Community Engagement and Dissemination Core

摘要 MIEHR研究中心的总体目标是阐明生物学，物理学，社会学 并建立了环境风险环境，以应对孕妇的环境健康差异， 他们的婴儿。重要的是，这一指导性愿景与社区对婴儿死亡率的关切密切相关， 早产和其他孕产妇和婴儿的结果在非洲裔美国人。社区参与 和传播核心（CEDC）的MIEHR研究中心将实现这一愿景至关重要。 我们的领导团队，主任罗伯特布拉德博士（被广泛称为“环境正义之父”）和 德克萨斯州芭芭拉·乔丹-米奇·利兰公共事务学院副主任Denae King博士 南方大学（大津），是唯一有资格领导这个核心。他们将在现有的基础上， 社区伙伴关系和活动，以发展一个强大的通信和参与网络， 大休斯顿地区致力于减少孕产妇和婴儿健康方面的环境健康差距。 Drs.布拉德和金与休斯顿以非洲裔美国人为主的弱势社区有着密切的联系， 第四大和最多样化的城市在该国。CEDC将作为促进多边合作的纽带， MIEHR中心领导层、研究人员（包括试点项目获奖者）之间的定向沟通， 和社区合作伙伴。CEDC将支持和补充中心的研究活动， 与我们的利益相关者进行多方位的沟通;例如，通过告知社区调查人员 优先事项和翻译和传播中心研究（包括试点项目研究）的结果， 不同的观众，最重要的是居住在环境负担过重， 社会经济弱势群体。社区咨询委员会（CAB）将由以下人员组成 社区领袖和环境卫生合作伙伴，他们每个人都将提供一个不同的“透镜”， 来看待环境问题，包括许多与我们有长期关系的人。因此，CAB 将是社区与利益相关者成功互动的关键，并在确定什么， 研究和试点项目的成果将通过多层次、多层次、多渠道、 定向和多模式接合。定性研究方法将用于地面真相研究 调查结果，并制作信息图表、概况介绍和演示文稿，以便翻译和传播信息 与环境风险景观和降低风险有关。此外，CEDC将加强社区 通过教育调查人员，社区领导人和CAB了解有效政策的最佳实践， 利用研究结果进行宣传。最后，评估是CEDC的一个关键组成部分和活动，它将 在确定目标是否实现、流程和参与的成功程度方面发挥重要作用 使用的程序，以及该中心对加强社区环境卫生知识的影响， 算术宣传和复原能力。

ABSTRACT The Overall Goal of the MIEHR Research Center is to elucidate contributions of the biological, physical, social and built environments of the environmental riskcape to environmental health disparities in pregnant women and their infants. Importantly, this guiding vision aligns closely with community concerns about infant mortality, preterm birth and other maternal and infant outcomes among African-Americans. The Community Engagement and Dissemination Core (CEDC) of the MIEHR Research Center will be essential to achieving this vision. Our leadership team, Director Dr. Robert Bullard (widely known as the “Father of Environmental Justice”) and Associate Director Dr. Denae King, of the Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University (TSU), are uniquely qualified to lead this Core. Together they will build upon their existing community partnerships and activities to develop a robust communications and engagement network in the greater Houston area that is committed to reducing environmental health disparities in maternal and infant health. Drs. Bullard and King have strong ties to vulnerable, predominantly African-American, communities in Houston, the 4th largest and most diverse city in the country. The CEDC will serve as the nexus for facilitating multi- directional communications among MIEHR Center leadership, investigators (including Pilot Project awardees), and community partners. The CEDC will support and complement Center research activities through multidirectional communication with our stakeholders; for example, by informing investigators of community priorities and translating and disseminating findings from Center research (including Pilot Project research) to diverse audiences, most importantly to residents who live in environmentally overburdened and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. An engaged Community Advisory Board (CAB) will consist of community leaders and environmental health partners, each of whom will provide a different “lens” through which to view environmental issues, including many with whom we have long-standing relationships. Hence, the CAB will be key to successful community interactions with stakeholders, and have a vital role in determining what, when, how and to whom findings from Research and Pilot Projects will be communicated via multi-level, multi- directional and multi-modal engagement. Qualitative research methods will be used to ground truth research findings and develop infographics, fact sheets and presentations for translating and disseminating information related to the environmental riskscape and risk reduction. In addition, the CEDC will enhance community resilience by educating investigators, community leaders and the CAB on best practices for impactful policy advocacy using study findings. Finally, evaluation is a critical component and activity of the CEDC, which will play an important role in determing whether goals are met, the extent of success of processes and engagement procedures utilized, and the impact of the Center on enhanced community environmental health literacy, numeracy advocacy and resilience capacity.