# Community Engagement Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2020 · $128,576

## Abstract

The mission of the Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC) of the ChicAgo Center for Health and 
EnvironmenT (CACHET) is to engage local communities and stakeholders in an iterative process to identify 
and address environmental hazards of concern. To accomplish these goals a bidirectional Community Based 
Participatory Research (CBPR) and Engagement strategy will be employed throughout the COEC and 
integrated with other Core/Center activities. Specific Aims of the COEC are 1) to develop and support a 
Stakeholder Advisory Board (composed of community groups, healthcare providers, and political and 
institutional representatives) to assist in the overall direction of the COEC and the translation of findings into 
health promotion and public health policy, 2) to develop and maintain a Community Advisory Board to work 
with COEC and CACHET investigators on the identification of environmental hazards of concern, the 
integration with research programs and trans-disciplinary teams to address these concerns, and the 
dissemination of findings, 3) to create infrastructures within the academic and community institutions to 
facilitate the above aims, and 4) to serve as a community resources for the CACHET research teams and 
overall partnerships. Efforts will be focused on three areas on the South and West sides of Chicago 
underserved multiethnic communities where the COEC has ongoing collaborations (including Southeast 
Chicago, the Greater Lawndale, and Bridgeport/Chinatown). Community health workers will be hired, trained 
and supervised at the University of Illinois at Chicago and through a subcontract with the Southeast 
Environmental Task Force (SETF). Community capacity will be supported through a series of formal and 
informal educational programs, journal clubs, and discussions of community needs and research in progress. 
The long term goal of the COEC is to decrease environmental exposures and improve the public health of 
underserved populations in Chicago.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9922313
- **Project number:** 5P30ES027792-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Karen E Kim
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $128,576
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9922313

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9922313, Community Engagement Core (5P30ES027792-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9922313. Licensed CC0.

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