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Journal article
Place-based stressors associated with industry and air pollution
Health & place, v 28, pp 31-37
Jul 2014
PMID: 24721738
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Abstract
Exposure to air pollution and its sources is increasingly viewed as a psychosocial stress, however its nature is not understood. This article explores the role of the concept of place on risk perception and community stress within data collected from eight focus groups in Philadelphia, USA. Discussions focused on air pollution, a nearby oil refinery, health, and a proposal for air monitoring. We present a framework of place-based elements of risk perception that includes place identity, stigma and social control. Our findings indicate that air pollution contributes to physical and psychosocial conditions that act as community-level social stressors. Findings also suggest that programs which seek to change behaviors and gather or spread information on issues such as pollution and other environmental concerns will be challenged unless they directly address: (1) the public׳s identification with a place or industry, (2) immediate environmental stressors such as abandonment, waste and odors, and (3) public perceptions of lack of social control and fear of displacement.
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- Title
- Place-based stressors associated with industry and air pollution
- Creators
- Michelle C. Kondo - Northern Research StationCarol Ann Gross-Davis - Drexel UniversityKatlyn May - Duke UniversityLauren O. Davis - Drexel UniversityTyiesha Johnson - Drexel UniversityMable Mallard - Right to Know Committee, 1225S. 26th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA.Alice Gabbadon - Right to Know Committee, 1225S. 26th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA.Claudia Sherrod - South Philadelphia H.O.M.E.S Inc. & Point Breeze Community Development Coalition, 1444 Point Breeze Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USACharles C. Branas - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Health & place, v 28, pp 31-37
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000338737300004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84897938066
- Other Identifier
- 991019168846804721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health