Community Engagement Core

社区参与核心（CEC）摘要 社区参与是哥伦比亚大学北方平原超级基金研究目标的核心 计划（CUNP-SRP），旨在通过以下措施减少砷（As）、铀（U）和其他金属的暴露 系统科学、传统知识和技术创新。部落社区，类似于其他农村社区， 社区，不成比例地暴露于地下水中的As和U， 源CUNP-SRP的社区参与核心（CEC）将与部落社区合作， 北达科他州和南达科他州受到饮用水中有毒元素的影响。中央选举委员会的主要目标是 减少饮用水中的金属暴露，并通过双向和 参与式社区参与、宣传、公民科学、能力建设和影响评估。的 CEC建立在哥伦比亚大学，密苏里州打破工业研究公司之间的强有力的合作。 （MBIRI）和强心研究（SHS）。MBIRI是一家美国本土拥有的研究公司， 25年来，它一直与部落国家保持着密切的联系，位于南达科他州的中心。SHS是一项前瞻性队列研究 心脏代谢疾病及其危险因素在美洲原住民人口，自1989年以来持续。的 CUNP-SRP CEC的目标将使所有项目科学家和当地社区成员参与：（1） 将不同部落和农村社区成员的北方平原观点纳入所有CUNP-SRP 活动（通过社区咨询委员会、部落研究座谈会和宣传组合）; (2)提供宣传和教育，以支持循证方法，改善饮用水质量 （包括项目5开发的强化补救技术）;以及（3）防止 通过营养干预措施获得金属相关的心脏代谢结果（由项目3和4提供信息）。到 为了实现这些目标，我们将利用与各领域不同和多层次利益相关者建立的伙伴关系， 部落社区，包括参与资源和环境的部落和政府伙伴，高中 学生和教师、部落官员和长老以及社区成员。CEC专注于社区 参与并融入所有项目，帮助收集水样并确定安全饮用水 资源（项目1、2和3），了解健康风险（项目3和4），实施预防 战略（项目1，3和4），适应新的补救策略（项目5），并提供动手 为SRP学员和当地社区成员提供机会。CEC还将利用强有力的伙伴关系 与其他SRP中心合作，努力改善土著社区和其他农村地区的公共卫生。 环境.致力于维护部落主权以及公民和社区的权利 作为平等的合作伙伴参与科学进程，CEC将在减少地下水方面发挥重要作用 北方平原部落社区的金属暴露和相关疾病，使饮用水更安全， 促进健康的传统饮食，改善营养状况，预防心脏代谢疾病。

Community Engagement Core (CEC) Summary Community engagement is central to the goals of the Columbia University Northern Plains Superfund Research Program (CUNP-SRP), which seeks to reduce exposure to arsenic (As), uranium (U), and other metals through systems science, traditional knowledge, and technology innovation. Tribal communities, similar to other rural communities, are disproportionately exposed to As and U in groundwater from anthropogenic and geogenic sources. The Community Engagement Core (CEC) of the CUNP-SRP will partner with tribal communities in North and South Dakota affected by toxic elements in drinking water. The main objectives of the CEC are to mitigate exposure to metals in drinking water and prevent related health outcomes through bidirectional and participatory community engagement, advocacy, citizen science, capacity building, and impact evaluation. The CEC builds upon a strong collaboration between Columbia University, Missouri Breaks Industries Research, Inc. (MBIRI), and the Strong Heart Study (SHS). MBIRI is a Native American-owned research firm that has partnered with tribal nations for 25 years and is centrally located in South Dakota. The SHS is a prospective cohort study of cardiometabolic disease and its risk factors in Native American populations, ongoing since 1989. The objectives of the CUNP-SRP CEC will engage all Project scientists and local community members to: (1) integrate the Northern Plains perspective of diverse tribal and rural community members into all CUNP-SRP activities (through a Community Advisory Committee, tribal research symposia, and communication portfolio); (2) provide outreach and education to support evidence-based approaches for improving drinking water quality in the Northern Plains (including enhanced remediation technology developed by Project 5); and (3) prevent metal-related cardiometabolic outcomes through nutritional interventions (informed by Projects 3 and 4). To achieve these aims, we will leverage established partnerships with diverse and multi-tiered stakeholders across tribal communities including tribal and government partners involved in resources and environment, high school students and teachers, tribal officials and elders, and community members. The CEC focuses on a community that is engaged and integrated in all Projects, helping collect water samples and identifying safe drinking water resources (Projects 1, 2, and 3), understanding the health risks (Projects 3 and 4), implementing prevention strategies (Projects 1, 3, and 4), adapting novel remediation strategies (Project 5), and providing hands-on opportunities for SRP trainees and local community members. The CEC will also leverage strong partnerships with other SRP centers that strive to improve public health in Indigenous communities and other rural environments. With a commitment to safeguarding tribal sovereignty and the right of citizens and communities to participate as equal partners in the scientific process, the CEC will play a major role in mitigating groundwater metal exposures and related disease in Northern Plains tribal communities, making drinking water safer and promoting healthy traditional diets that improve nutritional status and can prevent cardiometabolic disease.