TY - JOUR
T1 - Approaches for disseminating environmental research findings to navajo communities
AU - Rock, Tommy
AU - Jones, Lindsey
AU - Ingram, Jani C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The second dissemination approach was somewhat similar to the first dissemination approach in that it was a series of four meetings held specifically to provide environmental research findings. Similar to the first approach, food was provided for the community members at each meeting. Presentations were also given in English with translation in the Navajo language by Dr. Rock (one of the co-authors). However, in the second dissemination approach, the dissemination was for a single community, Cameron. The second dissemination approach was supported by the Center for American Indian Resilience Project (CAIR) at Northern Arizona University. The CAIR Project was focused on working with the local grassroots organization on informing the local community members about different pathways of exposure to uranium. The project was a steppingstone related to Indigenous food contamination and getting the elders and Traditional Knowledge Holders involved in the research. The CAIR project was a collaboration between the researchers at Northern Arizona University and the Forgotten People, a non-profit grassroots organization that addresses environmental and social justice. The purpose of the CAIR Project was to work with a community organization, the Forgotten People, to raise awareness of the health hazards of uranium exposure and contamination. Additionally, the project’s aim was to transfer knowledge about traditional Indigenous food and water use in the Cameron community of the Navajo Nation to the researchers. The long-term goal of this work is to develop culturally appropriate policy using the Navajo Fundamental Laws addressing contaminated traditional food on the Navajo Nation [9].
Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Grant P50 ES026089 and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Grant R83615101, Indian Health Service and the National Institutes of Health (Native American Research Centers for Health), Grant U261IHS0074-01-01.
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PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - We report the use of three different dissemination approaches for providing environmental research results back to Navajo communities from different research projects. The objectives of the dissemination are to provide the results to the community, have a dialogue about the results, and learn more about the environmental concerns of the community for potential future research projects. The first approach utilizes radio announcements and flyers provided to the community announcing dissemination meetings specific to the research projects. The second approach is more collaborative, working with a grassroots organization to organize report-back meetings, as well as one-on-one discussions of the research project. The third approach involves the development of a booklet for distribution to communities along with an oral presentation at the regularly scheduled monthly community meetings to discuss the information. Overall, the second and third approaches are more effective than the first approach in terms of dissemination to a larger number of community members, as well as increased dialogue between the researchers and the communities.
AB - We report the use of three different dissemination approaches for providing environmental research results back to Navajo communities from different research projects. The objectives of the dissemination are to provide the results to the community, have a dialogue about the results, and learn more about the environmental concerns of the community for potential future research projects. The first approach utilizes radio announcements and flyers provided to the community announcing dissemination meetings specific to the research projects. The second approach is more collaborative, working with a grassroots organization to organize report-back meetings, as well as one-on-one discussions of the research project. The third approach involves the development of a booklet for distribution to communities along with an oral presentation at the regularly scheduled monthly community meetings to discuss the information. Overall, the second and third approaches are more effective than the first approach in terms of dissemination to a larger number of community members, as well as increased dialogue between the researchers and the communities.
KW - Community collaboration
KW - Dissemination
KW - Environmental research
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18136753
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18136753
M3 - Article
C2 - 34201746
AN - SCOPUS:85108277952
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 13
M1 - 6753
ER -