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Combining Social Science and Environmental Health Research for Community Engagement

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  • Alissa Cordner

    (Sociology Department, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA)

  • Grace Poudrier

    (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA)

  • Jesse DiValli

    (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA)

  • Phil Brown

    (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA)

Abstract

Social science-environmental health (SS-EH) research takes many structural forms and contributes to a wide variety of topical areas. In this article we discuss the general nature of SS-EH contributions and offer a new typology of SS-EH practice that situates this type of research in a larger transdisciplinary sensibility: (1) environmental health science influenced by social science; (2) social science studies of environmental health; and (3) social science-environmental health collaborations. We describe examples from our own and others’ work and we discuss the central role that research centers, training programs, and conferences play in furthering SS-EH research. We argue that the third form of SS-EH research, SS-EH collaborations, offers the greatest potential for improving public and environmental health, though such collaborations come with important challenges and demand constant reflexivity on the part of researchers.

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  • Alissa Cordner & Grace Poudrier & Jesse DiValli & Phil Brown, 2019. "Combining Social Science and Environmental Health Research for Community Engagement," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-16, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:18:p:3483-:d:268504
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