Community Engagement Core

摘要/摘要：在密歇根州，人们越来越担心非常不稳定、不稳定和半不稳定的 有机化合物（以下统称为VOC）。这些有害物质是碳- 容易或不太容易转变为蒸气或气相的基于乙烯的化合物，包括：三氯乙烯， 四氯乙烯、苯、甲苯、乙苯和二甲苯。VOCs污染浅层土壤， 地下水的后工业城市在超级基金，住宅，商业和工业物业，导致 通过蒸汽侵入暴露。环境意识和研究领导中心（CLEAR） 致力于了解和减轻这一严重的环境健康问题。社区 参与核心（CEC）是CLEAR社区参与和教育的手臂。中央选举委员会将促进 以社区为中心的过程，以保护人类健康和告知公共政策。中央选举委员会将努力 在整个底特律-一个城市的有毒废物的遗产在其工业区和社区，一个旧的住房 贫困率为39.4%。这些因素使底特律居民容易受到VOC的影响 通过蒸汽侵入房屋。CEC将与社区成员一起努力， 挥发性有机化合物暴露的来源，并防止和减少挥发性有机化合物暴露，重点是减少母婴 健康风险。CEC的目标是：（1）让社区领导人参与社区咨询， （2）利用多种机制， 通过将居民纳入焦点小组， 论坛，调查和双向短信通信;（3）包括底特律居民作为公民 科学家评估他们家中挥发性有机化合物的风险，帮助他们了解这些危害， 解决他们的问题，并让他们参与具体的活动，以减少他们家中的挥发性有机化合物;（4） 让居民参与建立一个报告房屋评估结果的程序， 在底特律制定干预和预防议程。 CEC将通过研究和外展活动，提高当地社区对VOCs的认识，包括 家庭评估，以测量家庭中的VOC。CEC将提供有关潜在来源的信息， 挥发性有机化合物，并使社区成员了解减少家中挥发性有机化合物含量的策略， 根据SRP的第四个任务。CEC将与居民和领导人进行双向互动， 沟通，以评估社区在环境危害方面的优先事项。此外，CEC将 动员CLEAR研究人员、社区成员和地方组织应对已查明的危害。

Summary/Abstract: Across Michigan, there is growing concern about very volatile, volatile, and semi-volatile organic compounds (henceforth collectively referred to as VOCs). These hazardous substances are carbon- based compounds that readily or less readily transition to the vapor or gas phase, including: trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene. VOCs contaminate shallow soils and groundwater of post-industrial cities at Superfund, residential, commercial, and industrial properties, leading to exposures via vapor intrusion. The Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research (CLEAR) is dedicated to understanding and mitigating this serious environmental health problem. The Community Engagement Core (CEC) is CLEAR’s arm for community engagement and education. The CEC will facilitate a community-centered process to protect human health and inform public policy. The CEC will direct its efforts across Detroit—a city with a legacy of toxic waste in its industrial areas and neighborhoods, an older housing stock, and a poverty rate of 39.4 percent. These factors make Detroit residents vulnerable to VOC exposure through vapor intrusion into homes. The CEC will engage community members in efforts to identify potential sources of VOC exposure, and prevent and reduce VOC exposure, with a focus on reducing infant-maternal health risks. The CEC aims to: (1) Engage community leaders who are a part of the Community Advisory Board to leverage networks and enhance the effectiveness of the CEC; (2) Use multiple mechanisms for bidirectional community engagement in CLEAR by including residents in focus groups, community forums, surveys, and two-way text messaging communications; (3) Include Detroit residents as citizen scientists in assessing the risks of VOCs in their homes, help them to understand these hazards, address their concerns and engage them in specific activities to reduce VOCs in their homes; (4) Include residents in constructing a process for reporting the findings of home assessments and the development of an agenda for intervention and prevention in Detroit. The CEC will advance knowledge of VOCs in the local community through research and outreach, including home assessments to measure VOCs in homes. The CEC will provide information about potential sources of VOCs and equip community members with knowledge of strategies to reduce the amount of VOC in homes, in accordance with the SRP’s fourth mandate. The CEC will engage residents and leaders in bidirectional communication to assess the community’s priorities concerning environmental hazards. Further, the CEC will mobilize CLEAR researchers, community members and local organizations to address identified hazards.