Community Outreach and Engagement

概要/摘要-社区外展和参与 社区外展和参与办公室（COE）是一个重要的双向接口， 新墨西哥州大学综合癌症中心（UNMCCC）的所有组成部分和丰富的挂毯 社区卫生系统合作伙伴、主权部落国家、西班牙裔/拉丁裔人口、癌症社区 倡导者和患者支持组织。COE促进克服癌症健康差距的努力 在我们的服务区，新墨西哥州（NM），作为参与和沟通的焦点 联合国儿童基金会和我们的集水区社区之间的关系。本港集水区的主要特色 包括其多样化多种族、多文化和农村人口组成，主要是西班牙裔、美国人 印第安人和非西班牙裔白色人;持续的社会经济挑战，包括深度贫困和粮食不安全; 和获得医疗保健的挑战。今天的COE于2018年正式确定， 联合国儿童基金会现有的癌症监测和社区参与倡议。在这方面，特遣队所属装备提议， 以下具体目标：1）定义和描述集水区，2）优先考虑癌症相关需求 通过与所有利益相关者的参与和沟通，3）促进癌症研究，4）传播， 实施和评估多层次的癌症控制战略，以减少癌症负担， 集水区为了实现这些目标，COE召集了两个主要的合作团体： 咨询委员会（CAB）和部落咨询理事会。与这些群体的系统接触， 利益攸关方组织和联合国儿童基金会的领导导致确定了以下优先领域： 癌症健康差距的基本负担，2）增加获得癌症护理的机会，包括及时接受治疗， 筛查和治疗，3）减少与癌症护理连续性相关的经济困难，4） 生存需要，和5）检查环境暴露和癌症风险/发病率之间的联系。的 COE由MCRP（CCPS）的Andrew Sussman博士领导，COE代表UNMCCC协议 监测审查委员会（Miria Kano，PhD（CCPS）），高级项目经理和四个社区 外展专家拥有独特的文化和语言的一致性，使美国印第安人，西班牙裔， 和服务不足的社区。COE的主要作用和影响包括整合创新的癌症监测 登记册和数据源，以促进集水区监测和优先领域评估;促进 在所有优先领域开展有影响力的、文化上适当的、严格的癌症控制和护理提供研究， 在集水区内外;在全州范围内传播全面的癌症控制教育， 培训策略和政策影响建议;参与UNMCCC临床试验 导致研究中代表性不足的少数应计项目比例较高的组成部分， 流域优先。

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT - COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT The Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) serves as the critical bidirectional interface between all components of the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNMCCC) and a rich tapestry of community health system partners, sovereign Tribal Nations, Hispanic/Latinx populations, cancer community advocates, and patient support organizations. The COE facilitates efforts to overcome cancer health disparities in our catchment area, the State of New Mexico (NM), as the focal point for engagement and communication between the UNMCCC and our catchment area communities. Major characteristics of our catchment area include its diverse multiethnic, multicultural, and rural population composition, primarily Hispanic, American Indian, and non-Hispanic white; persistent socioeconomic challenges including deep poverty and food insecurity; and access to health care challenges. Today’s COE, formalized in 2018, coordinates with and builds upon existing UNMCCC cancer surveillance and community-engaged initiatives. Within this context, COE proposes the following specific aims: 1) define and characterize the catchment area, 2) prioritize cancer-related needs through engagement and communication with all stakeholders, 3) facilitate cancer research, and 4) disseminate, implement, and evaluate multi-level cancer control strategies to reduce cancer burden within and beyond the catchment area. To accomplish these aims, the COE has convened two major partnering groups: the Community Advisory Board (CAB) and Tribal Advisory Council. Systematic engagement with these groups, other key stakeholder organizations, and UNMCCC leadership led to identification of the following priority areas: 1) the fundamental burden of cancer health disparities, 2) enhancing access to cancer care, including receipt of timely screening and treatment, 3) reducing financial hardship associated with the continuum of cancer care, 4) survivorship needs, and 5) examining links between environmental exposures and cancer risk/incidence. The COE is led by Andrew Sussman, PhD, MCRP (CCPS), with COE representation on the UNMCCC Protocol Monitoring Review Committee (Miria Kano, PhD (CCPS)), a Senior Program Manager, and four community outreach specialists possessing unique cultural and linguistic concordance to engage American Indian, Hispanic, and underserved communities. COE major roles and impact include integration of innovative cancer surveillance registries and data sources to facilitate catchment area monitoring and priority area assessment; catalyzing impactful, culturally appropriate, and rigorous cancer control and care delivery research in all priority areas both within and beyond the catchment area; dissemination of comprehensive statewide cancer control education, training strategies, and policy impacting recommendations; and engagement with UNMCCC clinical trial components leading to high proportions of underrepresented minority accruals in research aligned with catchment area priorities.