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Ramanadhan S, Donaldson ST, Siqueira CE, Rackard-James C, Miller E, Tappin J, Tracy N, Minsky S, Maldonado-Campos AA, Bruff C, Mahtani S, Teixeira MS, Viswanath V. Connecting Implementation Science, Community-Engaged Research, and Health Promotion to Address Cancer Inequities in Massachusetts: The UMB/DF-HCC U54 Outreach Core. Am J Health Promot 2022; 36:597-601. [PMID: 34939446 PMCID: PMC10580298 DOI: 10.1177/08901171211062800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The Outreach Core of the U54 Partnership between the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and the University of Massachusetts Boston created a new model for addressing cancer inequities that integrates implementation science, community-engaged research, and health promotion. Key elements of the approach include engaging a Community Advisory Board, supporting students from underrepresented minority backgrounds to conduct health promotion and community-engaged research, increasing the delivery of evidence-based cancer prevention programs to underserved communities (directly and by training local organizations), supporting research-practice partnerships, and disseminating findings. Our model highlights the need for long-term investments to connect underserved communities with evidence-based cancer prevention.
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Affiliation(s)
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- City of Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force, Lawrence, MA, USA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
| | | | | | | | | | - Vish Viswanath
- Harvard TH. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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