- Title Information
- Title
- Incorporating Lived Experience from Residents of Providence, Rhode Island into the Scientific Method
- Abstract
- Many people in the United States feel disconnected from the scientific process. With climate change leading to more environmental extremes, the public wants to both understand the science and be informed about how to protect their health. While many scientific outlets provide public-facing information, most scientific studies treat the public as participants, not as collaborators.
The Breathe Providence project is a hyperlocal air monitoring study in Providence, Rhode Island. The air monitoring network focuses on areas of the city where asthma rates are elevated and air quality data has historically been very limited. In addition to monitoring common air pollutants, the project has participated in collaborative data generation with residents. The collaborative data collection focused on the issue of noxious odors, which residents associate with pollution and harm. Through a variety of methods and materials, we encouraged residents to document their air pollution experiences. We will present findings from the residents and how this has influenced investigations of the air pollutant data. We will also share knowledge gained from workshops done within the community to educate and engage a variety of audiences.
Data collection methods included using an app called Smell My City, which allowed residents to report when they encountered odors, what they smelled like, and any associated health symptoms. Another method was the creation of a “Smellage” to visually represent sources and locations of noxious odors. Other activities included a DIY air filter outreach event and experiments using handheld air monitors.
Ultimately, our work is dedicated to raising awareness of solutions that meet residents’ concerns based on a reciprocal research process that incorporates residents’ data into the scientific process.
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Asiah Donahue
- Role
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Text
- creator
- Name:
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- Name Part
- Dr. Meredith Hastings
- Role
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- advisor
- affiliation
- Brown University. DEEPS
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- Name Part
- Leadership Alliance-Summer Research Early Identification Program (SR-EIP)
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- Role Term:
Text
- research program
- Subject (fast)
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- Topic
- Public health
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- Topic
- Air--Pollution
- Subject (fast)
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- Topic
- Science--Citizen participation
- Language
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- English
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- text_resources
- Genre (aat)
- posters
- Origin Information
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- riu
- Place
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- Providence, RI
- Publisher
- Brown University
- Date Created
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- 2024
- Physical Description
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- 1 poster
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- born digital
- Note:
funding
- Funding provided by Clean Air Fund
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use and reproduction
- All rights reserved
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- In Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved
- Identifier:
DOI
- 10.26300/ay2p-e832