The Maryland Regional Community Network Program To Elim*

马里兰大学医学院(UMSOM)提交此合作协议拨款申请(在 响应RFA CA-05-012)，建立“马里兰州区域社区网络”。此社区网络 在马里兰州现有两个网络的基础上建立和扩展，NCI支持马里兰州特殊人口网络 州烟草解决方案支持“全州健康网络”。马里兰州地区社区网络 (MRCN)将作为该州的主要基础设施，其使命是“……减少并最终消除 马里兰州农村和服务不足社区的癌症健康差异。 由一个总部组织、UMSOM、6个正式社区区域分包商伙伴和1个 学术伙伴、UMES、HBCU和少数民族服务机构。区域合作伙伴将重点关注五个方面 州地理区域，UMES，以及马里兰州两个土著部落的全州美洲原住民合同 以及已经迁徙到国家的部落。指导研究的总体目标有两个，外展和教育， 该网络的政策分析和培训。总体目标是：目标A：显著改善获取和 马里兰州癌症健康社区中有益癌症控制干预措施的利用 目标B：培养一支训练有素的研究人员队伍。这个马里兰州地区社区的具体目标 网络支持交叉、多学科和跨学科的基于社区的研究、社区 教育、外联和培训活动。 五大目标指导着该网络的方法和活动。该网络的总体目标是： 具体目标1.发展强有力和可持续的以社区为基础的区域基础设施，促进 马里兰州的社区能力侧重于减少并最终消除癌症健康差距； 具体目标2.促进、开展和应用具有文化相关性和适当的社区研究成果 以及以证据为基础的社区教育和关于癌症健康差距的宣传； 具体目标3.制定和实施与本国家方案总体目标一致的培训方案，该方案将 导致受过良好培训并对文化敏感的癌症健康差距研究人员队伍增加； 具体目标4.促进该国家方案的可持续性和可信度；以及 具体目标5.利用额外资源支持国家方案的研究、教育和推广以及政策 配方。这一基础设施将支持社区的参与和消除癌症努力的可持续性 健康差异以及促进更多地遵守癌症预防、筛查、检测和治疗指南 对于人/土地上服务不足的社区。

The University of Maryland School of Medicine(UMSOM) submits this cooperative agreement grant application (in response to RFA CA-05-012) to establish the "Maryland Regional Community Network". This Community Network builds upon and expands two existing Networks in Maryland, the NCI supported Maryland Special Populations Network and the state tobacco settlement supported "Statewide Health Network". The Maryland Regional Community Network (MRCN) will serve as the principal infrastructure in the state with the mission "...to reduce and eventually eliminate cancer health disparities in Maryland's rural and underserved communities." This Community Network Program is comprised of a headquarter organization, the UMSOM, six formal community regional subcontractor partners, and one academic partner, the UMES, an HBCU and Minority Serving Institution. Regional partners will focus on five geographic regions of the state, UMES, and a statewide Native American contract for both Maryland indigenous Tribes and Tribes that have migrated to the state. There are two overall goals that guide the research, outreach and education, policy analysis and training for this Network. The overall goals are: Goal A: To significantly improve access to and utilization of beneficial cancer control interventions in Maryland communities which experience cancer health disparities; Goal B: To train a cadre of well-trained researchers. Specific aims for this Maryland Regional Community Network support the cross cutting, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary community-based research, community education and outreach and training activities. Five broad aims guide the methods and activities of this Network . The overall aims for this Network are: Specific Aim 1.To develop a robust and sustainable community based regional infrastructure, which fosters enhanced community capacity in Maryland focused on reducing and eventually eliminating cancer health disparities; Specific Aim 2. To foster, conduct and apply results of culturally relevant and appropriate community based research and evidence-based community education and outreach on cancer health disparities; Specific Aim 3. To develop and implement training programs consistent with the overall goals of this CNP, which will result in an increased cadre of well-trained and culturally sensitive cancer health disparities researchers; Specific Aim 4. To foster sustainability and credibility of this CNP; and Specific Aim 5. To leverage additional resources to support CNP research, education and outreach, and policy formulation. This infrastructure will support community participation and sustainability of efforts to eliminate cancer health disparities as well as foster greater adherence to cancer prevention, screening, detection and treatment guideline for Man/land's underserved communities.