Community Outreach and Engagement Core

摘要：社区外展和参与的核心 凭借其科学的揭露主题，大力神一直是居民、社区- 总部设在亚特兰大的组织、政府机构和学术合作伙伴。我们建议在此基础上 我们头三年的势头：1)保持和扩大围绕环境的多方向对话 亚特兰大社区内的健康问题，2)提高社区解决当地环境问题的能力 关注健康问题并与社区参与的研究项目合作，以及3)指导和支持 大力神科学家在社区参与和外联方面的作用。我们已经组建了一个庞大的积极参与的 利益相关者咨询委员会，不仅是一个多方向沟通的平台 环境健康问题和研究，但也做出关于社区外展和 参与核心(COEC)应推进其议程。具体地说，我们计划进行“Exposome” 路演“，以进一步宣传Exposome概念，并采用概念图，以确保 随着社区视角的发展，它们被集成到Exposome框架中。我们的社区助学金 该计划将解决社区确定的环境健康问题，其中包括一项曝光 从长远来看，并加强社区解决环境健康问题的能力。 此外，我们将为博士生开发一个以社区为基础的参与式研究课程 环境健康科学计划为未来的科学家做好社区参与研究的准备，我们 将咨询从Hercules获得CBPR试点拨款的教师和/或有兴趣 将社区参与的方法纳入其环境健康研究。COEC将提供 确保社区声音向大力神科学家通报当地情况所需的机制 环境健康问题，特别强调受 暴露在环境中。接下来，我们将与当地学生讨论一些相关的概念和研究成果。 社区、公共卫生专业人员和政策制定者以一种既相关又容易获得的形式。 通过强有力的评估，我们也将致力于COEC方法的持续质量改进 为社区参与环境健康的科学做出贡献。

ABSTRACT: Community Outreach and Engagement Core With its scientific theme of the exposome, HERCULES has been a unifying force for residents, community- based organizations, government agencies and academic partners in Atlanta. We propose to build on the momentum of our first three years to: 1) maintain and expand multi-directional dialogue around environmental health issues within the Atlanta community, 2) enhance community capacity to address local environmental health concerns and to partner in community-engaged research projects, and 3) guide and support HERCULES Scientists in community engagement and outreach. We have formed a large and actively engaged Stakeholder Advisory Board that not only serves as a platform for multi-directional communication about environmental health issues and research, but also makes decisions about how the Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC) should advance its agenda. Specifically, we plan to conduct “Exposome Roadshows” to further disseminate the exposome concept and employ concept mapping to ensure that community perspectives are integrated into exposome frameworks as they evolve. Our Community Grants program will address community-identified environmental health concerns that incorporate an exposome perspective, as well as strengthen community capacity to address environmental health concerns. Additionally, we will develop a Community-Based Participatory Research course for doctoral students in the Environmental Health Sciences Program to prepare future scientists for community-engaged research and we will consult with faculty who receive a CBPR pilot grant from HERCULES and/or who are interested in integrating community-engaged approaches into their environmental health research. The COEC will provide the needed mechanisms to ensure that community voices inform the HERCULES scientists of local environmental health concerns, with a particular emphasis on neighborhoods disproportionately affected by environmental exposures. In turn, exposome concepts and research findings will be discussed with local communities, public health professionals and policy-makers in a format that is both relevant and accessible. Through a robust evaluation, we will engage in continuous quality improvement of COEC approaches, as well as contribute to the science of community engagement in environmental health.