health outcomes.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- GC - Global Environmental Change
- H - Hydrology
- NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:
0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
1620 Climate dynamics [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1817 Extreme events [HYDROLOGY]
4335 Disaster management [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener: Navid Saleh, The University of Texas at Austin, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States
Conveners: Moiz Usmani, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States, Helen H Nguyen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States and Minghao Qiu, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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