Community-based Participatory Research and Praxis at the Nexus of Food, Water, and Energy Justice in Puerto RicoTormos-Aponte, Fernando and Roque, Anaís and Quintana, Enid and Shah, Sameer H. and Painter, Mary Angelica and Cuevas, Fernando (2024) Community-based Participatory Research and Praxis at the Nexus of Food, Water, and Energy Justice in Puerto Rico. In: 2024 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum, March 5, 2024, Alumni Hall, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)
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AbstractThis project consists of community-based participatory research and practice in the community of Corcovada, Puerto Rico, where recurrent climatic and non-climatic hazards, including hurricanes, earthquakes, and pandemics, create complex risks across interconnected food, energy, and water (FEW) systems. Our research-community partnership maps community social capital, co-develops and validates a survey on community health risks and vulnerabilities, and engages in a participatory budgeting process where the community has direct involvement and decision-making power over project funding allocation. The project continues to sustain and deepen relationships with the community of Corcovada by identifying resources that community members can draw from to exercise agency and make decisions on a program best suited to improve their community’s public health needs. Ultimately, by utilizing this bottom-up, community-centered approach, we seek to support community cohesion, reduce FEW-related public health risks following disasters, and strengthen community resilience. Share
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