Community Engagement/Outreach Core

项目摘要(见说明)：与普通人群相比，非裔美国人男性的前列腺癌发病率和死亡率是世界上最高的。癌症研究和治疗发展中心(CCRTD)使用一种广泛的方法来检查导致这种健康差距的许多因素。CCRTD致力于扩大其在非裔美国人社区的教育和社区参与性研究议程，以提高对前列腺癌的流行和预防以及早期发现的好处的认识。我们建议继续支持我们的社区外展/教育核心项目的开发和启动，这些项目将提供前列腺癌预防、筛查和治疗方面的信息，重点是种族和民族差异。CCRTD计划、实施和赞助了几项外展活动，旨在通过健康博览会、市政厅会议、研讨会和媒体宣传亚特兰大大都会地区的非裔美国人男性对前列腺癌的认识和前列腺癌的年度检测。CORE得到了社区合作伙伴的支持，这些合作伙伴包括：传播艺术部、体育部、市中心泌尿外科教育基金会、前列腺网和第二意见协会。合作将继续下去，并作为催化剂，为CCRTD制定的社区推广和教育方案提供独特的优势。该核心计划扩大社区外展能力，以便将癌症信息相关地传播到不同的社区。此外，CCRTD将开发工具和统计工具来衡量活动成果。CCRTD的具体目标是：1)促进、开展和应用具有文化相关性和适当的以社区为基础的参与性研究成果。2)增加以证据为基础的社区教育和宣传，这将有助于加强预防、及早发现和治疗前列腺癌的意识，前列腺癌对非裔美国人社区的影响不成比例。3)扩大和保持媒体渠道，向非裔美国人社区提供前列腺癌相关教育信息。

PROJECT SUMMARY (See instructions): Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in African-American men are highest in the world compared to the general population. The Center of Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD) uses a broad approach of examining the many factors that cause this health disparity. CCRTD is dedicated to the expansion of its educational and community based-participatory research agenda in the African-American community to build awareness about the prevalence and prevention of prostate cancer, as well as the benefits of early detection. We are proposing continued support to develop and initiate programs in our Community Outreach/Education Core, which will provide information on prostate cancer prevention, screening and treatment, with an emphasis on racial and ethnic disparities. CCRTD has planned, implemented and sponsored several outreach initiative aimed at educating African-American men in the metropolitan Atlanta area promoting prostate cancer awareness and annual testing for prostate cancer through health fairs, town hall meetings, seminars, and media outlets. The Core has drawn support from community partners which, include: Division of Communication Arts, Department of Athletics, Midtown Urology Educational Foundation, The Prostate Net and Second Opinion Society. Collaborations will continue and serve as a catalyst for providing unique advantages for community outreach and educational programs developed by CCRTD. The Core intends to expand the community outreach capacity, such that cancer information is relevantly disseminated to diverse communities. In addition, CCRTD will develop instruments and statistical tools to measure activity outcomes. The specific aims of CCRTD are: 1) To foster, conduct, and apply results of culturally relevant and appropriate community-based participatory research. 2) To increase the evidence-based community education and outreach that will help strengthen awareness for prevention, early detection and treatment of prostate cancer, which disproportionately affects African- American communities. 3) To expand and maintain media outlets for purposes of providing prostate cancer related educational information to the African-American community.