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Table 8: Actions Toward KL Environmental Health Project Priorities from 2017 to 2023.

Dates of successful implementation indicate when enough resources were secured to initiate a service/program and do not include the community organizing time that predated this project.

Household exposures to environmental carcinogens:

2018 Research study to model pesticide exposure and sample households to fill regulatory monitoring data gaps. Samples were also collected after the Camp Fire in the neighboring organic region.
2021 One Health Center implemented pulmonary health monitoring program.
2021 County cleaned up environmental hazards found along river road that provided shelters to residents experiencing houselessness.
2021 Youth participatory action research documented the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and environmental justice in Knights Landing and Firebaugh agricultural communities.
2022 Community leaders partnered with UC Davis wildfire research group to inform studies of wildfire smoke exposures for pregnant people and to deploy do-it-yourself air filters into agricultural communities.

Consumption of addictive substances:

2019 One Health Center launched smoking cessation services and cost-effective mental/emotional health resources.
2019 Research interviews with local smokers and non-smokers compared their experiences and goals for a healthier town.
2021 Support groups were strengthened for those experiencing addiction and their loved ones.
2021 One Health Center initiated a Mental Health Program.
2022 Research interviews focused on mental/emotional health for elderly people and their needs to connect with services and community.

Cancer detection access:

2018 One Health Center developed an annual mammogram program.
2018 Research team conducted follow up community health assessment survey.
2019 Research team volunteered to encourage more engagement with rural communities for the UC Davis Cancer Center needs assessment.
2023 Research team conducted follow up community health assessment survey and formally committed to a 5-year cycle.

Occupational safety:

2017 Promotora-researcher word-of-mouth campaign encouraged farmworkers to keep their potentially contaminated work clothes away from their cars and homes.
2018 and 2021 Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety partnership brought occupational health resources to residents including pandemic essential worker resources.
2018, 2020, 2021 One Health Center promptly distributed personal protective equipment to essential workers during hazardous wildfire smoke periods and the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 One Health Center and UC Davis Medical School launched monthly farmworker lung health monitoring with special consideration for working conditions, smoke, heat, and COVID-19 exposure.

Housing quality including neighborhood isolation from health resources and services:

2017 Community- and student-volunteers conducted a food access health assessment, completed a community-led design process, and built a community garden.
2018 One Health Center created a health education program including healthy cooking classes.
2019 Promotora-researchers partnered with local organizations to successfully lobby for a park revitalization and increased access to public transportation.
2020 - 2023 One Health Center and local nonprofits increased resource tables for residents (for example: food pantry, pet food, toiletries, and personal protective equipment).