Core D: Community Engagement Core

项目总结(见说明)： 危险废物评估和决策的当地合作伙伴： 社区参与核心(CEC)的活动将实现其两个总体目标： (1)与当地卫生委员会、社区组织和社区个人合作，就超级基金化学品对人类和野生动物繁殖和发育的影响的科学研究如何与他们的需求和利益相关，以及这些需求和利益如何与布宜诺斯艾利斯大学SRP研究目标相关联达成相互理解； (2)提高人们对这项研究和其他超级基金研究方案在我们三个基层社区所做研究的认识和效用：i)市卫生和卫生部门委员会 马萨诸塞州II)居住在联邦和州指定的危险废物地点附近的居民，以及II环境正义地区的居民。这项建议有以下具体目标： 具体目标1；提供科学专业知识以回应社区问题。 A.改进和扩大卫生和环境援助资源数据库。 B.分发《健康研究指南》，翻译该指南的材料，并向讲西班牙语的人群提供该指南的材料；培训社区组织者使用该指南。 向社区团体提供暴露评估专业知识。 设计并实施一家环境健康“街角店”。 具体目标2：为马萨诸塞州的市级卫生和卫生部门委员会编写材料，并对其进行关于危险材料、条例和减少固体废物资源的培训。 实施危险废物法规方面的培训和讲习班。 为零废物运动开发材料和研讨会 具体目标3；交流社区合作伙伴的活动，并与研究翻译核心和培训核心协调活动。

PROJECT SUMMARY (See instmctions): Local Partners for Hazardous Waste Assessment and Decision-Making: Activities ofthe Community Engagement Core (CEC) will carry out its two general goals: (1) To work with local boards of health, community organizations and individual members ofthe community to create a mutual understanding of how scientific research on the effects of Superfund chemicals on reproduction and development in humans and wildlife is related to their needs and interests and how those needs and interests relate to goals of BU SRP research; (2) To increase awareness of and the utility of the research done at this and other Superfund Research Programs for our three primary communities: i) Municipal boards of health and health departments in Massachusetts ii) residents living in proximity to federal and state-designated hazardous waste sites, and ii residents of Environmental Justice areas. This proposal has the following Specific Aims: Specific Aim 1; Provide scientific expertise in response to community questions. a. Improve and expand the Health and Environment Assistance Resources (HEAR) Database. b. Distribute the Health Studies Guide, translating and making the Guide's materials available to Spanishspeaking populations; and training community organizers to use the Guide. Provide exposure assessment expertise to community groups. Design and implement an environmental health "corner-store". Specific Aim 2: Develop materials and implement training for municipal boards of health and health departments throughout Massachusetts on hazardous materials regulations and solid waste reduction resources. Implement trainings and workshops in hazardous waste regulations. Develop materials and workshops for Zero-waste Campaign Specific Aim 3; Communicate activities of the community partners and coordinate activities with the Research Translation Core and Training Core.