INTRODUCTION Disaster research response (DR2) is necessary to answer scientific questions about the environmental health impacts of disasters and the effectiveness of response and recovery strategies. This research explores the preparedness and capacity of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) P30 Core Centers (CCs) to conduct DR2 and engage with communities in the context of disasters. METHODS In early 2018, we conducted an online survey of CC Directors (n = 16, 69.5% response rate) to identify their DR2 relevant scientific assets, capabilities, and activities. Summary statistics were calculated. We also conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 16 (69.5%) CC Community Engagement Core directors to identify facilitators and barriers of DR2 community engagement. Interview notes were coded and thematically analyzed. RESULTS Survey: While 56% of responding CCs reported prior participation in DR2 and preparedness to repurpose funding to support DR2, less than one third reported development of a disaster-specific data collection protocol, deployment plan, or concept of operations plan, participation in an exercise to test DR2 capacity, development of academic partnerships to conduct DR2, development of a process for fast-tracking institutional review board approvals for DR2, or maintenance of formal agreements with state, local, or community-based partner(s). A number of CCs reported developing or considering developing capacity in these areas. Barriers to, and tools and resources to enhance, CC engagement in DR2 were identified. Interviews: Four key components for community engaged DR2 were identified: pre-existing community relationships, responsive research that benefits communities, coordination among researchers, and coordination with community response partners. Several roles for, benefits of, and barriers to Community Engagement Rapid Response Teams (CERRT) were described. CONCLUSIONS CCs have significant scientific assets and community partnerships that can be leveraged for DR2; however, additional planning is necessary to ensure that these scientific assets and community partnerships are leveraged when disasters strike.

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在NIEHS环境健康科学核心中心内评估国家灾难研究响应（DR2）的能力。

简介灾难研究响应（DR2）是回答有关灾难对环境健康的影响以及响应和恢复策略的有效性的科学问题所必需的。这项研究探索了美国国家环境卫生科学研究所（NIEHS）P30核心中心（CC）在灾难背景下进行DR2并与社区互动的准备和能力。方法在2018年初，我们对CC主管进行了一次在线调查（n = 16，回应率为69.5％），以确定其与DR2相关的科学资产，能力和活动。计算摘要统计数据。我们还与16位（69.5％）CC社区参与核心总监进行了深入，半结构化的访谈，以确定促进DR2社区参与的因素和障碍。采访笔记进行了编码并进行了主题分析。结果调查：尽管有56％的回应CC表示事先参与了DR2，并且准备重新分配资金来支持DR2，但不到三分之一的受访者表示已开发了针对灾难的数据收集协议，部署计划或运营计划的概念，练习测试DR2的能力，发展进行DR2的学术伙伴关系，开发快速跟踪DR2的机构审查委员会批准的流程，或维持与州，地方或社区合作伙伴的正式协议。一些国家委员会报告说正在发展或考虑在这些领域发展能力。确定了CC参与DR2的障碍以及增强CC参与的工具和资源。访谈：确定了社区参与的DR2的四个关键要素：既存的社区关系，使社区受益的响应式研究，研究人员之间的协调以及与社区响应伙伴的协调。描述了社区参与快速响应团队（CERRT）的几个角色，利益和障碍。结论CCs具有重要的科学资产和社区伙伴关系，可用于DR2。但是，还需要进行其他计划，以确保在灾难袭来时充分利用这些科学资产和社区伙伴关系。