Overview
The Ponce Health Sciences University-Moffitt Cancer Center (PSHU-MCC) U54 Outreach Core (OC) goal is to increase community cancer awareness, community engagement (CE) and participation in cancer health disparities research and outreach in Hispanic/Latino communities through the
- following
Aim 1: To develop, deliver, and disseminate cancer education and outreach activities to Hispanic/Latino community members to reduce cancer health disparities.
Aim 2: To enhance capacity for mutually beneficial research engagement to address cancer health disparities.
Aim 3: To expand the capacity to train community members as lay health promoters to deliver evidenced-based cancer education programs in their communities.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 years or older
- Any health status
- Able to speak, read and write Spanish or English (some events are in Spanish, some are in English)
- [Cancer 101 Online Training Program, Lunch and Learn podcast, and Stakeholders Program only]: Have access to the internet
- Willing to complete the training modules and assessments [Cancer 101 Online Training Program]
- Willing to complete registration, attendance logs, and evaluations, as applicable
- [Community Engagement Training Program, Research Corner only]: be a researcher who received U54 funding in the proposed renewal period including Full, Pilot, and Developmental projects.
- [Stakeholders in the Community-based Training Program and Cancer 101 Stakeholders program only]: nurses, community health educators, clinical social workers, physicians, psychologists, among other healthcare professionals
Exclusion Criteria:
- Does not meet inclusion criteria