Community Outreach and Engagement Core

摘要 社区外展和参与核心（COEC）的目标是提高环境健康 提高公共卫生专业人员、社区卫生工作者和弱势群体的识字率， 了解新兴的环境健康科学研究，并使他们能够使知情 决定减少家庭和社区的有害环境暴露。我们要完成这个目标 通过以下目标：1）促进UNC-CEHS成员和社区合作伙伴之间的对话， 环境健康科学研究活动和社区关注的问题， 研究和社区解决方案; 2）提高公共卫生从业人员和社区的能力 卫生教育工作者使弱势群体和其他客户参与与当地有关的环境卫生 3）扩大获得环境卫生教育材料的机会 通过开发和评估在线教育工具。COEC对UNC-CEHS主题至关重要， 最终将其转化为北卡罗来纳州的社区。COEC活动的多样性 所有UNC-CEHS转化研究重点领域确保UNC-CEHS在全州范围内的广泛影响， 以及我们的科学家和社区合作伙伴之间的联系。多方向的交流， COEC工作的基础对于实现UNC-CEHS的转化目标至关重要。

Abstract The goal of the Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC) is to enhance the environmental health literacy of public health professionals, community health workers and vulnerable populations, increasing their understanding of emergent environmental health sciences research and empowering them to make informed decisions to reduce harmful environmental exposures in homes and communities. We accomplish this goal through the following aims: 1) Foster dialogue among UNC-CEHS members and community partners about environmental health sciences research activity and community concerns to inform development of responsive research and community solutions; 2) Enhance the capacity of public health practitioners and community health educators to engage vulnerable populations and other clients on locally relevant environmental health issues using a train-the-trainer approach; and 3) Broaden access to environmental health education materials through development and evaluation of online educational tools. The COEC is a vital to the UNC-CEHS theme, implementing the ultimate translation to North Carolina communities. The diversity of COEC activities across all UNC-CEHS Translational Research focus areas ensures a broad reach for UNC-CEHS across the State as well as connectivity among our scientists and community partners. The multidirectional communication that is the foundation of the COEC's work is critical to meeting the translational goals of UNC-CEHS.