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Front Cover -- Rural and Other MedicallyUnderserved Populations -- Copyright -- Contributors -- CONSULTING EDITOR -- EDITORS -- AUTHORS -- Contents -- Foreword: Social Justice: A Basis for Health Care Delivery -- Preface: Rural and Other Medically Underserved Populations -- Diabetes and Hearing Loss Among Underserved Populations -- Cardiovascular Health Among an Underserved Population: Clinical Implications -- Exploring Health Implications of Disparities Associated with Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Populations -- Assessing Health Issues in States with Large Minority Populations -- Best Practices for Effective Clinical Partnerships with Indigenous Populations of North America (American Indian, Alaska Na ... -- Enhancing the Collection, Discussion and Use of Family Health History by Consumers, Nurses and Other Health Care Providers: ... -- Health Information Seeking Among Rural African Americans, Caucasians, and Hispanics: It Is Built, Did They Come? -- Impact of Age and Comorbidity on Cervical and Breast Cancer Literacy of African Americans, Latina, and Arab Women -- Interactive Multimedia Tailored to Improve Diabetes Self-Management -- Smoking in Rural and Underserved Pregnant Women -- The Presence of Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Underserved Preschool Children -- Using Mobile Technologies to Access Evidence-Based Resources: A Rural Health Clinic Experience -- A Clinical Protocol for the Assessment of Obesity: Addressing an Epidemic -- Rural Health and the Nonemergency Use of Emergency Medical Services -- NURSING CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA -- FORTHCOMING ISSUES -- December 2015 -- March 2016 -- June 2016 -- RECENT ISSUES -- June 2015 -- March 2015 -- December 2014 -- Social Justice: A Basis for Health Care Delivery -- REFERENCES -- Rural and Other Medically Underserved Populations -- REFERENCES.

Through each era, the southeastern United States was and continues to be an epicenter for industrial companies to establish factories and plants. Though this development attracts economic gain for the companies and surrounding areas, low-income and predominantly Black communities bear the brunt of the environmental consequences while frequently remaining stagnant economically. This qualitative, community-based participatory research study grew out of a larger study designed to recruit lay community advisors from communities labeled as hard to reach in research. We focus on Holt, Alabama, an unincorporated community in the southeastern United States region. The primary goal of this research inquiry is to thematically analyze community interviews stemming from a topic of research, practice, and policy interest to community members: the effects of industrial pollution on Holt citizens' daily lives. Content analysis of focus-group transcripts revealed four emergent themes, including: (1) how the pollution affects their water, soil, and air quality; (2) illness related to pollution; (3) community engagement and empowerment; and (4) suggestions regarding what government officials could do to address this area of need. Building upon the prior research regarding environmental justice, human flourishing, and the definition of nurturing environments, suggestions are made regarding the creation, implementation, and maintenance of project advisory councils focused on issues of environmental justice. Community advocacy and empowerment as well as community and scientific partnerships are imperative to alleviate problems associated with environmental justice.