Partnering to reach communities with Iowa’s largest cancer disparities

摘要 霍尔顿综合癌症中心(HCCC)和爱荷华州癌症联盟(ICC) 具有高度协作的关系，并积极参与社区以解决癌症问题 爱荷华州的结果。然而，仍然需要加强努力，重点放在 癌症差异最大的社区。来自爱荷华州癌症登记处的数据 表明爱荷华州黑人/非裔美国人之间的癌症差异最大 人口、白人和爱荷华州的癌症死亡率在黑人中排名第二 所有50个州的人口。作为一个长期成功的全州联盟，ICC已经 在促进和建立关系方面拥有丰富的专业知识。国际商会还与 全州黑人/非裔美国人社区的合作伙伴。国际刑事法院没有 资源或专业知识，帮助这些合作伙伴确定社区需求或实施 解决需求的干预措施。HCCC COE团队可以通过以下方式弥补这些差距 在社区需求评估的数据收集、分析和解释方面的专业知识， 包括访问爱荷华州癌症登记处的数据。HCCC COE也拥有丰富的经验 参与社区参与的研究，以满足社区癌症需求。HCCC COE拥有 成功地确定了适当的循证干预措施，以符合社区需求； 调整这些干预措施以适应社区，并进行流程和结果 与社区合作伙伴合作进行评估。专业知识和经验的结合 将利用HCCC、COE和ICC来实现以下目标：1)加强 通过测试一个与黑人/非裔美国人接触的过程，美国黑人社区合作委员会与国际商会之间的关系 爱荷华州的社区确定与癌症相关的社区需求和2)解决癌症问题 爱荷华州黑人/非裔美国人社区的相关社区需求匹配证据- 以社区确定的需求为基础的干预措施，然后调整、实施和 评估这些干预措施。实现这些目标的结果将是1)一个更强大、更 HCCC和ICC之间的生产关系，2)HCCC和ICC之间的联系得到改善 黑人/非裔美国人社区，3)被证明有效的参与进程 爱荷华州黑人/非裔美国人社区，4)实施循证 解决爱荷华州癌症显著差异的干预措施，以及5)持续的参与 通过国际刑事法院与黑人/非裔美国人社区建立联系。

Abstract The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC) and the Iowa Cancer Consortium (ICC) have a highly collaborative relationship and actively engage communities to address cancer outcomes in Iowa. Nevertheless, there continues to be a need to enhance efforts focused on the communities with the most significant cancer disparities. Data from the Iowa Cancer Registry indicate that cancer disparities in Iowa are greatest between the Black/African American population and Whites and Iowa has the second highest cancer mortality among the Black population of all 50 states. As a long-standing successful state-wide coalition, ICC has extensive expertise in facilitation and relationship building. ICC also has connections with partners across the state in Black/African American communities. ICC does not have the resources or expertise to help these partners identify community needs or implement interventions to address the needs. The HCCC COE team can address these gaps by providing expertise in data collection, analysis, and interpretation of community needs assessments, including access to the Iowa Cancer Registry data. HCCC COE also has extensive experience in community-engaged research to address community cancer needs. HCCC COE has successfully identified appropriate evidence-based interventions to align with community needs, adapted these interventions to fit the community, and conducted process and outcome evaluations in collaboration with community partners. The combined expertise and experience of HCCC COE and ICC will be used to accomplish the following aims: 1) to strengthen the relationship between HCCC and ICC by testing a process to engage Black/African American communities in Iowa in identifying cancer related community needs and 2) to address cancer related community needs in Black/African American communities in Iowa by matching evidence- based interventions with community-identified needs, then adapting, implementing, and evaluating these interventions. The outcome of achieving these aims will be 1) a stronger, more productive relationship between HCCC and ICC, 2) improved connections between HCCC and the Black/African American communities, 3) a proven-effective process for engaging Black/African American communities in Iowa, 4) the implementation of evidence-based interventions to address significant cancer disparities in Iowa, and 5) the sustained engagement with the Black/African American community through ICC.