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Community Engagement Core

社区参与核心

基本信息

批准号：
10698045
负责人：
Iris Herz Kaminski
金额：
$ 6.88万
依托单位：
YALE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-09-07 至 2027-06-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10698045
关键词：
Acute Address Advocate Affect Anxiety Area Atmosphere Cities Collaborations Communication Communities Community Health Complement Confusion County Data Dioxanes Doctor of Philosophy Education Education and Outreach Educational Materials Ensure Environment Equity Evaluation Exposure to Fostering Goals Government Government Agencies Greenland Health Health Policy Home Human Individual Intervention Investments Knowledge Lateral Leadership Learning Long Island Methods Modeling Monitor New England New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Phase Population Prevention Process Program Research Project Grants Public Health Public Policy Puerto Rico Recording of previous events Research Research Personnel Research Project Grants Resolution Resources Risk Scientist Services Site Solvents Superfund Technology Testing Training Training Programs Translating Translational Research Uncertainty United States Virgin Islands Universities Visit Water Water Pollutants Water Supply Work citizen science community engagement community partnership contaminated drinking water drinking water economic disparity empowerment environmental justice experience ground water health assessment improved interest landfill learning community member next generation outreach public drinking remediation skills superfund site tool tribal Nation vulnerable community water quality well water

项目摘要

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Community Engagement Core (CEC) will build bidirectional partnerships with target communities to enhance understanding of the health risks posed by emerging water contaminants in the environment (specifically 1,4- dioxane (1,4-DX)), and to provide interventional strategies that will improve public health and inform health policy. In the first phase of the project, the CEC will focus on communities in Nassau and Suffolk counties of Long Island, New York. These communities include residents whose public drinking water wells are impacted by nearby EPA Superfund sites. The CEC will work with the Research Translation Coordinator (in the Administrative Core) to develop replicable tools and resources to provide data and generate knowledge among stakeholders who are invested in addressing water-related issues in the State of New York, especially in areas near Superfund sites. To accomplish this, we will identify effective methods to communicate risk information to each stakeholder group, including the economically-disadvantaged and environmental justice communities proximal to these sites. The specter of emerging contaminants in drinking water is fraught with uncertainty about risk and appropriate courses of action, creating an atmosphere of confusion, blame, anxiety and, most importantly, mistrust. The CEC will address these challenges through facilitation of engagement and information exchange among the diverse and relevant constituencies in NY. We will create opportunities for constituent groups, including federal, state and local governmental agencies, to learn from each other and share information. We will encourage and facilitate multi-directional interactions among communities and experts to complement and support the Yale Superfund Research and Training Program’s (YSRTP’s) overarching objective of fostering research that improves the exposure assessment, health evaluations, and mitigation of emerging contaminants in drinking water in EPA Regions 1 (New England) and 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and eight Tribal Nations) and North Carolina. In addition, we will collaborate with the Research Experience and Training Coordination Core (RETCC) to educate and train the next generation of scientists to conduct citizen science and develop skills for advocating for environmental justice and equity. The initiatives implemented in this proposal will be transferable to other communities facing similar challenges including the State of New Hampshire, which will be the second targeted area for CEC activities. We will also be sharing our findings and experience with the North Carolina State University Superfund Center, which is collaborating with the YSRTP’s research projects. The overarching goal of the CEC is to engage, educate and empower residents in impacted communities so they may understand and inform public health policy, and participate in the improvement of public health. Results of this collaborative effort will have a significant impact on the health of human populations in New York and New Hampshire, aid the resolution of similar challenges at Superfund sites throughout the U.S.A., and enhance global efforts to monitor, remediate and determine the impact of water contaminants.

社区参与核心