Community Engagement Core

社区参与核心

• 批准号: 10352516
• 负责人: Laurel A. Schaider
• 金额: $ 11.63万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10352516
• 关键词: Academy; Address; Advisory Committees; Affect; Area; Awareness; Cods; Collaborations; Communication; Communities; Consumption; County; Decision Making; Educational Curriculum; Environment; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Pollution; Event; Exposure to; Feedback; Film; Fire - disasters; Fishes; Focus Groups; Food; Fostering; Goals; Group Interviews; Guidelines; Health; High School Faculty; Household; Intervention; Interview; Learning; Location; Massachusetts; Military Personnel; Municipalities; Nonprofit Organizations; Outcome; Participant; Patient Recruitments; Poly-fluoroalkyl substances; Privatization; Process; Public Health; Research; Resources; Risk; Risk Reduction; Sampling; Shellfish; Source; Students; Surface; System; Testing; Training; Translational Research; Tribes; Update; Wampanoag; Water; Water Supply; Water consumption; Work; aqueous; base; community center; community engagement; community organizations; contaminated drinking water; contaminated water; design; drinking water; effectiveness evaluation; experience; exposure pathway; ground water; high school; innovation; interest; malignant breast neoplasm; member; novel; pollutant; prevent; programs; risk perception; septic; symposium; tribal lands; tribal member; water quality; well water

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT – COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE (CEC) The STEEP Community Engagement Core (CEC) will address community concerns about per- and polyfluoro- alkyl substances (PFAS), with a goal of developing intervention strategies to reduce exposures and prevent adverse health outcomes. CEC activities will center on Cape Cod, MA, where the sole source aquifer, which provides drinking water to 200000 year-round and 500000 summer residents, has been contaminated by aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) use at a municipal fire training academy, military base, airport, and other locations. Initial findings from STEEP’s private wells study suggest domestic wastewater entering groundwater from septic systems also can be a source of PFAS to private wells on Cape Cod. While public and private drinking water wells with PFAS levels above health guidelines are now being treated for PFAS, environmental exposures may remain elevated from consumption of locally grown produce in areas with historical drinking water contamination and consumption of fish and shellfish in areas with contaminated surface waters. CEC will strengthen and extend existing bidirectional connections throughout Cape Cod to address local concerns, increase public awareness, and develop intervention strategies to reduce PFAS exposures. CEC will continue to engage with town and county health officials, water suppliers, environmental NGOs, and residents. Bidirectional approaches will include holding focus groups with target communities, hosting STEEP community update events, participating in community events throughout Cape Cod, and serving as a resource to inform decision making processes. CEC will work with the Administrative Core (AC) on research translation to develop informational materials and continue to engage with local media to reach a broad audience. CEC will extend its partnership with the Mashpee-Wampanoag Tribe to evaluate exposures among tribal members and develop culturally specific risk reduction strategies. STEEP trainees will connect with high school teachers to educate students about PFAS and other pollutants and inspire their interest in protecting water quality. Aim 1: Address community concerns about PFAS exposures from environmental sources by offering a testing program for homegrown produce and locally caught fish and shellfish and supporting STEEP’s extended exposure assessment in Hyannis. Aim 2: Collaborate with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to collect fish, shellfish, and well water for PFAS analysis, develop identity-based messaging strategies to communicate PFAS risks with tribal members, and evaluate the effectiveness of various messages and delivery channels to reduce PFAS exposures. Aim 3: Connect STEEP trainees with high schools on Cape Cod to enhance understanding of PFAS and other water quality issues through supplemental curriculum and Cape-wide high school water quality summits. Aim 4: Collaborate with community organizations on Cape Cod and more broadly to educate and empower communities affected by PFAS contamination.

项目摘要/摘要-社区参与核心(CEC) 陡峭社区参与核心(CEC)将解决社区对每氟和多氟- 烷基物质(PFAS)，目标是制定干预战略，以减少暴露和预防 不利的健康后果。CEC活动将集中在马萨诸塞州科德角，那里是唯一的含水层来源， 为200000名常年居民和500000名夏季居民提供饮用水，受到 水成膜泡沫(AFFF)，用于市政消防培训学院、军事基地、机场等 地点。斯泰特私人水井研究的初步发现表明，生活污水进入地下水 来自化粪池系统的污染物也可能是科德角私人油井的全氟辛烷磺酸的来源。在公共场合和私人场合饮酒时 PFAS水平高于健康标准的水井现在正在接受PFAS、环境暴露的治疗 在有历史饮用水的地区消费当地种植的农产品可能会保持较高水平 地表水受污染地区的鱼类和贝类的污染和消费。 CEC将加强和扩展整个科德角现有的双向连接，以解决当地 关注问题，提高公众意识，并制定干预战略，以减少全氟辛烷磺酸的暴露。CEC将 继续与镇县卫生官员、自来水供应商、环保非政府组织和居民接触。 双向方法将包括与目标社区举办焦点小组，主办陡峭的社区 更新活动，参与整个科德角的社区活动，并作为信息资源 决策过程。CEC将与行政核心(AC)合作开发研究翻译 宣传材料，并继续与当地媒体接触，以接触到广泛的受众。CEC将延长其 与马什皮-万帕诺亚格部落建立伙伴关系，以评估部落成员之间的接触，并制定 特定于文化的风险降低战略。陡峭的学员将与高中教师联系起来进行教育 让学生了解全氟辛烷磺酸和其他污染物，并激发他们保护水质的兴趣。 目标1：通过提供一项测试，解决社区对环境来源中全氟辛烷磺酸暴露的担忧 本地生产和本地捕捞的鱼和贝类的计划，并支持SIGH的扩展 在Hyannis进行暴露评估。 目标2：与Mashpee Wampanoag部落合作，为PFAS收集鱼、贝类和井水 分析、制定基于身份的报文传送策略，以便与部落成员沟通PFAS风险，以及 评估各种信息和传递渠道的有效性，以减少全氟辛烷磺酸的暴露。 目标3：将陡峭的受训者与科德角的高中联系起来，以加强对PFAS和其他 通过补充课程和全开普省高中水质峰会解决水质问题。 目标4：在科德角问题上与社区组织合作，并在更广泛的范围内教育和增强能力 受全氟辛烷磺酸污染的社区。