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Session: Community Networks to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities through Education, Research and Training: Program and Evaluation Strategies
3202.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
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Community Networks to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities through Education, Research and Training: Program and Evaluation Strategies
This panel will present evaluation strategies and preliminary findings from the Community Networks Program to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities through Education, Research and Training (CNP). The CNP is a 5-year program funded through the National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD). Twenty-five cooperative agreements were awarded to institutions across the United States to implement community-based activities to address cancer health disparities among racial and ethnic minority and underserved populations. The CNP aims to develop, implement, and evaluate strategies to ensure the rights of all populations to adequate education, screening, and treatment for cancer. The primary goals of the CNP are to significantly increase access to and utilization of beneficial cancer interventions in communities with cancer health disparities, and to provide a cadre of well-trained researchers who will continue to reduce disparities in communities. All CNP activities are framed by the community-based participatory research approach. Each CNP grantee establishes partnerships and collaborates closely with community-based organizations to provide culturally-appropriate clinical and non-clinical services to meet the goals of the program. A national evaluator (CSR, Incorporated) is conducting a cross-site evaluation to track implementation of the program and assess overall program effectiveness. The national evaluation utilizes community-based participatory research methodologies, collaborating with all 25 grantees in the development and implementation of the evaluation and the dissemination of its results.
Learning Objectives: 1) Introduction and overview: a) The panel organizer/moderator will briefly describe the goals of the panel and introduce panel participants. b) CNP overview: CRCHD staff will provide an overview of the CNP. 2) National evaluation: National evaluation staff will present the framework and methodological approaches for the national evaluation, as well as preliminary findings. 3) Individual CNP presentations: Presenters from different CNPs working with different populations in different regions of the nation will present their program and evaluation strategies. Individual presentations will cover the following grantees: a) Redes in Accion: National Latino Cancer Research Network i) Region: California, New York, Florida, Texas ii) Populations: Hispanics b) Arkansas Cancer Community Network i) Region: Arkansas ii) Populations: African Americans, Hispanics, underserved populations
Organizer(s):Gabriella M. Newes-Adeyi, PhD, MPH
Moderator(s):Leslie Cooper, PhD, MPH, BSN, RN
12:30 PMAn integrated model for assessing the effectiveness of community-based participatory research networks
Crystal L. Meyer, MPH, Bryan Weiner, PhD, Anissa Vines, PhD, MS, Paul Godley, MD, PhD
12:45 PMCreating Community University Partnerships to Reduce Cancer Disparities Among Pacific Islanders  [ Recorded presentation ]
Thomas W. Valente, PhD, Paula H. Palmer, PhD, Jacqueline Tran, MPH, Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPH
1:00 PMA community-driven and evidence-based approach to health policy development: Reducing cancer disparities in Arkansas
Charlotte Lewellen-Williams, MPH, Glen Mays, PhD, MPH, Paul Greene, PhD, Rise Jones, PhD, Diane Rucinski, PhD, Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD
1:15 PMProcess evaluation and the national Native American "Spirit of EAGLES community network program" [U01 CA 114609]
Judith Salmon Kaur, MD, Linda Burhansstipanov, DrPH, Nina Wampler, DSc, MPH, Eduard Gamito, BS, Paulette Baukol, MS
1:30 PMNational evaluation of the NCI Community Networks Program to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities: Community-based participatory research in action  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kenneth C. Chu, PhD, Gabriella M. Newes-Adeyi, PhD, MPH, Jennifer M. Shultz, PhD, Mary C. Dufour, MD, MPH, Sherrie S. Aitken, PhD, Emmanuel A. Taylor, MSc, DrPH, Leslie Cooper, PhD, MPH, BSN, RN
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Community-Based Public Health Caucus; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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