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） 建立高度合作关系，积极参与社区应对癌症 在爱荷华州的结果。尽管如此，仍有必要加强努力，重点放在 癌症差异最大的社区。数据来自爱荷华州癌症登记处 表明爱荷华州黑人/非洲裔美国人之间癌症差异最大 人口和白人和爱荷华州的癌症死亡率在黑人中排名第二 50个州的人口。作为一个长期成功的全州联盟，ICC 在促进和建立关系方面拥有广泛的专业知识。ICC还与 全国各地的黑人/非裔美国人社区的合作伙伴。国际刑事法院没有 帮助这些合作伙伴确定社区需求或实施 采取措施满足需求。HCCC COE团队可以通过提供以下服务来弥补这些差距 在数据收集、分析和解释社区需求评估方面的专门知识， 包括访问爱荷华州癌症登记数据。HCCC COE还拥有丰富的经验 社区参与研究，以满足社区癌症需求。人道主义协调委员会特遣队所属装备 成功地确定了适当的循证干预措施，以满足社区需求， 调整这些干预措施，以适应社区，并进行了过程和结果 与社区伙伴合作进行评价。结合专业知识和经验 将利用人道主义协调委员会特遣队所属装备和国际商会的资源实现以下目标： 通过测试让黑人/非裔美国人参与的过程，建立HCCC和ICC之间的关系 爱荷华州的社区在确定癌症相关的社区需求和2）解决癌症 相关的社区需求在黑人/非裔美国人社区在爱荷华州通过匹配的证据- 根据社区确定的需求进行干预，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， HCCC和ICC之间的生产关系，2）改善HCCC和ICC之间的联系， 黑人/非裔美国人社区，3）一个行之有效的参与过程 爱荷华州黑人/非洲裔美国人社区，4）实施循证医学 干预措施，以解决显着的癌症差异在爱荷华州，和5）持续参与 与黑人/非裔美国人社区通过ICC。

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.