Community Engagement Core

摘要：社区参与核心（CEC） 社区参与核心（CEC）的愿景是作为信息和通信 墨西哥湾沿岸精密环境健康中心（GC-CPEH）利益相关者和目标的轴 受众，包括我们的领导层、中心成员、社区成员和组织、 环境公共卫生信息和参与环境卫生相关决策的人员。 我们的使命是促进中心科学的翻译，提高环境健康素养， 这些关系将导致研究响应我们社区的需求。我们的最终目标是提高 社区对环境健康问题的认识和理解，同时协助研究人员 了解那些对社区重要的问题，从而为他们的科学研究提供信息。 社区参与核心的具体目标是： 具体目标1：翻译和传播中心的科学知识，以提高环境公共卫生 认识和理解，并提高个人和组织的能力， 知情的环境卫生和卫生政策决定。 具体目标2：开创新的多方向沟通战略，让社区合作伙伴参与， 告知中心的方向和计划，确定环境问题，并建立 向利益攸关方传播相关环境卫生信息。这涉及到合作 CEC和社区合作伙伴之间，制定和实施响应方案，以解决 紧急和长期需求，包括灾害研究响应（DR 2）活动， 新提出的军事暴露和健康活动。 具体目标3：推进社区参与和环境健康传播领域， 加强中心研究人员对社区参与式研究（CBPR）的使用， 评估参与活动、进程和成果，并在区域一级传播最佳做法 在国家一级，包括NIEHS环境公共卫生伙伴关系（PEPH）。

ABSTRACT: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE (CEC) The Vision for the Community Engagement Core (CEC) is to serve as the information and communications axis for the Gulf Coast Center for Precision Environmental Health’s (GC-CPEH) stakeholders and target audiences, including our leadership, Center Members, community members and organizations, consumers of environmental public health information, and those engaged in policymaking related to environmental health. Our Mission is to facilitate translation of Center science, increase environmental health literacy, and build relationships that will lead to research responsive to our communities’ needs. Our ultimate Goal is to improve community awareness and understanding of environmental health issues, while assisting researchers to understand those concerns of importance to the community and thus inform their scientific studies. The Specific Aims of the Community Engagement Core are: Specific Aim 1: Translate and disseminate Center science to increase environmental public health awareness and understanding, and enhance the capacity of individuals and organizations to make informed environmental health and health policy decisions. Specific Aim 2: Pioneer new multi-directional communication strategies to engage community partners to inform Center directions and programs, identify environmental concerns, and establish avenues for disseminating relevant environmental health information to stakeholders. This involves collaborations between the CEC and community partners to develop and implement responsive programs to address both emergent and longstanding needs, including Disaster Research Response (DR2) activities and newly proposed Military Exposures and Health activities. Specific Aim 3: Advance the field of community engagement and environmental health communication by enhancing community-based participatory research (CBPR) use by Center investigators and rigorously evaluating engagement activities, processes, and outcomes and disseminating best practices at regional and national levels, including the NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH).