Research Bio
Community Outreach and Education
The COEC maintains two-way links between environmental health research and the information needs of the community. My primary focus is addressing environmental health information and policy needs of the communities in and around Rochester. I participate in many local partnerships relating to environmental health including the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning, the Rochester Healthy Homes Partnership, the Water Education Collaborative and the Center for Environmental Information.
Childhood lead poisoning remains one of the most significant childhood environmental health risk in the Rochester area. I have been an active member of the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning since 2001, serving on its Governmental Relations Subcommittee and Executive Committee. I focus on translating environmental health information into relevant policy at the local, state, and federal levels.
Building on community partnerships established through the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning, I have worked with several community groups to develop education and outreach programs related to healthy homes.
We have also initiated outreach programs related to other EHSC research programs and in response to community needs, including risks from consuming Lake Ontario fish, concerns about air quality, the environmental contributors to obesity, and groundwater contamination.
As a policy scientist, most of my research has addressed on the role of science in the policy process. I focus on the role of community groups in the policy process, and particularly on how these groups generate, access, and use information.
2012
Korfmacher, K.S.; George, V. "Educating refugees to improve their home environmental health". Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2012; 18(5): 469-473. Link |
2011 Jan
Eisenberg KW, van Wijngaarden E, Fisher SG, Korfmacher KS, Campbell JR, Fernandez ID, Cochran J, Geltman PL. "Blood lead levels of refugee children resettled in Massachusetts, 2000 to 2007." American journal of public health.. 2011 Jan; 101(1):48-54. Epub 2010 Nov 18. |
2010
Korfmacher, K.S.; Ayoob, M.; Morley, R.L. "Rochester's lead Law: Evaluation of an environmental health policy innovation". Environmental Health Perspectives. 2010; 120(2): 309-315. Link |
2010
Korfmacher, K.S. "Boundary networks and Rochester's "smart" lead law: The use of multidisciplinary information in a collaborative policy process". New Solutions. 2010; . Link |
2008
Korfmacher, K.S.; Kuholski, K. "Rochester's Healthy Home: A community-based innovation to promote environmental health action". Environmental Practice. 2008; 10(3): 94-106. Link |
