Advancing Environmental Health Science Research and Translation in India through Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

Plenary Session I

9.30 am – 10.00 am

Welcome and Overview of the Conference, its Objectives and Design – An Introduction of Participants

• Dr. Rajesh Tandon, Founder & President, Participatory Research in Asia, New Delhi
• Dr. Edith A. Parker, Dean, University of Iowa College of Public Health
• Dr. Rajiv Kumar Tayal, Executive Director, Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF) (tbc)

10.00 am – 11.00 am

Overview of Environmental Health Research: Global and Indian perspective

• Dr. Gwen W. Collman, Director, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH
• Dr. Bonolata Sen, Independent Researcher

Moderator: Dr. Kamalesh Sarkar, Director, National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad

11.00 am – 11.30 am

Tea Break

Plenary Session II

11.30 am – 01.00 pm

History, Methodology and Impacts of Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

• Dr. Rajesh Tandon – Practice of CBPR in India
• Dr. Edith Parker – Application of CBPR on Environmental Health Research in US

Moderator: Mr. Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxic Link, New Delhi

01.00 pm – 02.00 pm

Lunch

Plenary Session III

02.00 pm – 03:00 pm

India and US Case studies on health impacts of pesticides

• Dr. Nanda Kishore Kannuri, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad
• Dr. Kim Harley, Associate Director for Health Effects, Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health, University of California, Berkeley

Moderator: Dr. D Manavalan, Executive Director, Action for Food Production, New Delhi

03.00 pm – 03:30 pm

Tea Break

Small Group Discussion: Part 1

03:30 pm – 05.00 pm

Small group discussion on:

• Partnership development
• Building trusting relationships
• Listening and valuing local knowledge
• Framing research questions
• Negotiating MoUs and protocol agreements for research project

05.00 pm – 05.30 pm

Report small-group discussions back to full group

06.30 pm

Dinner

Plenary Session I

09.00 am – 10.30 am

India and US Case Studies on Environmental Disaster – Floods and Hurricanes

• Dr. Upasana Ghosh, Senior Researcher, Indian Institute of Health Management
• Dr. Diana Rohlman, Assistant Resezrch Professor, Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences
• Dr. Jill Johnston, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Moderator: Mr. Binoy Acharya, Executive Director, UNNATI, Ahmedabad

10.30 am – 11:00 am

Tea break

Small Group Discussion: Part 2

11.00 am – 12:00 pm

Small group discussion on:
Conducting research – ethical and institutional review community engaged data collections, arts based methods, PRA tools, joint analysis of data with community

12.00 pm – 12.30 pm

Report small-group discussions back to full group

12.30 pm – 01.30 pm

Lunch

Plenary Session II

01.30 pm – 03.00 pm

India and US case studies on Air Pollution (ambient and household)

• Dr. Anand Krishnan, Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
• Dr. Doug Brugge, Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
• Dr. Praveen Kumar, Assistant Professor, Boston College School of Social Work

Moderator: Mr. Dunu Roy, Director, Hazard Centre, New Delhi

03.00 pm – 04.00 pm

Small group discussion on:
Public Engagement, knowledge mobilization and dissemination of research findings to different stakeholders

04:00 pm – 04:30 pm

Tea break

04:30 pm – 05:00 pm

Report small-group discussions back to full group

05:00 pm onwards

Evening Free

Workshop Exercise: Mapping out next steps for a CBPR environmental research proposal

09.00 am – 11.00 am

Guided exercise: First steps of developing a CBPR research project.
Participants will divided into the three exposure groups (Air Pollution, Environmental Disasters, Pesticide Exposure) and will develop ideas for a collaborative research project using principles of CBPR discussed on Day 1 and Day 2.

• What are potential CBPR environmental health research topics that you/your agency could conduct?
• How would you identify your community partners?
• How would you listen to your community partners?
• What would you and your organization need, within India or externally, to make this research possible?
• How could this research be useful to promote healthy environments?

Facilitators
Air Pollution

• Dr. Anand Krishnan, Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
• Dr. Doug Brugge, Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Environmental Disasters:

• Dr. Upasana Ghosh, Senior Lecturer, Indian Institute of Public Health, Bhubaneswar
• Dr. Diana Rohlman, Assistant Research Professor, Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences

Pesticide Exposure

• Dr. Nanda Kishore Kannuri, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad
• Dr. Kim Harley, Associate Director for Health Effects, Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health, University of California, Berkeley

11.00 – 11.30 am

Tea break

Plenary Session II

11.30 am – 01.30 pm

Report-back on morning exercise, with focus on identifying areas and processes of building Indo – US Environmental Health Research partnerships using CBPR

Facilitators from the thematic small group sessions will report back to the plenary

Commentators:

• Dr. Rajesh Tandon – Practice of CBPR in India
• Dr. Edith Parker – Application of CBPR on Environmental Health Research in US
• Dr. Gwen W. Collman, Director, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH

Chair: Dr. Ashok Ghosh, Chairperson, Bihar State Pollution Control Board

01.00 pm – 02.00 pm

Lunch

02.00 pm

Departure to American Centre

03.00 pm – 05.00 pm

Public program on Environmental Health and Actionable Research at American centre
Reporting back the proceedings of workshop

• Dr. Banalata Sen, Workshop Consultant

Panelists:

• Dr. Rajesh Tandon, Founder & President, Participatory Research in Asia, New Delhi
• Dr. Edith A. Parker, Dean, University of Iowa College of Public Health
• Dr. Gwen W. Collman, Director, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH
• Mr. Jagdish Patel, Director, Peoples Training and Research Centre, Ahmedabad
• Ms Jyoti Pande Lavakare, President & Co-Founder, Care for Air, New Delhi

Moderator: Dr. Preetha Rajaraman, Health Attache, US Embassy, New Delhi