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The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action

The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network (the Network) is a collaborative group of community, academic, nongovernmental, and government partners designed to fill the need for more detailed data on particulate matter in an area that often exceeds air quality standards. The Network employs...

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Autores principales: English, Paul B., Olmedo, Luis, Bejarano, Ester, Lugo, Humberto, Murillo, Eduardo, Seto, Edmund, Wong, Michelle, King, Galatea, Wilkie, Alexa, Meltzer, Dan, Carvlin, Graeme, Jerrett, Michael, Northcross, Amanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Environmental Health Perspectives 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5744720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28886604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP1772
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author English, Paul B.
Olmedo, Luis
Bejarano, Ester
Lugo, Humberto
Murillo, Eduardo
Seto, Edmund
Wong, Michelle
King, Galatea
Wilkie, Alexa
Meltzer, Dan
Carvlin, Graeme
Jerrett, Michael
Northcross, Amanda
author_facet English, Paul B.
Olmedo, Luis
Bejarano, Ester
Lugo, Humberto
Murillo, Eduardo
Seto, Edmund
Wong, Michelle
King, Galatea
Wilkie, Alexa
Meltzer, Dan
Carvlin, Graeme
Jerrett, Michael
Northcross, Amanda
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description The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network (the Network) is a collaborative group of community, academic, nongovernmental, and government partners designed to fill the need for more detailed data on particulate matter in an area that often exceeds air quality standards. The Network employs a community-based environmental monitoring process in which the community and researchers have specific, well-defined roles as part of an equitable partnership that also includes shared decision-making to determine study direction, plan research protocols, and conduct project activities. The Network is currently producing real-time particulate matter data from 40 low-cost sensors throughout Imperial County, one of the largest community-based air networks in the United States. Establishment of a community-led air network involves engaging community members to be citizen-scientists in the monitoring, siting, and data collection process. Attention to technical issues regarding instrument calibration and validation and electronic transfer and storage of data is also essential. Finally, continued community health improvements will be predicated on facilitating community ownership and sustainability of the network after research funds have been expended. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1772
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spelling pubmed-57447202017-12-31 The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action English, Paul B. Olmedo, Luis Bejarano, Ester Lugo, Humberto Murillo, Eduardo Seto, Edmund Wong, Michelle King, Galatea Wilkie, Alexa Meltzer, Dan Carvlin, Graeme Jerrett, Michael Northcross, Amanda Environ Health Perspect Brief Communication The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network (the Network) is a collaborative group of community, academic, nongovernmental, and government partners designed to fill the need for more detailed data on particulate matter in an area that often exceeds air quality standards. The Network employs a community-based environmental monitoring process in which the community and researchers have specific, well-defined roles as part of an equitable partnership that also includes shared decision-making to determine study direction, plan research protocols, and conduct project activities. The Network is currently producing real-time particulate matter data from 40 low-cost sensors throughout Imperial County, one of the largest community-based air networks in the United States. Establishment of a community-led air network involves engaging community members to be citizen-scientists in the monitoring, siting, and data collection process. Attention to technical issues regarding instrument calibration and validation and electronic transfer and storage of data is also essential. Finally, continued community health improvements will be predicated on facilitating community ownership and sustainability of the network after research funds have been expended. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1772 Environmental Health Perspectives 2017-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5744720/ /pubmed/28886604 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP1772 Text en EHP is an open-access journal published with support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. All content is public domain unless otherwise noted.
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English, Paul B.
Olmedo, Luis
Bejarano, Ester
Lugo, Humberto
Murillo, Eduardo
Seto, Edmund
Wong, Michelle
King, Galatea
Wilkie, Alexa
Meltzer, Dan
Carvlin, Graeme
Jerrett, Michael
Northcross, Amanda
The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action
title The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action
title_full The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action
title_fullStr The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action
title_full_unstemmed The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action
title_short The Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network: A Model for Community-based Environmental Monitoring for Public Health Action
title_sort imperial county community air monitoring network: a model for community-based environmental monitoring for public health action
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5744720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28886604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP1772
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