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Investigating the Role of State and Local Health Departments in Addressing Public Health Concerns Related to Industrial Food Animal Production Sites
OBJECTIVES: Evidence of community health concerns stemming from industrial food animal production (IFAP) facilities continues to accumulate. This study examined the role of local and state health departments in responding to and preventing community-driven concerns associated with IFAP. METHODS: We...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23382947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054720 |
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author | Fry, Jillian P. Laestadius, Linnea I. Grechis, Clare Nachman, Keeve E. Neff, Roni A. |
author_facet | Fry, Jillian P. Laestadius, Linnea I. Grechis, Clare Nachman, Keeve E. Neff, Roni A. |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Evidence of community health concerns stemming from industrial food animal production (IFAP) facilities continues to accumulate. This study examined the role of local and state health departments in responding to and preventing community-driven concerns associated with IFAP. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with state and county health department staff and community members in eight states with high densities or rapid growth of IFAP operations. We investigated the extent to which health concerns associated with IFAP sites are reported to health departments, the nature of health departments’ responses, and barriers to involvement. RESULTS: Health departments’ roles in these matters are limited by political barriers, lack of jurisdiction, and finite resources, expertise, and staff. Community members reported difficulties in engaging health departments on these issues. CONCLUSIONS: Our investigation suggests that health departments frequently lack resources or jurisdiction to respond to health concerns related to IFAP sites, resulting in limited engagement. Since agencies with jurisdiction over IFAP frequently lack a health focus, increased health department engagement may better protect public health. |
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spelling | pubmed-35598902013-02-04 Investigating the Role of State and Local Health Departments in Addressing Public Health Concerns Related to Industrial Food Animal Production Sites Fry, Jillian P. Laestadius, Linnea I. Grechis, Clare Nachman, Keeve E. Neff, Roni A. PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVES: Evidence of community health concerns stemming from industrial food animal production (IFAP) facilities continues to accumulate. This study examined the role of local and state health departments in responding to and preventing community-driven concerns associated with IFAP. METHODS: We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with state and county health department staff and community members in eight states with high densities or rapid growth of IFAP operations. We investigated the extent to which health concerns associated with IFAP sites are reported to health departments, the nature of health departments’ responses, and barriers to involvement. RESULTS: Health departments’ roles in these matters are limited by political barriers, lack of jurisdiction, and finite resources, expertise, and staff. Community members reported difficulties in engaging health departments on these issues. CONCLUSIONS: Our investigation suggests that health departments frequently lack resources or jurisdiction to respond to health concerns related to IFAP sites, resulting in limited engagement. Since agencies with jurisdiction over IFAP frequently lack a health focus, increased health department engagement may better protect public health. Public Library of Science 2013-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3559890/ /pubmed/23382947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054720 Text en © 2013 Fry et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Fry, Jillian P. Laestadius, Linnea I. Grechis, Clare Nachman, Keeve E. Neff, Roni A. Investigating the Role of State and Local Health Departments in Addressing Public Health Concerns Related to Industrial Food Animal Production Sites |
title | Investigating the Role of State and Local Health Departments in Addressing Public Health Concerns Related to Industrial Food Animal Production Sites |
title_full | Investigating the Role of State and Local Health Departments in Addressing Public Health Concerns Related to Industrial Food Animal Production Sites |
title_fullStr | Investigating the Role of State and Local Health Departments in Addressing Public Health Concerns Related to Industrial Food Animal Production Sites |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the Role of State and Local Health Departments in Addressing Public Health Concerns Related to Industrial Food Animal Production Sites |
title_short | Investigating the Role of State and Local Health Departments in Addressing Public Health Concerns Related to Industrial Food Animal Production Sites |
title_sort | investigating the role of state and local health departments in addressing public health concerns related to industrial food animal production sites |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23382947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054720 |
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