Outreach Core

外展核心-摘要 少数种族和族裔以及其他得不到充分服务和易受伤害群体的癌症发病率和死亡率 芝加哥人口中大多数癌症的发病率远高于全国平均水平（伊利诺伊州癌症 登记处）。解决这些差异需要在文化和语言上相关的社区驱动的 接近。2015年，一个由社区成员和三个主要学术机构组成的联盟， 芝加哥，伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC），东北伊利诺伊大学（NEIU）和罗伯特H。Lurie 西北大学综合癌症中心（NU-LCC）获得了NCI U 54资金， 芝加哥癌症健康公平合作（芝加哥CHEC），旨在促进严格和有意义的 研究、教育、培训和社区外展/参与，以促进卫生公平。通过 最初的U 54奖，外展核心确定了社区的需求，并提供了领导和方案 支持以社区为基础的癌症教育、参与和外展活动。在这次更新中， 芝加哥生态环境委员会外展核心的拟议活动将建立在现有的优势，以前和正在进行的 工作，成就和从第一个U 54奖中吸取的教训，以提升芝加哥CHEC的集体 对减少癌症不平等的影响。外联核心今后五年的一个主要重点领域是 为得不到充分服务的弱势群体开展有针对性的癌症支助工作。其中包括 以下非相互排斥的群体：残疾人，性和性别少数群体，有色人种， 低收入癌症幸存者拟议的社区参与方法涵盖癌症连续体， 包括预防、筛查和早期发现、社区教育和癌症治疗 生存。外展核心的具体目标是：（1）促进社区伙伴关系和行为 正在进行的需求评估，以确定新的和创新的机会领域，包括外联研究， 社区参与的活动，将达到个人的健康差距人口;（2）实施 在癌症连续体中开展外展和教育活动;（3）为建立癌症健康创造机会 社区合作伙伴、教师和学生的公平研究能力;（4）计划、实施和评估 NCI全国外联网络在当地的活动;以及（5）严格评估 外联核心组织采用综合评价战略，阐明其目标。一个高效和多样化的三- 具有互补专长的机构领导小组将领导这些活动，并得到经验丰富的 拥有强大的临床和社区网络的社区健康教育工作者。社区指导委员会 将指导拟定和实施拟议的外联和参与活动。的 外展核心将利用每个芝加哥CHEC合作学术机构的众多联系，以芝加哥的 不同的社区和社区组织共同致力于促进癌症 健康公平。

OUTREACH CORE – ABSTRACT Cancer incidence and mortality rates for racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved and vulnerable populations are substantially higher in Chicago than the national average for most cancers (Illinois State Cancer Registry). Addressing these disparities demands culturally and linguistically relevant community-driven approaches. In 2015, a consortium comprised of community members and three major academic institutions in Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University (NU-LCC), secured NCI U54 funding to establish the Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative (ChicagoCHEC), which aims to foster rigorous and meaningful research, education, training, and community outreach/engagement to advance health equity. Through the original U54 award, the Outreach Core identified community needs, and provided leadership and programmatic support for community-based cancer education, engagement, and outreach activities. In this renewal, the proposed activities of the ChicagoCHEC Outreach Core will build upon the existing strengths, prior and ongoing work, accomplishments, and lessons learned from the first U54 award to elevate ChicagoCHEC’s collective impact on reducing cancer inequities. A major area of the Outreach Core’s focus for the next five years will be to develop targeted cancer support efforts for underserved and vulnerable populations. These include the following non-mutually exclusive groups: people with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities, men of color, and low-income cancer survivors. Proposed community engagement approaches span the cancer continuum, encompassing prevention, screening and early detection, community-based education, and cancer treatment and survivorship. Specific aims of the Outreach Core are to: (1) Foster community partnerships and conduct ongoing needs assessment to identify new and innovative areas of opportunity, including outreach research, for community-engaged activities that will reach individuals from health disparities populations; (2) Implement outreach and education activities across the cancer continuum; (3) Foster opportunities for building cancer health equity research capacity among community partners, faculty, and students; (4) Plan, implement, and evaluate NCI National Outreach Network activities locally; and (5) Rigorously evaluate achievement and progress of the Outreach Core’s stated aims using a comprehensive evaluation strategy. A highly effective and diverse tri- institutional leadership team with complementary expertise will lead these activities, supported by experienced Community Health Educators with strong clinical and community networks. A Community Steering Committee will guide the development and implementation of the proposed outreach and engagement activities. The Outreach Core will leverage each ChicagoCHEC partner academic institution’s numerous ties to Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods and community organizations in its activities collectively aimed at advancing cancer health equity.