Core--Outreach

外达核心是BU SBRP和社区之间的沟通渠道。七家组织和美国环保署第一地区超级基金社区参与计划已经同意参与其运作。核心的目的是促进信息在两个方向上的流动，由参与的社区团体（已获得其合作并取得了合作通知书）组织的报告、会议和小型课程，由联合国儿童基金会的调查人员参加；以及一个社区咨询委员会，就如何使用和理解信息以及社区希望回答哪些不同或额外的问题向项目提供反馈。科学项目的“内在逻辑”经常导致与社区关注的方向不符。但这种逻辑很少令人信服，以至于只有一个方向是可能的。因此，有机会听到社区的担忧是对新的研究方向或重点的重要潜在影响。与该方案工作有关的教育材料将分发给适当的社区团体和保健专业人员。核心计划的一个主要部分将是针对来自服务不足社区的高中生和社区大学生的实习计划，以促进他们对环境健康科学相关职业的兴趣。

The Out reach Core serves as the communication channel between the BU SBRP and the community. Seven organizations plus the EPA Region I Superfund Community Involvement Program have agreed to participate in its operation. The Core is designed to facilitate the movement of information in both directions, with BU SBRP investigators participating in presentations, meetings and mini-courses organized by participating community groups (whose cooperation is already secured and letters of collaboration obtained); and a Community Advisory Committee providing feedback to the Program on how the information is being used and understood, and what kinds of different or additional questions the community would like answered. The "internal logic" of a scientific project frequently leads in directions that do not match community concerns. But that logic is rarely so compelling that only one direction is possible. The opportunity to hear about what worries communities is thus an important potential influence on new research directions or emphases. Educational materials related to the program's work will be distributed to appropriate community groups and health care professionals. A major portion of the Core will be an internship program aimed at high school and community college students from under-served communities to promote interest in careers related to environmental health sciences.