Community Outreach Program

社区外展计划(COP)将重点针对华盛顿州两个地区(县)的拉美裔美国人-亚基马县和富兰克林县。由于其中一个地区(亚基马县)有一个美洲印第安人(Al)Resen/(亚卡马民族)，而且我们过去的经验是有亚卡马民族的成员参与我们的干预活动，我们也将重点在亚卡马民族内开展外展活动。我们的COP将与伙伴组织和社区成员合作，利用资源来解决癌症健康差距和癌症控制问题，从而接触到目标地区最需要的拉美裔和Al人，通过确定在提供癌症信息和教育计划方面的差距，将战略性地规划、实施和评估缩小这些差距的伙伴关系和活动，以减轻这两个地区的癌症负担，因为社区预防服务特别工作组发现了强有力的证据，支持诸如客户提醒、小型媒体、一对一教育、减少结构性障碍和自付费用等干预措施，以此作为增加乳腺癌、宫颈癌和结直肠癌筛查的方法，我们提出了这些干预策略的组合。 社区外展方案的具体目标是： 1)加强与社区、提供者和护理系统的现有伙伴关系，以增加获得有益的生物医学程序的机会，以减轻癌症和其他合并症的负担； 2)开展健康促进和教育活动，提高人们对有益的生物医学程序和行为的认识和知识，以减轻癌症和其他合并症的负担； 3)与伙伴组织和筛查项目合作，制定有效的战略和系统支持，以加强有益的生物医学程序的使用和行为变化的吸收，以减轻癌症负担；以及 4)传播NCI的信息、材料、计划信息和研究机会，以加强改善癌症控制和减轻癌症负担的整体努力。 预计在《公约》缔约方会议之下开展的某些活动将由国家协调委员会指导和协调。自2000年以来一直与独联体合作，我们的社区健康教育人员对NCI项目有广泛的了解，并将确保NCI协调的活动与CNP中心的活动齐头并进。

The Community Outreach Program (COP) will focus outreach efforts to target Hispanics in two regions (counties) in Washington - Yakima and Franklin counties. Because one of the regions (Yakima County) has an American Indian (Al) Resen/ation (the Yakama Nation) located within it and because our past experience has involved members of the Yakama Nation in our intervention activities, we will also focus outreach activities within the Yakama Nation. Our COP will work with partner organizations and community members to leverage resources to address cancer health disparities and cancer control issues and thereby reach Hispanics and Al most in need in the targeted regions, By identifying gaps in delivery of cancer information and education programs, partnerships and activities to close those gaps will be strategically planned, implemented and evaluated to reduce the burden of cancer in the two regions, Since the Task Force on Community Preventive Services has found strong evidence to support interventions such as client reminders, small media, one-on-one education, and reducing structural barriers and out-of-pocket costs as ways to increase breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening, we propose a mix of these intervention strategies. The specific aims of the Community Outreach Program are to: 1) strengthen existing partnerships with communities, providers, and systems of care to increase access to beneficial biomedical procedures to reduce the burden of cancer and other co-morbid conditions; 2) conduct health promotion and education activities to increase awareness and knowledge of beneficial biomedical procedures and behaviors that reduce the burden of cancer and other co-morbidities; 3) work with partner organizations and screening programs to develop effective strategies and system supports that will enhance use of beneficial biomedical procedures and uptake in behavioral changes that reduce cancer burden; and 4) disseminate NCI messages, materials, program information and research opportunities to enhance overall efforts to improve cancer control and reduce cancer burden. It is expected that certain activities conducted under the COP will be guided and coordinated by the NCI. Having worked with the CIS since 2000, our Community Health Educators have extensive knowledge of NCI programs and will ensure that the NCI-coordinated activities go hand-in-hand with the CNP Center activities.