Outreach Core Activities

Community members who opt to participate in the online Cancer CientoUno (101) training program. They will be asked to complete a registration survey and the programs self-paced educational modules. At the start of the course, they will be asked to complete a brief survey. After every module, they will be asked to complete a brief survey. In addition, community members will be asked to complete a midterm survey and a 6-month follow up survey.

Community members who opt to attend this symposium which will offer educational presentations focused on prevention, nutrition, clinical trials, and specific cancer types addressed in breakout sessions. Participants will be asked to complete a registration form and a post-event evaluation form.

Community members who opt to attend these charlas (talks) which will offer education on a variety of cancer-related topics. The topics are selected in response to each event, given the community interest or need for a specific cancer-related topic. Participants will be asked to complete a registration form and a post-event evaluation form.

Community members who opt to attend and researchers (including those from the PHSU-MCC U54 partnership) will participate in these presentations to generate a discussion about ongoing research and have an opportunity for community members learn and provide feedback on on-going and completed research projects. Presentations from El Puente events will occur in Spanish (in Puerto Rico and Florida) and in English (in Florida). Attendees will be asked to complete a registration form and a post-event evaluation.

Community members will have access to a series of virtual Lunch and Learn podcasts, which will be 30-minute long, pre-recorded sessions in English and/or Spanish. Podcast sessions will cover updated cancer-relevant recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Reach will be tracked with number of visits and/or other access metrics.

These CE workshops will be mandatory for all partnership researchers who receive U54 funding in the proposed renewal period including Full, Pilot, and Developmental projects. The CE workshops are aimed to increase researchers' knowledge about the best strategies to establish teamwork with community members to achieve mutual benefits and advance translational research in cancer.

Lay community members will opt to participate in a 2-day CE workshop series. The goal is to include trained lay community members to actively participate in cancer prevention education and research. These activities will facilitate community-academic partnerships between the Partnership researchers and community members.

The Community Advisory Panel (CAP) members will include individuals who are cancer survivors, family members/caregivers of cancer survivors, and/or representatives from healthcare, community- and faith-based organizations who are invited to join the CAP and accept the invitation. The PHSU-MCC Partnership utilizes a CAP to inform and guide overall outreach activities in PR and FL. Two CAPs, one at MCC and one at PHSU have been organized. Previous CAP members will be retained if interested and new CAP members added as needed.

During standing CAP meetings, partnership investigators present their ongoing research to members of the CAPs. Researchers who receive U54 funding in the proposed renewal period including Full, Pilot, and Developmental projects can request CAP feedback on topics along the research continuum from concepts for new research projects, ideas for recruitment, or dissemination of fundings.

Community leaders from disadvantaged socioeconomic areas and Stakeholders of healthcare organizations with whom the Program has established previous collaborative relationships will participate in the CBTP. The stakeholders include nurses, community health educators, clinical social workers, among other healthcare professionals.

Physicians, nurses, psychologists, and other stakeholders within the communities under the partnership umbrella will participate in the Cancer 101 Stakeholders program.