Community Outreach Program

目标.社区外展计划（COP）借鉴了社区学术合作伙伴网络的丰富专业知识，这些合作伙伴高度重视通过参与，对话和集体解决问题的方法改善社区健康的共同目标，并建立在成功的社区合作伙伴关系的重要历史基础上，以预防癌症控制和建立强大的外展基础设施 坦帕湾社区癌症网络（TBCCN）。正如RFA所概述的那样，社区健康教育工作者（CHE）是该计划的一个组成部分，协助开展NCI协调的活动， 国家外展网络，并有助于传播高质量的循证保健 宣传信息、NCI癌症材料、方案和工具。图1显示了COP的关键组件， 这将在接下来的章节中详细阐述。具体目标是： 1.促进建立健全和可持续的健康促进和社区外展基础设施 通过社区合作，学术伙伴关系和能力建设。为了实现这一 目的我们建议：1）在社区和学术界进行全面的需求评估 合作伙伴在社区范围内确定教育和外联的关键优先事项， 学术合作伙伴的共同目标和需求; 2）提供研讨会，培训和工具，以支持 社区在卫生相关问题上的能力和技能，以促进可持续性（例如赠款 讲习班、编写低识字材料讲习班和癌症生存活动）; 3）提供 为社区合作伙伴提供种子资金机会和小额赠款，以支持小型社区教育， 提高认识和外联活动;以及4）通过以下方式增加网络成员之间的互动 社区咨询小组（CAG）。这些活动确保社区需要 是健康促进活动的指导框架，并通过以下方式提供可持续的基础设施： 社区伙伴能力建设和社区资源分配活动。 2.提供创新的健康促进、教育和外展活动和材料， 考虑文化、语言和识字在癌症护理的连续性中的关系， 生物库和临床试验教育。为了实现这一目标，我们将：1）进行文化定制， 在不同社区开展适当的社区癌症教育和宣传活动 健康博览会、多元文化节、成人教育中心和宗教机构等场所; 2） 开展“向科学家提问”的社区教育活动， 研究人员合作提供创新的癌症教育和认识主题， 预防、健康差距、临床试验招募和生物库; 3）制定和实施青年 提高科学和健康素养并促进职业发展的大使计划; 4） 为癌症幸存者制定/调整循证癌症幸存者教育计划， 在语言和文化上与我们的目标人群相关（例如癌症夏令营，教育研讨会）;以及 5)加强和进一步传播在目前的国家计划中编制的低识字率癌症教育材料 (e.g.结肠直肠癌和乳腺癌/前列腺癌预防手册，生物库教育工具 和戒烟材料）。这些活动为社区提供了必要的工具， 社区内的健康，特别是侧重于减少健康差距。 3.利用新方法向社区传播信息和研究成果， 研究人员、医疗保健提供者和决策者。使用新技术，我们将传播 向各种各样的受众提供项目结果和重要的癌症预防和认识信息 包括地方、区域和国家人口。为了实现这一目标，我们将：1）利用印刷和电子 信道（例如，基于网络的技术，CNP中心网站。癌症P.L.A.N.E.T.）; 2)与当地合作 媒体（印刷品和广播）向当地广大受众提供重要的癌症预防和研究信息; 以及3）利用视觉方法，如推荐、讲故事或其他创造性的教学方法 方式。这些活动将教育更广泛的社区（包括社区成员、保健提供者和决策者）了解健康促进、健康差距和研究。 该方案与其他核心协同工作，以实现其目标，并促进目标的实现。预计该计划的努力将产生一种创新的社区参与模式，可以随时导出和转移，广泛应用于其他环境和人群，以减少癌症健康差距。

Goal. The Community Outreach Program (COP) draws on the vast expertise of an established network of community-academic partners who place high value on the mutual goal of improved community health through engagement, dialogue and collective problem-solving approaches, and builds on a significant history of successful community partnerships for cancer prevention control and a strong outreach infrastructure created by the Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN). As outlined by the RFA, a Community Health Educator (CHE) is an integral part of this program, assists with NCI-coordinated activities as part of the National Outreach Network, and contributes to the dissemination of high quality evidence-based health promotion messages, NCI cancer materials, programs and tools. Figure 1, illustrates COP key components, which are elaborated upon in upcoming sections. Specific aims are: 1. To contribute to a robust and sustainable health promotion and community outreach infrastructure through community collaborations, academic partnerships and capacity building. To accomplish this aim we propose to: 1) conduct a comprehensive needs assessment among community and academic partners to generate key priorities for education and outreach within the context of community and academic partners' mutually shared goals and needs; 2) offer workshops, trainings and tools to bolster community capacity and skills about health related issues to foster sustainability (e.g. grantwriting workshops, developing low literacy materials workshops, and cancer survivorship activities); 3) provide seed funding opportunities and small grants for community partners to support small community education, awareness and outreach activities; and 4) increase interactions among members of the Network through activities such as the Community Advisory Group (CAG). These activities ensure that community needs are the guiding framework for health promotion activities and provide a sustainable infrastructure through community partner capacity building and community-based resource allocation activities. 2. To deliver innovative health promotion, education and outreach activities and materials that consider the nexus of culture, language and literacy across the continuum of cancer care including biobanking and clinical trials education. To accomplish this aim we will: 1) conduct culturally tailored, literacy appropriate community-based cancer education and awareness activities within diverse community settings such as health fairs, multicultural festivals, adult education centers, and faith-based institutions; 2) conduct 'Ask a Scientist' community-based education sessions whereby community partners and researchers collaborate to deliver innovative cancer education and awareness topics such as cancer prevention, health disparities, recruitment to clinical trials and biobanking; 3) develop and implement youth ambassador programs that increase science and health literacy and promote career development; 4) develop/adapt evidence-based cancer survivorship education programs for cancer survivors that are linguistically and culturally relevant for our target populations (e.g. cancer camps, education seminars); and 5) enhance and further disseminate low literacy cancer education materials developed in the current CNP (e.g. colorectal photonovella and breast/prostate cancer prevention brochures, biobanking education tools and smoking cessation materials). These activities equip communities with the necessary tools to enhance health from within their communities, specifically focusing on the reduction of health disparities. 3. To utilize novel approaches to disseminate information and research findings to communities, researchers, health care providers and decision makers. Using novel techniques we will disseminate project findings and critical cancer prevention and awareness information to a wide variety of audiences including local, regional and national populations. To accomplish this, we will: 1) utilize print and electronic channels (e.g., web-based technologies, CNP Center website. Cancer P.L.A.N.E.T.); 2) collaborate with local media (print and radio) to deliver critical cancer prevention and research messages to broad local audiences; and 3) utilize visual methodologies such as testimonials, storytelling or other creative teaching-learning modalities. These activities will educate the broader community (including community members, health care providers and decision-makers) on health promotion, health disparities and research. This program works synergistically with the other cores to meet its aims, and facilitate achievement of aims. It is anticipated that the efforts of this program will yield an innovative model of community engagement that can be readily exported and transferred for broad application to other settings and populations for reducing cancer health disparities.