The Maryland Regional Community Network Program To Elim*

描述(由申请人提供)： 马里兰大学医学院(UMSOM)提交了这份合作协议赠款申请(响应RFA CA-05-012)，以建立“马里兰地区社区网络”。该社区网络建立在马里兰州现有的两个网络的基础上并加以扩展，这两个网络分别是NCI支持的马里兰州特殊人群网络和州烟草解决方案支持的“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距。”该社区网络计划包括一个总部组织，UMSOM，六个正式的社区区域分包商合作伙伴，以及一个学术合作伙伴，UMES，一个HBCU和少数民族服务机构。区域合作伙伴将专注于该州的五个地理区域，UMES，以及马里兰州土著部落和已经移民到该州的部落的全州美洲原住民合同。指导该网络的研究、外联和教育、政策分析和培训的总体目标有两个。总体目标是：目标A：在经历癌症健康差距的马里兰州社区显著改善有益的癌症控制干预措施的获得和利用；目标B：培训一支训练有素的研究人员队伍。该马里兰州区域社区网络的具体目标是支持以社区为基础的交叉、多学科和跨学科研究、社区教育以及外联和培训活动。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，以加强马里兰州的社区能力，重点是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，以及关于癌症健康差距的循证社区教育和外展； 具体目标3)制定和实施与本CNP总体目标一致的培训计划，这将导致增加一支训练有素、对文化敏感的癌症健康差异研究人员队伍； 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)利用更多的资源支持国家方案的研究、教育和推广，以及政策制定。这一基础设施将支持社区的参与和努力的可持续性，以消除癌症健康差距，并促进更多地遵守马里兰州服务不足社区的癌症预防、筛查、检测和治疗指南

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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 Maryland's underserved communities