Community Outreach and Engagement

项目概要：社区外展和参与 西尔维斯特综合癌症中心（西尔维斯特）的目标是消除癌症的负担，在其整个 定义的集水区，一个四县区域（布劳沃德、迈阿密-戴德、门罗和棕榈海滩县） 俗称南佛罗里达。这个地区有600多万不同血统的人， 种族/民族身份和文化背景。与美国其他地区一样，乳腺癌、结肠直肠癌、肺癌和前列腺癌 在南佛罗里达，癌症占新发癌症病例的大多数。然而，有一个额外的负担， 子宫颈癌在该地区，特别是在黑人中。疾病发病率和死亡率模式 南佛罗里达的西班牙裔与居住在美国其他地方的西班牙裔有所不同。 来自西尔维斯特的三个多学科研究项目的研究人员致力于确定 解释了这种变异性。在战略规划过程的指导下，中心领导层正式确定了西尔维斯特的 外联和参与办公室（SOOE）在2016年建立必要的机构和社区- 基础设施，以促进高影响，转化科学反映集水区的需要， 人口构成。一个由25名成员组成的社区咨询委员会（CAC），由利益相关者组成 反映了南佛罗里达的多元文化和语言多样性，支持这个办公室。在CAC输入的指导下， 2016年至2018年，SOOE参加了整个集水区近2,200场社区活动， 让大约26，000名不同种族和族裔的人参加针对不同文化的教育， 癌症和癌症筛查。通过SOOE和西尔维斯特的共同努力， 基于社区的研究共享资源（BCSR），近20%的人成功地 在同一时期招募到正在进行的干预性研究中。目前，西尔维斯特60%的 由校外资助的研究组合被认为与集水区有关，解决了当地普遍存在的 癌症和/或不同的人口亚组，自2016年以来，西尔维斯特每年颁发三个集水区- 重点试点研究项目，以确保这一科学重点领域的进一步发展。西尔维斯特 研究人员正在利用研究结果来制定全州范围的癌症健康政策，例如 消除污染政策，以减少消防员患癌症的风险，并参与全球肿瘤学倡议， 扩大西尔维斯特的科学影响力展望未来，SOOE的外联活动将主要 由SCAN 360提供信息，SCAN 360是由主要西尔维斯特成员开发的基于网络的交互式平台， 对南佛罗里达的癌症负担进行视觉表征，以帮助研究人员满足当地的需求， 研究机会。计划中的活动将进一步扩大西尔维斯特的外联和研究足迹， 南佛罗里达和更远的地方。

PROJECT SUMMARY: COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (Sylvester) aims to eliminate the burden of cancer throughout its defined catchment area, a four-county region (Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties) commonly known as South Florida. This area is home to more than six million people of diverse ancestry, racial/ethnic identities, and cultural backgrounds. As in the rest of the US, breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers account for the majority of new cancer cases in South Florida. However, there is an excess burden of cervical cancer in the region, particularly among Blacks. Patterns of disease incidence and mortality among South Florida Hispanics vary from that observed for Hispanics living elsewhere in the US. Researchers from Sylvester’s three multidisciplinary research programs are committed to identifying what accounts for this variability. Informed by a strategic planning process, center leadership formalized Sylvester’s Office of Outreach and Engagement (SOOE) in 2016 to establish the necessary institutional and community- based infrastructure to facilitate high impact, translational science reflective of catchment area need and demographic composition. A 25-member Community Advisory Committee (CAC), comprised of stakeholders reflecting South Florida’s multicultural and linguistic diversity, supports this office. Guided by CAC input, the SOOE participated in nearly 2,200 community events throughout the catchment area from 2016 to 2018, engaging approximately 26,000 racially and ethnically diverse individuals in culturally tailored education about cancer and cancer screening. Through the shared efforts of the SOOE and Sylvester’s Behavioral and Community-Based Research Shared Resource (BCSR), nearly 20% of these individuals were successfully recruited to ongoing interventional research studies in this same time period. Currently, 60% of Sylvester’s extramurally funded research portfolio is considered catchment area relevant, addressing a locally prevalent cancer and/or disparate population sub-group, and since 2016, Sylvester annually awards three catchment- focused pilot research projects to ensure further growth in this area of scientific emphasis. Sylvester investigators are leveraging research findings to shape statewide cancer health policy, such as a decontamination policy to reduce cancer risk among firefighters, and engaging in global oncology initiatives to extend Sylvester’s scientific reach and impact. Moving forward, the SOOE’s outreach activities will be largely informed by SCAN360, an interactive web-based platform developed by key Sylvester members, that provides a visual characterization of the cancer burden in South Florida to help investigators match local needs with research opportunities. Planned activities will further expand Sylvester’s outreach and research footprint in South Florida and beyond.