Transcript TOXIC TOUR Addressing health inequalities related to environmental justice: A partnership between the Bayview Hunters Point community, San Francisco Department of Public Health, & University.

TOXIC TOUR
Addressing health inequalities related to
environmental justice: A partnership between
the Bayview Hunters Point community, San
Francisco Department of Public Health, &
University of California-San Francisco
− Karen Pierce, JD, Health Equity Projects, SFDPH
− Buffy Bunting, MPH, CHES, Community Health Promotion & Prevention, SFDHP
− Maya Yoshida-Cervantes, BS, HIV Epidemiology and Statistics, SFDPH
Presenter Disclosure
− Karen Pierce, JD, Health Equity Projects, SFDPH
− Buffy Bunting, MPH, CHES, Community Health Promotion & Prevention, SFDHP
− Maya Yoshida-Cervantes, BS, HIV Epidemiology and Statistics, SFDPH
(1) The following personal financial relationships with
commercial interests relevant to this presentation
existed during the past 12 months:
“No relationships to disclose”
Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP)
 Located in the Southeast corner of
San Francisco
 Home to about 35,000 residents
 Greater than 50% the land is used
for industrial use
 1/3 of the city’s hazardous waste
sites:
 1 Federal Superfund Site
 100 Brownfield Sites
 1 (of 3) sewage treatment plant that handles 80% of San
Francisco’s waste water
Bayview Hunters Point cont.
Asthma Hospitalization Rates
2007-2009
Bayview Hunters Point
(BVHP)Toxic Tour
BVHPToxic
Tour
Collaborators
Purpose
Design/
Method
• An interactive three-hour mobile workshop to educate medical health care providers,
local community members, and public health activists about the environmental and
health inequities that residents are exposed to daily by living in proximity to toxic
industries.
• A partnership created in 2002 with:
• Bayview Hunters Point Health and Environmental Assessment Task Force (HEAP)
• San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH)
• University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
• Designed to introduce the public to the BVHP neighborhood through the lens of
environmental justice, public health, and community perspectives
• The tour uses an environmental justice approach to outreach and educate health
professionals and community members
• Indentifies the multiple industries in BVHP that largely contribute to the
environmental impacts BVHP residents live with
• Discusses how the community can establish partnerships among city government
and academia to address health inequities related to environmental justice
Community Benefits
BVHP
Residents
Public
Health
Employees
and
Learners
Medical
Learners,
Residents,
and
Providers
BVHP Residents
Community Members
Educate
Expand
Encourage
community
community
members on
residents to fight
members’
for social justice
how they can
understanding of
become more
and
environmental
actively involved environmental
impacts in their
in their
health
community
community
BVHP Residents
Medical Learners, Residents, and
Providers
Supplemental education for Medical
Learners, Residents, and Providers
Understand where
social
determinants are
visible in the
neighborhood.
Provide an
understanding of
residents’
perspective on
environment and
health inequities
Public Health Employees and
Learners
Public Health
Employees
Public Health
Learners
Learn
methodologies
Learn
that succeed techniques to
develop
in organizing
and
partnerships
advocating for
with local
grassroots
elimination of
health
organizations.
inequities
Learn how to
Understand
identify health
the Core
inequities
Functions of
related to
Public Health
exposure to
associated
environmental
with
pollutants in
Environmental
the
Justice
community
How this tour can be adapted
for other localities
Toxic tours are conducted in Environmental
Justice Communities around the world
honoring the following principles:
1. Must be designed and led by community
residents
2. Research must be conducted using a
community-based participatory action
model
For information on ongoing
community toxic tours:
Mark Matthews
Rafiki Wellness Center
Black Coalition on AIDS
PHONE: (415) 615-9945, ext. 115
EMAIL: [email protected]