The Maryland Regional Community Network Program To Elim*

描述（由申请人提供）： 马里兰州医学院（UMSOM）提交本合作协议赠款申请（响应RFA CA-05-012），以建立“马里兰州区域社区网络”。 该社区网络建立在马里兰州现有的两个网络的基础上，并扩大了这两个网络，即国家癌症研究所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”。 马里兰州区域社区网络（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。“这个社区网络计划由一个总部组织UMSOM、六个正式的社区区域分包商合作伙伴和一个学术合作伙伴UMES、一个HBCU和少数民族服务机构组成。 区域合作伙伴将集中在该州的五个地理区域，UMES，以及一个全州范围的美洲原住民合同，为马里兰州土著部落和部落已经迁移到该州。 有两个总体目标指导该网络的研究、外联和教育、政策分析和培训。 总体目标是：目标A：在经历癌症健康差异的马里兰州社区，显著改善获得和利用有益的癌症控制干预措施;目标B：培养一支训练有素的研究人员队伍。 这个马里兰州区域社区网络的具体目标是支持跨领域、多学科和跨学科的社区研究、社区教育和外联及培训活动。 该网络的方法和活动遵循五大目标。 该网络的总体目标是： 具体目标1）发展一个强大的和可持续的社区为基础的区域基础设施，促进增强社区能力在马里兰州集中在减少和最终消除癌症健康的差距; 具体目标2）促进、开展和应用与文化相关和适当的基于社区的研究和循证社区教育的成果，并就癌症健康差异开展外联活动; 具体目标3）制定和实施与该CNP总体目标一致的培训计划，这将导致增加训练有素和文化敏感的癌症健康差异研究人员的骨干队伍; 具体目标4）促进该CNP的可持续性和可信度;以及 具体目标5）利用额外资源支持国家方案的研究、教育和外联以及政策制定。 该基础设施将支持社区参与和可持续性努力，以消除癌症健康差距，并促进马里兰州服务不足社区更好地遵守癌症预防、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