Community Outreach and Dissemination Core

德克萨斯大学加尔维斯顿分校（UTMB）自2010年5月以来一直参与应对深水地平线灾难。与社区团体的多次讨论表明，人们主要关注的是，人们对石油中产岩多环烃（PAHs）的安全性以及对食物网和人类健康的长期影响缺乏了解。由于许多家庭不仅以海湾海鲜为生，而且还依靠其收获获得经济支持，因此人们的担忧有所增加。因此，本提案旨在了解墨西哥湾石油污染对健康的长期影响，重点是鳍鱼和贝类以及食用它们对人类的潜在影响。CODC采用基于社区的参与性研究方法，让社区积极参与所有活动。CODC包括来自洛杉矶、阿拉巴马州和密歇根州、UTMB、宾夕法尼亚大学、德克萨斯农工大学加尔维斯顿分校、洛杉矶州立大学和亚利桑那州立大学的社区团体。其目标是作为社区合作伙伴、科学家、地方卫生官员、政策制定者和医疗机构之间双向沟通的机制

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) has been Involved in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster since May 2010. Multiple discussions with community groups have revealed primary concerns over lack of knowledge regarding the safety of petrogenic polycyclic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the oil and long-term effects on the food web and human health. Concerns are increased since many families not only subsist on Gulf seafood but also rely on its harvest for financial support. This proposal thus seeks to understand the long-term health effects from contamination of the Gulf by oil, with emphasis on finfish and shellfish and potential effects in humans consuming them. The CODC embraces a Community-Based Participatory Research approach, actively involving communities in all activities. The CODC includes community groups from LA, AL and MS, UTMB, the University of Pennsylvania, Texas A&M University at Galveston, LA State University, and the University of AZ. Its goal is to serve as the mechanism for bidirectional communication among community partners, scientists, local health officials, policy makers, and the greater public. The CODC will utilize scientific findings to create programs in outreach, intervention, and education to increase the resiliency of affected communities. Specific aims include: 1) Develop CODC network based on previous disaster recovery interventions 2) Develop and maintain the Stakeholder Advisory Board as the mechanism for bidirectional communication among community stakeholders and academic consortium members; 3) Develop methods for outreach, intervention, and education based upon scientific findings related to risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication; 4) Develop methods to translate and disseminate findings to the broader public; 5) Translate findings from the Project 1 investigation of the inherent/traditional community resilience in affected communities and utilize them to build community resiliency capacity; 6) Develop strategies to provide answers to health-related questions from impacted individuals or communities; and 7) Evaluate study processes and results to determine success in reducing vulnerability and increasing the resilience of communities involved.