Expand NCI-Supported Community Outreach Capacity

南卡罗来纳州癌症差异社区网络（SCCDCN）-II将南卡罗来纳州（SC）的非裔美国人（AA）浸信会教堂确定为我们的主要合作伙伴和目标“社区”;然而，SCCDCN-II也覆盖了地理位置靠近AA浸信会教堂的更大社区，包括加入这些努力的其他教派的成员（这些成员共同组成了我们整个州）。我们专注于与国家浸信会女青年辅助（YWA）成员合作，有效地开发，交付和评估以社区为基础的计划，以减少癌症的发病率和死亡率，并通过增加参与癌症预防和控制，以减少癌症的差距。 SCCDCN-II的社区外展方案将建立在第一个项目期间（SCCDCN-I）巩固的基础设施上，并与已建立的社区伙伴合作，继续利用基于社区的参与性方法消除癌症差异。基于社区的参与性研究（CBPR）是提高科学有效性和人口相关性的一种方式，最终为所有利益相关者提供关于我们可以做些什么来改善健康和解决健康差距的宝贵信息。CBPR提供了一个框架， 整个SCCDCN-II和我们对COP的方法。

The South Carolina Cancer Disparities Community Network (SCCDCN)-II identifies African-American (AA) Baptist churches in South Carolina (SC) as our primary partner and target "community"; however, SCCDCN-ll also reaches the larger communities in geographic proximity to the AA Baptist churches including members of other denominations who have joined these efforts (that, together, comprise our entire state). We focus on collaborating with the State Baptist Young Woman's Auxiliary (YWA) members to effectively develop, deliver, and evaluate community-based programs to reduce cancer disparities by reducing cancer incidence and mortality and by increasing participation in cancer prevention and control. The community outreach program (COP) ofthe SCCDCN-ll will build on the infrastructure solidified during the first project period (SCCDCN-I) and collaborate with established community partners to continue to utilize community-based, participatory approaches to eliminate cancer disparities. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a way to increase scientific validity and population relevance, ultimately providing all stakeholders with valuable information about what we can do to improve health and address health disparities together. CBPR provides the framework of the entire SCCDCN-ll and our approach to the COP.