TY - JOUR
T1 - The national cancer institute’s community networks program initiative to reduce cancer health disparities
T2 - Outcomes and lessons learned
AU - Braun, Kathryn L.
AU - Stewart, Susan
AU - Baquet, Claudia
AU - Berry-Bobovski, Lisa
AU - Blumenthal, Daniel
AU - Brandt, Heather M.
AU - Buchwald, Dedra S.
AU - Campbell, Janis E.
AU - Coe, Kathryn
AU - Cooper, Leslie C.
AU - Espinoza, Paula
AU - Henry-Tillman, Ronda
AU - Hargreaves, Margaret
AU - James, Aimee
AU - Kaur, Judith Salmon
AU - Viswanath, K.
AU - Ma, Grace X.
AU - Mandelblatt, Jeanne
AU - Meade, Cathy
AU - Ramirez, Amelie
AU - Scarinci, Isabel
AU - Tanjasiri, Sora Park
AU - Thompson, Beti
AU - Vines, Anissa I.
AU - Dignan, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Johns Hopkins University Press.
PY - 2015/7/24
Y1 - 2015/7/24
N2 - Background: We describe reach, partnerships, products, benefits, and lessons learned of the 25 Community Network Programs (CNPs) that applied community-based participatory research (CBPR) to reduce cancer health disparities. Methods: Quantitative and qualitative data were abstracted from CNP final reports. Qualitative data were grouped by theme. Results: Together, the 25 CNPs worked with more than 2,000 academic, clinical, community, government, faith-based, and other partners. They completed 211 needs assessments, leveraged funds for 328 research and service projects, trained 719 new investigators, educated almost 55,000 community members, and published 991 articles. Qualitative data illustrated how use of CBPR improved research methods and participation; improved knowledge, interventions, and outcomes; and built community capacity. Lessons learned related to the need for time to nurture partnerships and the need to attend to community demand for sustained improvements in cancer services. Implications: Findings demonstrate the value of government- supported, community–academic, CBPR partnerships in cancer prevention and control research.
AB - Background: We describe reach, partnerships, products, benefits, and lessons learned of the 25 Community Network Programs (CNPs) that applied community-based participatory research (CBPR) to reduce cancer health disparities. Methods: Quantitative and qualitative data were abstracted from CNP final reports. Qualitative data were grouped by theme. Results: Together, the 25 CNPs worked with more than 2,000 academic, clinical, community, government, faith-based, and other partners. They completed 211 needs assessments, leveraged funds for 328 research and service projects, trained 719 new investigators, educated almost 55,000 community members, and published 991 articles. Qualitative data illustrated how use of CBPR improved research methods and participation; improved knowledge, interventions, and outcomes; and built community capacity. Lessons learned related to the need for time to nurture partnerships and the need to attend to community demand for sustained improvements in cancer services. Implications: Findings demonstrate the value of government- supported, community–academic, CBPR partnerships in cancer prevention and control research.
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U2 - 10.1353/cpr.2015.0017
DO - 10.1353/cpr.2015.0017
M3 - Article
C2 - 26213401
AN - SCOPUS:84937919933
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 9
SP - 21
EP - 32
JO - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
JF - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
ER -