Community Engagement Core

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CORE: PROJECT SUMMARY Lung cancer disparities are attributed to various factors that exist across the continuum from prevention to survivorship. Addressing these disparities requires a collaborative approach that integrates expertise of community residents and scientists. Incorporating tenets from an innovative Community-to-Bench framework, the TRACER leadership proposes the Community Engagement Core (CE) to support its research goals and more importantly, to ensure the long term impact of closing the gap in these disparities as a result of the research. The overall goals of CE Core are to connect scientists and community stakeholders, translate and disseminate TRACER research findings, and co-develop innovative strategies to do this within the context of addressing lung cancer disparities. Under the leadership of an experienced multidisciplinary team and in partnership with multiregional advisory boards, the CE Core will execute the following aims: Aim 1: Facilitate the integration of the CE Core services across other TRACER research projects/pilots and cores. The CE Core will assist research project investigators with recruitment and provide training on translation and dissemination of findings to communities. Additionally, the Core, including community members, will educate investigators on how to employ community outreach and engagement (COE) into their research using an investigator-developed, web-based educational tool, COE 101. Lastly, the CE Core will provide training for the Biospecimen/Pathology Core that focuses on recruiting underrepresented groups to provide biospecimens and aid with incorporating community engagement approaches, recruiting participants, and disseminating findings for the pilot research projects supported with the Developmental Research Program (DRP). Aim 2. Provide technical assistance and training to community stakeholders so that they can support TRACER-sponsored research projects and cores. CE Core investigators will identify and train community residents as lung health research champions. Together, they will educate community organizations about the grant writing process, provide seed grants to community organizations for lung cancer education, awareness, and other relevant activities, provide tobacco cessation services, and build capacity for lung cancer screening navigation. Aim 3: Facilitate the translation and dissemination of TRACER findings to address biological, environmental, behavioral, and clinical knowledge gaps across the lung cancer continuum. The CE Core will use evidence-based models of dissemination and implementation for the successful translation of research findings to effective interventions at the clinical and community level.