# Community Engagement Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · 2021 · $131,304

## Abstract

The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC) Community
Engagement Core (CEC) is recognized as a bi-directional resource for communities,
Center members, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, particularly
regarding engagement with tribal communities. Located in the arid Southwest, the
SWEHSC addresses exposures to environmental toxicants that are unique to the region.
The primary tribal and non-tribal health concerns in the communities of Arizona include
cancer, diabetes, and asthma, due to prevalent environmental exposures to airborne
particulate matter, forest fire smoke, arsenic and other metals in drinking water, and to
indoor and outdoor environmental chemicals. The CEC utilizes community-based and
tribally driven principles for engaging community members and researchers in the
investigation of environmentally related diseases, focusing on three target audiences:
Community, Policy Makers, and Educators, all of which have overlapping, yet distinct,
environmental health (EH) information needs. Using a “Synergistic Cascading Model of
Engagement” the CEC develops and maintains bi-directional partnerships to conduct and
evaluate events, which usually include presentations, hands-on activities, and take home
materials. The efforts of the CEC work stem from four interconnected specific aims to
engage tribal community members, policy makers, and educators; to educate youth and
their parents on the spectrum of Center research; to advance the field of community
engagement and build research capacity; and to provide professional development for the
general public and tribal K-14 educators.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10146379
- **Project number:** 5P30ES006694-24
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- **Principal Investigator:** Martha Ann Lindsey
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $131,304
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10146379

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10146379, Community Engagement Core (5P30ES006694-24). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10146379. Licensed CC0.

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