Outreach Core

这一外联核心的总体目标是为癌症预防和控制活动提供框架，以解决新墨西哥州各地存在的癌症健康差异。新墨西哥州是一个以少数民族为主的州，人口中59%为少数民族（46.3%为西班牙裔，9.4%为美洲原住民，3%为非洲裔）。新墨西哥州是许多美洲土著部落（例如，纳瓦霍、梅斯卡莱罗、阿帕奇、祖尼、杰梅斯普韦布洛）的家园，遍布整个州，西南地区的西班牙边境社区也是如此。几个殖民地或农村地区缺乏基础设施和商品，如城市供水、废物处理和铺砌的道路，围绕着该州的边境地区。卫生知识普及水平低，贫困率和无保险率高，获得保健的机会有限，在这些代表性不足的人口中，癌症发病率和死亡率过高。总体而言，该州的少数族裔人口在癌症预防、诊断和治疗方面的服务不足。

The overall goal of this Outreach Core is to provide the framework for cancer prevention and control activities to address the cancer health disparities found throughout New Mexico. New Mexico is a minority-dominated state, with a population that is 59% minority (46.3% Hispanic, 9.4% Native American, and 3% African American). New Mexico is home to a number of Native American tribes (e.g., Navajo, Mescalero Apache, Zuni, Jemez Pueblo) throughout the state and Hispanic border communities in its southwestern region. Several colonies, or rural areas lacking infrastructures and commodities such as city water, waste disposal, and paved roads, surround the state's border region. Health literacy levels are low, poverty and noninsurance rates are high, access to care is limited, and cancer morbidity and mortality is excessive among these underrepresented populations. Overall, minority populations in the state are underserved in terms of cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. A task of our Outreach Core is to increase community capacity to participate in cancer awareness, prevention, and control activities in NM. We will do this through community-based participatory research (CBPR) directed at translational interventions. Both Drs. Thompson and Palacios have extensive experience in working with communities. To build community capacity, it is important to have community partners empowered to collaborate with us. To ensure community participation in our activities, we will recruit individuals in the region to serve on a Community Advisory Board (CAB) to provide input and assistance in identifying community needs, capacities, and prospective collaborators. The CAB will consist of 12-18 members representing local Hispanic and Native American organizations or organizations that serve those populations. Dr. Beti Thompson, Core Leader from FHCRC, will lead this effort along with Dr. Rebecca Palacios, Core Leader from NMSU.