Community Outreach and Engagement

项目概要：社区外联和参与 癌症是内布拉斯加州第二大死亡原因。1大学的巴菲特癌症中心（BCC） 内布拉斯加州医学中心（UNMC）致力于减轻癌症负担，并通过以下方式解决癌症差异 双向学术和社区伙伴关系。UNMC在全州的教育和临床存在， 服务于所有内布拉斯加州的农村，城市和种族/民族人口。充分利用 联合国MC的势头和建立在整个国家的长期伙伴关系，BCC建立了一个社区 外联和参与办公室。COEO提供基础设施，以加强现有的斯托克关系 并与整个集水区的利益相关者开展新的活动，集水区被定义为 内布拉斯加州该州190万人口居住在93个县，面积达77，000平方英里。 其中7个是城市县，52个是农村县，34个是边境县（每平方英里居民少于7人）。 内布拉斯加州的不同种族、民族和农村与城市人口对癌症有不同的需求 发病率和死亡率，每个社区都面临着不同的癌症筛查，预防和治疗障碍。 治疗COEO帮助BCC的研究和医疗保健企业与集水区整合 利益攸关方通过双向社区参与活动，包括需求评估， 持续的测量，并创造相互访问的途径。COEO与外部团体合作， 包括CDC资助的内布拉斯加州综合癌症控制计划和全州范围内的内布拉斯加州 癌症联盟，调整和优先考虑战略和方法，以满足国家一级的需要。外部（21 成员）和内部（9名成员）咨询委员会为参与工作提供持续的投入和支持， 教育活动、政府关系和政策建议。COEO的内部合作伙伴包括 UNMC的农村健康倡议，社区参与办公室，减少健康差距中心，办公室 以及在社区外展中发挥关键作用的联合国医务委员会病人导航员， 参与，并在服务不足的社区招募癌症试验。未来计划将扩大 通过这些目标的努力：（1）了解，测量和监测癌症发病率，死亡率，决定因素， 社区需求，以及内布拉斯加州随着时间的推移的差异;（2）促进并直接进行研究 与内布拉斯加州的需求相关，并改善全州临床试验的可及性;（3）让内布拉斯加州人参与 并实施基于证据的行动，以减少人群中风险因素和癌症的负担， （4）在强大的社区伙伴关系的支持下，促进BCC研究的翻译， 国家癌症政策。COEO促进综合和持续的双向社区投入， 发展和实施与国家和工程特别相关的癌症研究和医疗保健 与社区合作伙伴一起，让内布拉斯加州的不同人群参与研究和临床试验， 由BCC进行，以确保其集水区的人民得到服务。

PROJECT SUMMARY: COMMNUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Nebraska.1 The Buffett Cancer Center (BCC) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) strives to ease the cancer burden and address cancer disparities through bidirectional academic and community partnerships. UNMC's statewide educational and clinical presence has served all Nebraskans across its spectrum of rural, urban, and racial/ethnic demographics. Capitalizing on UNMC's momentum and building on long-term partnerships across the state, the BCC established a Community Outreach and Engagement Office (COEO). The COEO provides infrastructure to stoke existing relationships and forge new activities with stakeholders across the catchment area, which is defined as the state of Nebraska. The state's population of 1.9 million people live in 93 counties that span 77,000 square miles.2 Of these, 7 are urban, 52 are rural, and 34 are frontier (having fewer than 7 residents per square mile) counties.3 The diverse racial, ethnic, and rural vs. urban populations in Nebraska have distinct needs related to cancer incidence and mortality, and each community faces different barriers to cancer screening, prevention, and treatment. The COEO helps integrate BCC's research and healthcare enterprise with catchment area stakeholders through bidirectional community engagement activities, encompassing needs assessment, ongoing measurement, and creation of avenues for mutual access. The COEO works with external groups, including the CDC-funded Nebraska Comprehensive Cancer Control Program and the statewide Nebraska Cancer Coalition, to align and prioritize strategies and approaches to address state-level needs. External (21 members) and Internal (9 members) Advisory Boards provide ongoing input and support to engagement efforts, educational activities, government relations, and policy recommendations. The COEO's internal partners include UNMC's Rural Health Initiative, Office of Community Engagement, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Office of Public Health Practice, and UNMC patient navigators who play key roles in community outreach, engagement, and recruitment for cancer trials among underserved communities. Future plans will expand efforts through these aims: (1) understand, measure, and monitor the cancer incidence, mortality, determinants, community needs, and disparities in Nebraska over time; (2) facilitate and enable the conduct of research directly relevant to the needs in Nebraska and improve access to clinical trials across the state; (3) engage Nebraskans and implement evidence-based actions that can reduce the burden of risk factors and cancers at a population level; and (4) promote translation of BCC research with support from strong community partnerships to inform state cancer policies. The COEO facilitates the integrated and ongoing bidirectional community input to develop and implement cancer research and healthcare of particular relevance to the state and works with community partners to engage diverse populations across Nebraska in the research and clinical trials conducted by the BCC to ensure that the people of its catchment area are served.