![]() ![]() These recommendations have since been shared with multiple community organizations within and beyond the ORAEA, as well as at a virtual stakeholder event for interviewees and other community members. From these conversations, we did a thematic analysis and distilled the strengths and challenges that interviewees identified into five themes: 1) perception of the health risks of smoke 2) current ways of sharing information about smoke 3) trusted sources of information 4) gaps and opportunities and 5) perceptions of prescribed fire.īased on these themes, we also developed a set of six recommended actions to share with other communities in the region who are similarly impacted by smoke. Over the course of six months, we hosted 17 virtual interviews and six in person focus groups to learn about smoke risk communication from the community perspective. Through a series of interviews and focus group discussions, we sought to learn from the perspectives of tribal and non-tribal community members in the ORAEA about how they approach wildfire smoke risk communication. Because of this, communities in the ORAEA have a unique perspective and practiced expertise in smoke readiness and communication. In 2021, over 140,000 acres burned in the ORAEA, and 41% of days had moderate or worse air quality. Rural and tribal communities in the Okanogan River Airshed Emphasis Area (ORAEA), which includes the towns of Omak and Okanogan, as well as the Western Colville Reservation, are highly impacted by smoke from both wildfires and prescribed fires. Nicole Errett, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health SciencesĬody Desautel, Confederated Tribes of the Colville ReservationĪs wildfire seasons increase in frequency and intensity, the Pacific Northwest is facing a public health crisis of extreme wildfire smoke. Savannah D’Evelyn, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Half of the funding for this award came via a partnership with UW’s EarthLab, which works in partnership with others to co-produce and catalyze actionable science.Įrnesto Alvarado, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Further findings related to facilitators and barriers to equitable service delivery will inform next steps for community collaborations.Ĭharacterizing Risk Communication around Smoke Exposure in Rural and Tribal Communities in the Okanogan River Airshed Emphasis Area Personal identity (e.g., race, ethnicity, bilingualism), personal growth (e.g., cultural humility) and on-the-job learnings, along with access to interpretation/translation and representative materials were additional themes related to equitable services in both public school and early intervention settings. These professionals leverage strategies for culturally responsive practices, while also encountering barriers that range from limited time to connect with families or students to policies and processes in the broader system of service delivery. Using qualitative interviews, we sought to understand the perspectives and experiences of those who provide or oversee speech-language pathology services to children with communication disorders of diverse backgrounds. ![]() Through this project, we have connected with nearly two dozen (N =23) SLPs and administrators in King and Pierce Counties in both public school settings and early intervention settings. This research was designed to deepen understanding of contributors to disparities in speech-language pathology (SLP) service delivery to children with communication disorders of diverse racial, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, as well as to initiate local community connections. Sara Kover, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences Awardees of 2021 pilot research grants report final project outcomesĪddressing Inequities in Speech-Language Pathology Services for Children with Communication Disorders.Assessing drivers of HPV vaccine hesitancy. ![]() ![]()
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