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Community Outreach and Translation Core
EPA Grant Number: R831710C004Subproject: this is subproject number 004 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R831710
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: University of California Berkeley Center for Children’s Environmental Health Research
Center Director: Eskenazi, Brenda
Title: Community Outreach and Translation Core
Investigators: Alkon, Abbey , Eskenazi, Brenda , Minkler, Meredith , Wallestein, Nina , Winkleby, Marilyn
Institution: University of California - Berkeley
EPA Project Officer: Fields, Nigel
Project Period: May 1, 2004 through October 31, 2008
Project Amount: Refer to main center abstract for funding details.
RFA: Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research (2003)
Research Category: Health Effects , Children's Health
Description:
Objective:The development of a Community Outreach and Translation Core (COTC) is a vital next step in the evolution of the Center for Children’s Environmental Health Research and our Community-University partnership. The mission of the proposed Center COTC is to, in collaboration with partners and community members, communicate Center findings, analyze priority topics, and translate findings into sustainable action promoting the health and well-being of children. The goal of this collaborative process is to increase community ownership of study results, communicate study results clearly, and mobilize groups toward action that will improve the health status of community members.
Approach:To achieve these ends, we propose an integrated COTC, which includes two complementary core approaches. The first core applies a Community-based Participatory Research orientation to develop the capacity of our community to disseminate and translate study findings. We will establish a Farmworker Community Council and a Grower Council to partner with the Center in COTC planning and activities; prepare annual reports and hold community forums; and pilot a Community Health Outreach Worker Program. The second core approach is designed to disseminate findings and tailored children’s environmental health risk prevention messages, with a particular focus on the issues affecting our population, who are primarily low-income Latinos employed in agriculture. We will work at multiple levels: individual, group, organizational, and policy. The initiatives of this second core will be conducted in partnership with service providers, child care providers, the State Health Department, children’s environmental health advocacy organizations, and policy makers.
Expected Results:Through this comprehensive, community-based, multilevel COTC core, we aim not only to inform our community about study results, but also to translate findings into sustainable change in the social and environmental contexts influencing health and well-being for children in our immediate and broader communities. On a broader scale, we aim to increase awareness of children’s environmental health issues at the County, State and National levels.
Supplemental Keywords:asthma, pesticide, exposure, education, prevention,
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, Scientific Discipline, Health, RFA, Risk Assessment, Health Risk Assessment, Children's Health, exposure assessment, allergen, health effects, respiratory problems, children's environmental health, assessment of exposure, childhood respiratory disease, outreach and education, agricultural community, community-based intervention, pesticide exposure, airway disease, environmental risks, immune system effects, environmental health hazard
Main Center Abstract and Reports:
R831710
University of California Berkeley Center for Children’s Environmental Health Research
Subprojects under this Center:
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R831710C001 A Community-Based Participatory Research Project: CHAMACOS
R831710C002 Pesticide Exposure Assessment Project
R831710C003 Mechanisms of Pesticide Neuro and Immunotoxicity in Children Project
R831710C004 Community Outreach and Translation Core