The Flint water crisis

BJ Pauli - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Flint water crisis is one of the most significant environmental contamination events in
recent American history. In April 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan, while under the control of …

Troubling heroes: Reframing the environmental justice contributions of the Flint water crisis

JS Carrera, K Key - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While the story of the Flint water crisis has been shared widely, the popular narrative—
described in multiple documentaries and as evidenced by accolades heaped upon a limited …

Addressing trauma-informed principles in public health through training and practice

S Parker, V Johnson-Lawrence - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increasing prevalence of traumatic events requires our public health workforce to be
knowledgeable about ways trauma influences population and individual health. There is a …

Community science as a pathway for resilience in response to a public health crisis in Flint, Michigan

JS Carrera, K Key, S Bailey, JA Hamm, CA Cuthbertson… - Social Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
While the story of the Flint water crisis has frequently been told, even sympathetic analyses
have largely worked to make invisible the significant actions of Flint residents to protect and …

Right sizing Flint's infrastructure in the wake of the Flint water crisis would constitute an additional environmental injustice

RC Sadler, D Furr-Holden… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Right sizing has become an essential talking point in discussing next steps for postindustrial
and shrinking cities as they struggle to maintain outdated, outsized infrastructure. Yet the …

When water quality crises drive change: A comparative analysis of the policy processes behind major water contamination events

N Khan, KJ Charles - Exposure and Health, 2023 - Springer
The occurrence of major water contamination events across the world have been met with
varying levels of policy responses. Arsenic—a priority water contaminant globally, occurring …

Intersectionality, special populations, needs and suggestions: The Flint Women's study

M Hailemariam, JW Felton, K Key, DO Greer… - International journal for …, 2020 - Springer
Background Equitable access to services that promote health and wellbeing is an important
component of social justice. A community-engaged participatory qualitative study was …

“Flint can't get in the hearing”: The language of urban pathology in coverage of an American public health crisis

MC Carey, J Lichtenwalter - Journal of Communication …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines the presence and influence of urban pathology language in coverage
of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis. The use of urban pathology language to describe low …

Opportunities to “make macro matter” through the grand challenges for social work

S Teixeira, A Augsberger… - Families in …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative, led by the American Academy of Social
Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), aims to organize the social work profession around 12 …

“We bounce back from the worst of the worst”: assets of Flint-area women identified in the Flint Women's Study

M Hailemariam, T Bustos, J Felton, K Key… - Journal of Community …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Economically disadvantaged communities experience disproportionate health and social
challenges relative to more affluent areas. This study describes ways women support and …