Community Engagement Core

摘要：社区参与核心 社区参与核心（CEC）促进社区利益相关者之间的双向互动 以及研究多氯联苯（PCBs）的ISRP研究人员，这是一类超级基金化学品。这些 双向互动对ISRP改善健康和福祉的长期目标至关重要。 通过科学的干预措施，防止或限制接触多氯联苯。ISRP 研究表明，吸入室内空气，特别是在美国的学校， 空气中的多氯联苯是目前对学龄儿童的一个重大公共卫生问题。CEC是一个 ISRP的重要整合核心，因为它与受多氯联苯影响的社区建立了伙伴关系， 作为这些社区的信息和教育资源的来源，并作为联络人 合作伙伴社区和研究人员之间。CEC与ISRP研究项目完全整合， 其他核心，并与合作伙伴社区建立或发展关系。哥伦布路口， 爱荷华州和印第安纳州东芝加哥，我一直积极参与ISRP AESOP（项目3）的前瞻性人类 自2006年以来的队列研究，在此期间，中央教育委员会促进了各种学校和社区为基础的 订婚爱荷华州的西自由被提议作为一个新的AESOP队列社区，也将成为 几项拟议的项目4活动的地点，重点是污染源的定性和补救， 学校和家庭中的空气传播多氯联苯（这些活动正在哥伦布枢纽和东芝加哥进行）。 超过10万人居住在新贝德福德港口超级基金所在地5公里范围内，目前的ISRP 项目4发现了大量的气相多氯联苯排放。在这一重大发现的基础上，项目5将 研究如何减少新贝德福德港的多氯联苯排放，CEC将促进双向 互动侧重于“反馈”活动，旨在收集社区意见并分享相关信息。 ISRP研究结果。我们在哥伦布枢纽和西自由的社区合作伙伴已经 集思广益各种健康运动的设计，并已同意收集和维护社区 咨询委员会，为联合开展的活动提供信息和监督。

SUMMARY: Community Engagement Core The Community Engagement Core (CEC) facilitates bidirectional interactions between community stakeholders and the ISRP researchers who study polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a class of Superfund chemicals. These bidirectional interactions are critical to ISRP’s long-term goal of improving the health and well-being of populations by preventing or limiting exposure to PCBs through scientifically-informed interventions. ISRP studies demonstrate that inhalation of indoor air, especially in schools in the United States contaminated with airborne PCBs, represents a significant and current public health concern for school-aged children. The CEC is an important integrating core for the ISRP because it develops partnerships with communities impacted by PCBs, serves as a source of information and educational resources for these communities, and acts as a liaison between partner communities and researchers. The CEC is fully integrated with ISRP research projects and other cores and has existing or developing relationships with the partner communities. Columbus Junction, Iowa, and East Chicago, Ind., have been active participants in the ISRP AESOP (Project 3) prospective human cohort study since 2006, during which time the CEC has facilitated a variety of school- and community-based engagements. West Liberty, Iowa, is proposed as a new AESOP cohort community and will also be the location of several proposed Project 4 activities focused on source characterization and remediation of airborne PCBs in schools and homes (these activities are ongoing in Columbus Junction and East Chicago). More than 100,000 people live within 5 km of the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site, where the current ISRP Project 4 found large emissions of gas-phase PCBs. Building on this important discovery, Project 5 will research how to reduce PCB emissions from New Bedford Harbor, and the CEC will facilitate bidirectional interactions focused on “report-back” engagements designed to harvest community input and share relevant ISRP research findings. Our community partners in Columbus Junction and West Liberty have already brainstormed various health campaign designs and have agreed to assemble and maintain community advisory boards to inform and oversee jointly-pursued activities.