Outreach Core

项目摘要/摘要--外联核心 癌症研究和教育促进健康公平(CREATE)伙伴关系的地理区域是 由圣地亚哥和帝国郡组成，加利福尼亚州的两个美墨边境县 包括大约350万居民。这个地区是一个少数民族占多数的地区，拥有广泛的文化、语言和 种族/民族多样性。癌症风险因素、筛查、治疗和存活率方面的差异继续存在 在全国和该伙伴关系的区域内，特别是在服务不足的群体中，继续开展这方面的工作。一般来说， 医疗服务不足的人在较晚阶段被诊断为癌症，存活率较低 与更富裕的个人相比。减少这些癌症差距需要能力 发展循证实践和社区参与的研究和实践传播。那里 也需要来自代表性不足背景的研究人员更多地参与和培训，以 与服务于这一人群的社区组织合作。此外，社区很少有 与以下机构合作开发研究计划和实施循证实践的机会 专业临床医生和研究人员。使用集成到所有合作伙伴关系中的创新方法 通过其总体目标：整合社区，外联核心解决了这些差距 将参与原则纳入所有创建伙伴关系活动。为了实现这一目标，外联核心将 采用社区到长椅模式，该模式提供有目的的努力以确保社区参与 和双向对话。提出了以下具体目标：1)通过以下方式促进癌症健康公平 促进和支持与流域相关的研究和社区参与的研究，包括但 不限于合作伙伴赞助的研究项目；2)为社区卫生中心提供支持 筛查、早期发现、与护理和转诊途径的联系；3)通过以下方式促进社区参与 进行需求评估，传播循证做法和资源，并实施 教育和外联活动；以及4)为伙伴关系的教育使命作出贡献 为本科生、研究生、医学生以及早期学生提供教育机会 社区参与研究和癌症差异领域的研究人员。与美国政府密切合作 作为社区谘询委员会的一员，业主立案法团将在现有社区伙伴关系的基础上，进一步扩大 伙伴关系与未得到充分服务的社区的外联活动，并支持集水区的研究 优先癌症。为开展这项工作，核心已组建了一个多学科小组，具备以下方面的专业知识 癌症差异研究、预防、多层次干预和社区卫生系统干预。 该中心的协作方法响应了社区需求，并将改善#年癌症健康公平 合作伙伴关系的区域和更远的地区。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT – OUTREACH CORE The Cancer Research and Education to Advance HealTh Equity (CREATE) Partnership’s geographic area is composed of San Diego and Imperial Counties, the two U.S.-Mexico border counties in California which include ~3.5 million residents. This region is a majority-minority area, with extensive cultural, linguistic, and racial/ethnic diversity. Disparities in cancer risk factors, screening, treatment and survivorship continue to persist nationally and within the Partnership’s region, particularly among underserved groups. Generally, medically underserved individuals are diagnosed with cancer at a later stage and have poorer survival compared to individuals who are more affluent. Reducing these cancer disparities requires capacity development for evidence-based practice and community-engaged research and practice dissemination. There is also a need for greater engagement and training of researchers from under-represented backgrounds to collaborate with community organizations that serve this population. Further, communities rarely have opportunities to develop research programs and implement evidence-based practices in collaboration with expert clinicians and researchers. Using innovative approaches that are integrated into all Partnership components, the Outreach Core addresses these gaps through its overarching goal: To integrate community engagement principles into all CREATE Partnership activities. To accomplish this, the Outreach Core will adopt the Community-to-Bench model, which provides an intentional effort to ensure community engagement and bi-directional dialogue. The following Specific Aims are proposed: 1) Advance cancer health equity by facilitating and supporting catchment area-relevant research and community-engaged research including but not limited to Partnership-sponsored research projects; 2) Provide support to community health centers for screening, early detection, linkage to care and referral pathways; 3) Foster community engagement by conducting needs assessments, disseminating evidence-based practices and resources and implementing educational and outreach activities; and 4) Contribute to the Partnership’s educational mission by providing educational opportunities to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, as well as early-stage investigators in areas of community-engaged research and cancer disparities. Working closely with the Community Advisory Board, the OC will build upon existing community partnerships to further expand the Partnership’s outreach activities with underserved communities and to support research in catchment area priority cancers. To conduct this work, the Core has assembled a multidisciplinary team with expertise in cancer disparities research, prevention, multilevel interventions, and community health system interventions. The Core’s collaborative approach is responsive to community needs and will improve cancer health equity in the Partnership’s region and beyond.