Community Outreach & Education

北方曼哈顿环境卫生中心（CEHNM），西哈莱姆环境行动， Inc. (WE ACT），为了更好的布朗克斯（FABB）和其他社区合作伙伴和利益相关者将合作， 提供社区外展和教育，以实现社区外展和教育的目标 核心（COEC）在NIEHS申请中列出。这些目标是发展与 利益攸关方，翻译和传播CEHNM科学，与社区组织和其他 合作伙伴加强关于环境健康问题的对话，制定和实施外联活动， 教育计划，以提高对CEHNM正在进行的研究的认识和理解 评估推广模式，在地方和国家两级传播成果， 国家执行。反映这些目标的具体目标是： 目标1：将CEHNM关于环境健康的调查结果翻译并传达给多个受众， 包括社区组织、居民、民选官员、决策者和其他利益攸关方。 这将通过以下方式实现： 在地方和州政府听证会上公开作证 政策制定者简报会和圆桌会议 社区论坛和会议 将环境健康研究结果传达给社区组织联盟， 支持他们努力改善纽约市住房的健康安全 卫生专业人员的实践和培训教育 CEHNM新闻 目标2：为社区居民和社区组织提供教育和培训 环境卫生主题，使他们能够向社区成员传播信息， 环境健康风险和保护措施。这将通过以下方式实现： 年度环境健康和司法领导培训计划 目标3：鼓励有色人种青年进入医疗和科学职业，包括环境卫生 科学： 纽约长老会医院的朗青年医疗计划扩大了我们的伙伴关系， 哥伦比亚大学医学中心。 目标4：通过以下方式使社区组织参与国家人权和民族平等委员会的工作： ¶ CEHNM社区咨询委员会的进一步发展

The Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan (CEHNM), West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WE ACT), For A Better Bronx (FABB) and other community partners and stakeholders will collaborate to provide community outreach and education to realize the goals of the Community Outreach and Education Core (COEC) set out in the NIEHS request for applications. These goals are to develop partnerships with stakeholders, to translate and disseminate CEHNM science, to work with community organizations and other partners to enhance dialogue on environmental health issues, to develop and implement outreach and education programs to increase awareness and understanding of research being conducted at the CEHNM and to evaluate outreach models, disseminate results at local and national levels and promote models for national implementation. Our specific aims, which reflect these goals, are: Aim 1: Translate and communicate CEHNM findings on environmental health to multiple audiences, including community-based organizations, residents, elected officials, policymakers and other stakeholders. This will be accomplished through: ¿ Public testimony at local and state government hearings ¿ Briefings and roundtables for policymakers ¿ Community forums and conferences ¿ Communicating environmental health research findings to coalitions of community organizations to support their efforts to improve the health-related safety of housing in New York City ¿ Education for health professionals in practice and training ¿ CEHNM newsletters Aim 2: Provide education and training for community residents and community-based organization (CBO) staff on environmental health topics to enable them to disseminate information to community members on environmental health risks and protective actions. This will be accomplished by: ¿ An Annual Environmental Health and Justice Leadership Training Program Aim 3: Encourage youth of color to enter medical and science careers, including environmental health sciences by: ¿ Expanding our partnership with the Lang Youth Medical Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). Aim 4: Involve community-based organizations in the work of the CEHNM by: ¿ Further development of the CEHNM's Community Advisory Board