NIH Reporter #5U54CA302464-02

Core D: Community Outreach and Engagement Core

Award to Baylor College of Medicine for the Community Outreach and Engagement Core to support partnerships and community engagement to improve health outcomes for Latino children with leukemia in Texas and California.

Description

The Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) Core will facilitate partnerships among SPORE investigators and community partners within the Texas and California catchment area. The Core aims to develop infrastructure and provide technical support to ensure study procedures are patient-centered and culturally sensitive, and to facilitate bidirectional communication between investigators and communities, including children, adolescents, and their caregivers. The COE Core will provide training and education to investigators and community partners, facilitate convening of a Community Advisory Board (CAB) and listening sessions with community members, provide customized Stakeholder Engagement Studios for SPORE research, and serve as the nexus for information learned through COE activities and dissemination of scientific findings to communities within the catchment area. This model of infrastructure and engagement activities will promote community engagement in health disparities research in pediatric cancer, aiming to eliminate disparities among this at-risk population.

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