Community Engagement Core

社区参与核心(CEC)摘要 社区参与是哥伦比亚大学北部平原超级基金研究项目目标的核心 计划(CUNP-SRP)，旨在通过以下方式减少对砷(As)、铀(U)和其他金属的暴露 系统科学、传统知识和技术创新。部落社区，类似于其他农村社区 社区，不成比例地暴露于人为和地源地下水中的As和U 消息来源。CUNP-SRP的社区参与核心(CEC)将在#年与部落社区合作 北达科他州和南达科他州受到饮用水中有毒元素的影响。CEC的主要目标是 减少饮用水中金属的暴露，并通过双向和 参与性社区参与、宣传、公民科学、能力建设和影响评估。这个 CEC建立在哥伦比亚大学和密苏里州Break Industries Research，Inc.之间的强大合作基础上。 (MBIRI)和强心研究(SHS)。MBIRI是一家美洲原住民拥有的研究公司，它与 与部落国家有25年的历史，位于南达科他州的中心。SHS是一项前瞻性队列研究 自1989年以来，在美洲土著人口中开展了心脏代谢性疾病及其危险因素研究。这个 CUNP-SRP CEC的目标将促使所有项目科学家和当地社区成员：(1) 将不同部落和农村社区成员的北部平原观点纳入所有国家方案--SRP 活动(通过社区咨询委员会、部落研究座谈会和交流组合)； (2)提供外展服务和教育，以支持改善饮用水水质的循证方法 在北部平原(包括项目5开发的强化补救技术)；和(3)防止 通过营养干预实现与金属有关的心脏代谢结果(见项目3和4)。至 为了实现这些目标，我们将利用与不同和多层次的利益相关者建立的伙伴关系 部落社区，包括与资源和环境有关的部落和政府伙伴，高中 学生和教师、部落官员和长老以及社区成员。CEC专注于一个社区 参与并融入所有项目，帮助收集水样和确定安全饮用水 资源(项目1、2和3)，了解健康风险(项目3和4)，实施预防 战略(项目1、3和4)，采用新的补救战略(项目5)，并提供实践 为SRP学员和当地社区成员提供机会。CEC还将利用强有力的伙伴关系 与其他致力于改善土著社区和其他农村社区公共卫生的SRP中心合作 环境。致力于维护部落主权和公民和社区的权利 为了以平等伙伴的身份参与科学进程，CEC将在缓解地下水污染方面发挥重要作用。 北部平原部落社区的金属暴露和相关疾病，使饮用水更安全和 推广健康的传统饮食，改善营养状况，预防心脏代谢性疾病。

Community Engagement Core (CEC) Summary Community engagement is central to the goals of the Columbia University Northern Plains Superfund Research Program (CUNP-SRP), which seeks to reduce exposure to arsenic (As), uranium (U), and other metals through systems science, traditional knowledge, and technology innovation. Tribal communities, similar to other rural communities, are disproportionately exposed to As and U in groundwater from anthropogenic and geogenic sources. The Community Engagement Core (CEC) of the CUNP-SRP will partner with tribal communities in North and South Dakota affected by toxic elements in drinking water. The main objectives of the CEC are to mitigate exposure to metals in drinking water and prevent related health outcomes through bidirectional and participatory community engagement, advocacy, citizen science, capacity building, and impact evaluation. The CEC builds upon a strong collaboration between Columbia University, Missouri Breaks Industries Research, Inc. (MBIRI), and the Strong Heart Study (SHS). MBIRI is a Native American-owned research firm that has partnered with tribal nations for 25 years and is centrally located in South Dakota. The SHS is a prospective cohort study of cardiometabolic disease and its risk factors in Native American populations, ongoing since 1989. The objectives of the CUNP-SRP CEC will engage all Project scientists and local community members to: (1) integrate the Northern Plains perspective of diverse tribal and rural community members into all CUNP-SRP activities (through a Community Advisory Committee, tribal research symposia, and communication portfolio); (2) provide outreach and education to support evidence-based approaches for improving drinking water quality in the Northern Plains (including enhanced remediation technology developed by Project 5); and (3) prevent metal-related cardiometabolic outcomes through nutritional interventions (informed by Projects 3 and 4). To achieve these aims, we will leverage established partnerships with diverse and multi-tiered stakeholders across tribal communities including tribal and government partners involved in resources and environment, high school students and teachers, tribal officials and elders, and community members. The CEC focuses on a community that is engaged and integrated in all Projects, helping collect water samples and identifying safe drinking water resources (Projects 1, 2, and 3), understanding the health risks (Projects 3 and 4), implementing prevention strategies (Projects 1, 3, and 4), adapting novel remediation strategies (Project 5), and providing hands-on opportunities for SRP trainees and local community members. The CEC will also leverage strong partnerships with other SRP centers that strive to improve public health in Indigenous communities and other rural environments. With a commitment to safeguarding tribal sovereignty and the right of citizens and communities to participate as equal partners in the scientific process, the CEC will play a major role in mitigating groundwater metal exposures and related disease in Northern Plains tribal communities, making drinking water safer and promoting healthy traditional diets that improve nutritional status and can prevent cardiometabolic disease.