Community Outreach and Engagement Core

摘要 社区外展和参与核心(COEC)的目标是提高环境健康 提高公共卫生专业人员、社区卫生工作者和弱势群体的识字率 理解紧急环境健康科学研究并增强他们的知情权 减少家庭和社区有害环境暴露的决定。我们实现了这一目标 通过以下目标：1)促进UNC-CEHS成员和社区伙伴就以下问题进行对话 环境健康科学研究活动和社区关注的问题，以促进响应性发展 研究和社区解决方案；2)提高公共卫生从业人员和社区的能力 健康教育者让弱势群体和其他客户参与与当地相关的环境健康 采用培训培训者的方法解决问题；以及3)扩大获得环境健康教育材料的渠道 通过开发和评估在线教育工具。COEC对UNC-CEHS主题至关重要， 向北卡罗来纳州社区实施终极翻译。COEC活动的多样性 所有北卡罗来纳大学-CEHS翻译研究的重点领域确保了北卡罗来纳大学-CEHS在全州的广泛覆盖面 以及我们科学家和社区合作伙伴之间的联系。多向通信，即 COEC工作的基础对于实现UNC-CEHS的翻译目标至关重要。

Abstract The goal of the Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC) is to enhance the environmental health literacy of public health professionals, community health workers and vulnerable populations, increasing their understanding of emergent environmental health sciences research and empowering them to make informed decisions to reduce harmful environmental exposures in homes and communities. We accomplish this goal through the following aims: 1) Foster dialogue among UNC-CEHS members and community partners about environmental health sciences research activity and community concerns to inform development of responsive research and community solutions; 2) Enhance the capacity of public health practitioners and community health educators to engage vulnerable populations and other clients on locally relevant environmental health issues using a train-the-trainer approach; and 3) Broaden access to environmental health education materials through development and evaluation of online educational tools. The COEC is a vital to the UNC-CEHS theme, implementing the ultimate translation to North Carolina communities. The diversity of COEC activities across all UNC-CEHS Translational Research focus areas ensures a broad reach for UNC-CEHS across the State as well as connectivity among our scientists and community partners. The multidirectional communication that is the foundation of the COEC's work is critical to meeting the translational goals of UNC-CEHS.