Journal article
The TERRA framework: conceptualizing rural environmental health inequities through an environmental justice lens
Advances in nursing science, Vol.32(2), pp.107-117
04/2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114355
PMID: 19461228
Abstract
The deleterious consequences of environmentally associated diseases are expressed differentially by income, race, and geography. Scientists are just beginning to understand the consequences of environmental exposures under conditions of poverty, marginalization, and geographic isolation. In this context, we developed the TERRA (translational environmental research in rural areas) framework to explicate environmental health risks experienced by the rural poor. Central to the TERRA framework is the premise that risks exist within physical-spatial, economic-resources, and cultural-ideologic contexts. In the face of scientific and political uncertainty, a precautionary risk reduction approach has the greatest potential to protect health. Conceptual and technical advances will both be needed to achieve environmental justice.
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- Title
- The TERRA framework: conceptualizing rural environmental health inequities through an environmental justice lens
- Creators
- Patricia Butterfield - Washington State University College of Nursing, PO Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210, USA. pbutter@wsu.eduJulie Postma
- Publication Details
- Advances in nursing science, Vol.32(2), pp.107-117
- Academic Unit
- Nursing, College of; Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- T32NR07039 / NINR NIH HHS R01NR009239 / NINR NIH HHS R01 NR009239 / NINR NIH HHS R01 NR009239-01A1 / NINR NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900548155601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article