Using environmental health dialogue in a Dine-centered approach for individualized results reporting in an environmental exposure study following the Gold King Mine Spill.

ABSTRACT:

Background

On August 5, 2015, the Gold King Mine Spill (GKMS) resulted in 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage spilling into the San Juan River impacting the Diné Bikeyah (traditional homelands of the Navajo people). The Gold King Mine Spill Diné Exposure Project was formed to understand the impacts of the GKMS on the Diné (Navajo). Reporting individualized household results in an exposure study is becoming more common; however, materials are often developed with limited community input with knowledge flowing in one direction - from researcher to participant. In this study we examined the development, dissemination, and evaluation of individualized results materials.

Methods

In August 2016, Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives (Navajo CHRs) sampled household wat

SUBMITTER: Van Horne YO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10411314 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature