Community Outreach and Engagement

项目摘要：社区外展和参与 西尔维斯特综合癌症中心(西尔维斯特)的目标是在整个社区消除癌症负担。 确定的集水区，由四个县组成(布罗沃德、迈阿密-戴德、门罗县和棕榈滩县) 通常被称为南佛罗里达。这个地区居住着600多万不同血统的人， 种族/民族认同和文化背景。与美国其他地区一样，乳房、结直肠、肺和前列腺 癌症占南佛罗里达州新发癌症病例的大部分。然而，有一个额外的负担 该地区的宫颈癌发病率很高，尤其是在黑人中。年疾病发病率和死亡率的模式 南佛罗里达州的拉美裔美国人与生活在美国其他地方的拉美裔美国人不同。 西尔维斯特大学三个多学科研究项目的研究人员致力于确定 解释了这种可变性的原因。在战略规划过程的指导下，中心领导层正式确定了西尔维斯特的 外联和参与办公室(SOOE)，以建立必要的机构和社区-- 基于基础设施，以促进高影响力、反映集水区需求的翻译科学和 人口构成。由25名成员组成的社区咨询委员会(CAC)，由利益相关者组成 反映了南佛罗里达州的多元文化和语言多样性，支持这个办公室。在CAC输入的指导下， 从2016年到2018年，SOOE在整个集水区参加了近2200项社区活动， 让大约26,000名不同种族和民族的人参加针对文化量身定做的关于 癌症和癌症筛查。通过SOOE和西尔维斯特的共同努力， 基于社区的研究共享资源(BCSR)，其中近20%的人成功 在同一时间段被招募到正在进行的干预研究中。目前，西尔维斯特的60% 外部资助的研究组合被认为是相关的集水区，涉及当地流行的 癌症和/或不同的人口亚群，自2016年以来，西尔维斯特每年颁发三个集水区- 有重点的试验性研究项目，以确保这一科学重点领域的进一步增长。西尔维斯特 调查人员正在利用研究结果来制定全州范围的癌症健康政策，例如 降低消防员癌症风险的净化政策，并参与全球肿瘤学倡议，以 扩大西尔维斯特的科学研究范围和影响力。展望未来，国企的外展活动将主要是 由Sylvester主要成员开发的基于Web的交互式平台SCAN360提供信息，该平台提供 对南佛罗里达州癌症负担的直观描述，以帮助调查人员匹配当地需求 研究机会。计划的活动将进一步扩大西尔维斯特在#年的外联和研究足迹 南佛罗里达和更远的地方。

PROJECT SUMMARY: COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (Sylvester) aims to eliminate the burden of cancer throughout its defined catchment area, a four-county region (Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties) commonly known as South Florida. This area is home to more than six million people of diverse ancestry, racial/ethnic identities, and cultural backgrounds. As in the rest of the US, breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers account for the majority of new cancer cases in South Florida. However, there is an excess burden of cervical cancer in the region, particularly among Blacks. Patterns of disease incidence and mortality among South Florida Hispanics vary from that observed for Hispanics living elsewhere in the US. Researchers from Sylvester’s three multidisciplinary research programs are committed to identifying what accounts for this variability. Informed by a strategic planning process, center leadership formalized Sylvester’s Office of Outreach and Engagement (SOOE) in 2016 to establish the necessary institutional and community- based infrastructure to facilitate high impact, translational science reflective of catchment area need and demographic composition. A 25-member Community Advisory Committee (CAC), comprised of stakeholders reflecting South Florida’s multicultural and linguistic diversity, supports this office. Guided by CAC input, the SOOE participated in nearly 2,200 community events throughout the catchment area from 2016 to 2018, engaging approximately 26,000 racially and ethnically diverse individuals in culturally tailored education about cancer and cancer screening. Through the shared efforts of the SOOE and Sylvester’s Behavioral and Community-Based Research Shared Resource (BCSR), nearly 20% of these individuals were successfully recruited to ongoing interventional research studies in this same time period. Currently, 60% of Sylvester’s extramurally funded research portfolio is considered catchment area relevant, addressing a locally prevalent cancer and/or disparate population sub-group, and since 2016, Sylvester annually awards three catchment- focused pilot research projects to ensure further growth in this area of scientific emphasis. Sylvester investigators are leveraging research findings to shape statewide cancer health policy, such as a decontamination policy to reduce cancer risk among firefighters, and engaging in global oncology initiatives to extend Sylvester’s scientific reach and impact. Moving forward, the SOOE’s outreach activities will be largely informed by SCAN360, an interactive web-based platform developed by key Sylvester members, that provides a visual characterization of the cancer burden in South Florida to help investigators match local needs with research opportunities. Planned activities will further expand Sylvester’s outreach and research footprint in South Florida and beyond.