Creating Community-Academic Partnerships for Cancer Disparities Research and Health Promotion
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Keywords
cancer disparities, CBPR, literacy, immigrant health, community partnerships, health promotion, Latina, African American, Haitian
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839909341035
Abstract
To effectively attenuate cancer disparities in multiethnic, medically underserved populations, interventions must be developed collaboratively through solid community-academic partnerships and driven by community-based participatory research (CBPR). The Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN) has been created to identify and implement interventions to address local cancer disparities in partnership with community-based nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, community health centers, local media, and adult literacy and education organizations. TBCCN activities and research efforts are geared toward addressing critical information and access issues related to cancer control and prevention in diverse communities in the Tampa Bay area. Such efforts include cross-cultural health promotion, screening, and awareness activities in addition to applied research projects that are rooted in communities and guided by CBPR methods. This article describes these activities as examples of partnership building to positively affect cancer disparities, promote community health, and set the stage for community-based research partnerships.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Health Promotion Practice, v. 12, issue 3, p. 456-462
Scholar Commons Citation
Meade, Cathy D.; Menard, Janelle M.; Luque, John S.; Martinez-Tyson, Dinorah; and Gwede, Clement K., "Creating Community-Academic Partnerships for Cancer Disparities Research and Health Promotion" (2009). Nursing Faculty Publications. 204.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/nur_facpub/204
