Community Outreach and Engagement at U.S. Cancer Centers: Notes from the Third Cancer Center Community Impact Forum.

Community outreach and engagement (COE) is a fundamental activity of cancer centers as they aim to reduce cancer disparities in their geographic catchment areas. As part of COE, NCI-Designated Cancer Centers must monitor the burden of cancer in their catchment area, implement and evaluate evidence-based strategies, stimulate catchment area relevant research, support clinical trial enrollment, and participate in policy and advocacy initiatives, in addition to other responsibilities. The Cancer Center Community Impact Forum (CCCIF) is a national annual meeting of COE professionals who work at or with cancer centers across the country.

Addressing Health Disparities Across the Cancer Continuum-a Los Angeles Approach to Achieving Equity.

Introduction: Different models have been developed to address inequities across the cancer care continuum. However, there remains a scarcity of best practices on understanding and responding to the burden of cancer in a defined catchment area.As such, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently provided a framework to maximize the impact on cancer burden, including a greater focus on community outreach and engagement.

Preliminary Results of Lung Cancer Screening in a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Population.

Objective: The objective of our study was to describe the preliminary results of our clinical low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening program targeting a minority, socioeconomically disadvantaged, high-risk population different from that studied in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST).

Materials And Methods: Community partner clinics in an underserved region of south Los Angeles County referred interested candidates to our program. All patients met National Comprehensive Cancer Network eligibility criteria for lung cancer screening.

Let's Move for Pacific Islander Communities: an Evidence-Based Intervention to Increase Physical Activity.

Pacific Islander (PI) populations of Southern California experience high obesity and low physical activity levels. Given PI's rich cultural ties, efforts to increase physical activity using a community-tailored strategy may motivate members in a more sustainable manner. In this paper, we (1) detail the program adaptation methodology that was utilized to develop the Weaving an Islander Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training (WINCART) Center's PI Let's Move Program, a culturally tailored program aimed to increase physical activity levels among members of PI organizations in Southern California, and (2) share the program's pilot evaluation results on individual and organizational changes.

Rates and sociodemographic correlates of cancer screening among South Asians.

Although the third largest Asian subgroup in the U.S., South Asians have rarely been included in cancer research.

Tobacco use among South Asians: results of a community-university collaborative study.

Objective: Although South Asians (individuals from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives) are the third largest Asian group in the USA, relatively little data are available to document their use of tobacco. We collected data from a community sample of 344 South Asian adults to assess rates of smokeless tobacco product use and smoking and examine demographic predictors of use.

Design: Non-random sample; cross-sectional survey.