Community Outreach & Education Core

具体目标 为了响应新的NIEHS指导方针，新更名的COEC修改了其重点， 广泛针对社区、公共卫生专业人员和政策制定者的方案。整体 COEC的目标基本上保持不变，包括制定有效的计划和项目 翻译中心的研究成果，并向目标受众介绍环境污染的原因和预防措施。 疾病为了实现这一目标，COEC将保持和加强关系，并作为一个有效的 中心与周边社区及其决策者之间的沟通“管道”。 与社区领袖和民选代表的合作、开放沟通对于 评估其成员的需求，并设计COEC计划和倡议，以有效地满足 这些需求。在上一个预算期间，COEC成功地将该中心作为一个来源， 关于环境暴露和疾病预防的准确、相关和可理解的信息。 新的基于社区的项目通过广泛的合作成为可能， 在过去10年里，我们与各种当地社区团体、基层组织 组织、国家机构和政策制定者。为了实现这些目标，COEC将执行 具体目标： 1.制定和维持教育方案，鼓励和支持职业生涯， EHS和公共卫生。 2.开发响应社区需求的方案和项目， 为普通受众和政策制定者进行研究。 3.通过对研究人群的教育推广促进中心研究。

Specific Aims In response to new NIEHS guidelines, the newly renamed COEC has modified its focus to increase emphasis on programs broadly targeted to the community, public health professionals and policy makers. The overall goals of the COEC remain essentially the same and include development of effective programs and projects that translate Center research and inform target audiences about the causes and prevention of environmental disease. To achieve this goal, the COEC will maintain and strengthen relationships and act as an effective communication "conduit" between the Center and the surrounding community and it's decision makers. Collaborative, open communication with community leaders and elected representatives is critical for assessing the needs of their constituents and designing COEC programs and initiatives to effectively meet these needs. During the previous budget period, the COEC succeeded in promoting the Center as a source of accurate, relevant and understandable information about environmental exposures and disease prevention. New community-based projects are made possible by the extensive collaborations, discussed in the Progress Report, that have been cultivated over the past 10 years with various local community groups, grass-roots organizations, state agencies and policy makers. To accomplish these goals, the COEC will perform the following Specific Aims: 1. Development and maintenance of educational programs that encourage and support careers in EHS and public health. 2. Development of programs and projects that respond to community needs and translate center research to lay audiences and policy makers. 3. Facilitation of center research through educational outreach to study populations.