Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences-Community Engagement Core (CEC)

社区参与核心（Community Engagement Core，CEC） 肯塔基州大学阿巴拉契亚环境科学研究中心（UK-CARES） 社区参与核心（CEC）将增长，维护和增强强大，持续，多方向 社区-学术伙伴关系，1）支持有意义的社区参与; 2）建立环境 健康知识普及; 3）减少环境健康风险; 4）减少阿巴拉契亚农村地区的健康差距。 几十年的传统采矿和水力压裂作业，以及老化的水基础设施，导致了 暴露于水和空气污染物，导致社区对水和空气质量的关注， 以及新出现的环境健康威胁。CEC将建立在成功的坚实基础上， 社区参与和支持环境健康科学（EHS），将研究人员与 社区合作伙伴，以促进与中心的三个科学主题相一致的项目， （B）室内和室外空气传播污染物对健康的影响;以及（c） 新出现的环境健康威胁。CEC将使用一个迭代的多方向过程， 当地知识进入中心，利用UK-CARES的调查优势和机构支持，报告 与风险社区一起支持研究结果，并鼓励以解决方案为重点的沟通， 社区和组织利益相关者。具体而言，CEC的目标是：1）培养和培养 参与UK-CARES研究的多方向社区-学术伙伴关系， 区域环境健康问题、需求和关注; 2）通过以下方式翻译和传播EHS调查结果： 科学传播和宣传培训，以促进临床决策和政策形成;以及3） 加强与社区和卫生保健利益相关者在UK-CARES环境健康方面的伙伴关系 跨平移谱的研究。首先，我们将邀请利益相关者咨询委员会成员， 提供文化上适当的见解，为中心研究人员的研究提供信息和帮助。中央选举委员会 将使用正式的（例如，焦点小组）和非正式（例如，听力会议）意味着从事多方位 与社区利益相关者对话，评估环境健康问题。反过来，CEC将作为 一座沟通社区的桥梁，促进社区参与EHS，利用 联合王国关心并响应社区的关切。第二，将提供有效的科学培训 与医疗保健提供者，教师和社区利益相关者的沟通和宣传。我们将建立在 我们有影响力的科学传播培训课程，为科学家提供有效的多模式 传播调查结果，包括对决策者使用循证宣传技能。最后，我们将 与综合健康科学设施核心合作，创建量身定制的多模式报告 接触医疗保健提供者的方法，以促进与环境如何相关的临床决策 影响到该区域的健康，以及政策制定者，以促进政策的制定，促进环境正义。

PROJECT SUMMARY- Community Engagement Core (CEC) The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) Community Engagement Core (CEC) will grow, maintain, and enhance strong, sustained, multidirectional community-academic partnerships that 1) support meaningful community engagement; 2) build environmental health literacy; 3) reduce environmental health risks; and 4) decrease health disparities in rural Appalachia. Decades of legacy mining and fracking operations, as well as an aging water infrastructure, have resulted in exposure to water and air contaminants which have led to community concerns about water and air quality as well as emerging environmental health threats. The CEC will build on a strong foundation of successful community engagement and support environmental health science (EHS) by connecting investigators with community partners to promote projects consistent with the three science themes of the Center—(a) Health Impacts of Waterborne Contaminants; (b) Health Impacts of Indoor & Outdoor Airborne Contaminants; and (c) Emerging Environmental Health Threats. The CEC will use an iterative multidirectional process that brings local knowledge into the Center, leverages UK-CARES’ investigator strengths and institutional support, reports back research findings with at-risk communities, and encourages solution-focused communication among community and organizational stakeholders. Specifically, the aims of the CEC are to: 1) foster and cultivate multidirectional community-academic partnerships engaged in UK-CARES research that is responsive to regional environmental health issues, needs and concerns; 2) translate and disseminate EHS findings through science communication and advocacy training to foster clinical decision making and policy formation; and 3) strengthen partnerships with community and healthcare stakeholders in UK-CARES’ environmental health research across the translational spectrum. First, we will engage our Stakeholder Advisory Board members to offer culturally appropriate insight that will inform and assist Center investigators in their research. The CEC will use formal (e.g., focus groups) and informal (e.g., listening sessions) means to engage in multi-directional dialogue with community stakeholders to assess environmental health concerns. In turn, the CEC will serve as a bridge to and from the community to facilitate community engagement in EHS that leverages the strengths of UK-CARES and is responsive to community concerns. Second, will provide training in effective science communication and advocacy with healthcare providers, faculty, and community stakeholders. We will build on our impactful science communication training curriculum to prepare scientists for effective multi-modal dissemination of findings, including use of evidence-based advocacy skills with policymakers. Lastly, we will collaborate with the Integrated Health Sciences Facility Core to create tailored multi-modal report back approaches to reach healthcare providers to promote clinical decision making related to how the environment affects health in the region, and policymakers, to promote policy formation that fosters environmental justice.