Core C Community Engagement (CEC)

社区参与核心 (CEC) 项目概要 CEC 的总体目标是积极动员受影响地区的居民和其他利益相关者 在教育、研究、预防和/或干预方面减少或减轻影响 有害物质暴露对慢性肺病的影响。 CEC 包括一个多学科团队 健康差异、社区参与研究、健康教育和促进以及预防方面的专业知识 药。在基于社区的参与性研究 (CBPR) 原则的指导下，CEC 将重点关注 三个具体目标：（1）开发和实施可持续双向通信的基础设施 受影响地区的居民和 UAB 之间建立合作努力解决问题的能力 环境健康问题； (2) 确定和开发工具和资源，以帮助受到影响的社区 有害物质，以解决社区驱动的优先事项，以减少接触并保护健康；和（3） 实施循证预防/干预活动，以减少接触并保护健康 受有害物质影响的居民。与我们的行政和研究部门携手合作 翻译核心、五个研究项目团队和其他核心，CEC 将在我们中心的研究中发挥至关重要的作用 通过帮助建立信任并促进成员之间的双向交流进行研究活动 社区和研究团队。 CEC 还将为社区成员提供机会 增加对环境健康问题的了解，了解预防和补救策略 减少接触空气中的重金属，并提高社区支持协作的能力 伙伴关系来解决社区的环境健康问题。在5年的项目期间，我们将 建立和维护学术界伙伴关系基础设施，以支持长期 合作的可持续性，以改善社区健康和福祉并增强社区复原力 暴露于环境危害。此外，我们将设计、交付并评估其有效性 广泛的社区参与活动，旨在提高社区成员的健康素养、社会 凝聚力、降低空气重金属暴露风险的自我效能以及研究知识 来自我们中心的调查结果。

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE (CEC) Project Summary The overall goal of the CEC is to actively engage residents and other stakeholders of the affected area in education, research, and prevention and/or intervention to reduce or mitigate the impact of hazardous substance exposure on chronic lung disease. The CEC includes a multidisciplinary team with expertise in health disparities, community-engaged research, health education and promotion, and preventive medicine. Guided by the principles of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), the CEC will focus on three specific aims: (1) to develop and implement an infrastructure for sustainable bi-directional communication between residents of the affected area and UAB to build capacity for collaborative endeavors to address environmental health issues; (2) to identify and develop tools and resources to assist communities impacted by hazardous substances to address community-driven priorities to reduce exposure and protect health; and (3) to implement evidence-based prevention/intervention activities to reduce exposure and protect the health of residents impacted by hazardous substances. Working hand-in-hand with our Administration and Research Translation Core, five research project teams and other cores, the CEC will serve a vital role in our Center's research activities by helping to build trust and facilitate bi-directional co communication between members of the community and the research team. The CEC will also provide opportunities for community members to increase their knowledge about environmental health issues, learn about prevention and remediation strategies to reduce exposure to airborne heavy metals, and increase community capacity to support collaborative partnerships to address environmental health issues in their community. Over the 5 year project period, we will construct and maintain an academic-community partnership infrastructure to support the long-term sustainability of collaborations to improve community health and well-being and increase community resilience to exposure to environmental hazards. In addition, we will design, deliver, and evaluate the effectiveness of a wide range of community-engaged activities that seek to increase community members' health literacy, social cohesion, self-efficacy for reducing risk of airborne heavy metal exposure, and knowledge about research findings originating from our center.