Core B: Community Engagement Core (CEC)

摘要：社区参与的核心 UNC-SRP社区参与核心(CEC)与两个社区服务组织合作- 北卡罗来纳州和Winyah Rivers基金会的清洁水-了解井用户的需求 北卡罗来纳州四个县与井水无机砷(IAS)污染有关。最重要的是 CEC的目标是在井水污染的背景下培养环境健康素养。 借助所有合作者的优势，我们共同制定预防和干预战略， 减少饮用水中有毒金属的暴露。CEC通过三个目标实现其目标。首先，我们 促进北卡罗来纳州-北卡罗来纳州SRP调查员和北卡罗来纳州主要利益攸关方就SRP研究及其 通过召开公共卫生行动委员会减少井水中IAS暴露的影响。这 委员会促进双向交流，为响应环境的发展提供信息 健康科学研究和社区问题解决战略。第二，增进对国际会计准则的理解 在高危社区暴露，并鼓励油井测试和过滤器部署作为当地战略 防止或减少有害接触。与项目4的调查人员、CEC和社区合作伙伴合作 将确定高危地区以及是否需要额外抽样。我们将帮助居民了解 抽样方案、结果、暴露的潜在风险，以及他们可以采取的减少暴露的行动。项目5 也支持这些努力，部署新的过滤器。第三，我们通报了地方和州的发展 防止或减少用于饮用水的私人水井中的IAS暴露的政策。与政策专家合作， 包括环境健康中心的工作人员和UNC-SRP研究翻译协调员，我们 将确定减少井水中IAS暴露的政策选择，并召集决策者讨论 建议政策的影响。通过这些目标，CEC的活动与以下任务直接相关 UNC-SRP，并响应超级基金修正案和重新授权法案(SARA)的任务4， 推广减少有害物质数量和毒性的方法。双向的 由于UNC-SRP研究人员与PHAC成员和 社区合作伙伴培养创造性思维，为应对挑战提供与当地相关的解决方案 北卡罗来纳州井水受到有毒金属污染。

ABSTRACT: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE The UNC-SRP Community Engagement Core (CEC) collaborates with two community-serving organizations— Clean Water for North Carolina and the Winyah Rivers Foundation—to understand the needs of well users in four North Carolina counties related to inorganic arsenic (iAs) contamination of well water. The overarching goal of the CEC is to foster environmental health literacy in the context of well water contamination. Drawing on the strengths of all collaborators, we jointly develop prevention and intervention strategies that reduce exposure to toxic metals in drinking water. The CEC accomplishes its goal through three aims. First, we facilitate dialogue among UNC-SRP investigators and key NC stakeholders about SRP research and its implications for reducing exposure to iAs in well water by convening a Public Health Action Committee. This committee stimulates bi-directional communication that will inform the development of responsive environmental health sciences research and community problem-solving strategies. Second, we enhance understanding of iAs exposures in high-risk communities and encourage well testing and filter deployment as local strategies to prevent or reduce harmful exposures. Working with investigators in Project 4, the CEC and community partners will identify high-risk areas as well as the need for additional sampling. We will assist residents in understanding sampling protocols, results, potential risks of exposure, and actions they can take to reduce exposure. Project 5 also supports these efforts, with deployment of novel filters. Third, we inform the development of local and state policies that prevent or reduce iAs exposure in private wells used for drinking water. Working with policy experts, including staff of the Center for Environmental Health, and the UNC-SRP Research Translation Coordinator, we will identify policy options for reducing iAs exposure in well water and convene decision makers to discuss implications of recommended policies. Through these aims, CEC activities are directly relevant to the mission of the UNC-SRP and are responsive to the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Mandate 4, promoting methods to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances. The bi-directional communication resulting from active engagement of the UNC-SRP researchers with PHAC members and community partners fosters creative thinking that will inform locally-relevant solutions to the challenges posed by toxic metals contamination of well water in NC.