TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a partnership model for cancer screening with community-based organizations
T2 - The ACCESS breast cancer education and outreach project
AU - Rapkin, Bruce D.
AU - Massie, Mary Jane
AU - Jansky, Elizabeth J.
AU - Lounsbury, David W.
AU - Murphy, Paulette D.
AU - Powell, Shemeeakah
N1 - Funding Information:
In New York State, as in other states, the concept of involving community organizations in breast cancer outreach and screening has been realized through partnership programs sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-354). This Act makes provisions for community partnerships and coalition building to reach underserved women. The New York State Department of Health’s Healthy Women Partnership (NYS DOH Partnership) (2002) has established 53 lead partnerships in counties throughout the state. These lead partners including local departments of health, clinical centers and American Cancer Society chapters are given the task of reaching out to other community-based organizations. These “outreach partners” are asked to help refer women to “provider partners,” clinical sites available to provide low or no-cost mammograms and related clinical services. The Partnership program focuses on women over age 40 living at or below 250% of the federal poverty level and who are uninsured or not covered for cancer screening.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements National Cancer Institute Grant #2-R25-CA68812, (Mary Jane Massie, PI); The Martell Family Foundation (Jimmie Holland, PI).
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - There is growing enthusiasm for community-academic partnerships to promote health in underserved communities. Drawing upon resources available at a comprehensive cancer center, we developed the ACCESS program to guide community based organizations through a flexible program planning process. Over a three-year period, ACCESS partnered with 67 agencies serving various medically underserved populations. Organizations included hospitals, parishes, senior centers, harm reduction programs, and recreational facilities. Program outcomes at the organizational level were quantified in terms of introduction of new cancer information, referral or screening programs, as well as organizational capacity building. ACCESS represents a viable model for promoting partnership to transfer behavioral health programs and adapt interventions for new audiences. Plans to further evaluate and enhance this model to promote cancer screening efforts are discussed. We argue that, ultimately, formation and development of community partnerships need to be understood as a fundamental area of practice that must be systematically integrated into the mission of major academic medical institutions in every area of public health.
AB - There is growing enthusiasm for community-academic partnerships to promote health in underserved communities. Drawing upon resources available at a comprehensive cancer center, we developed the ACCESS program to guide community based organizations through a flexible program planning process. Over a three-year period, ACCESS partnered with 67 agencies serving various medically underserved populations. Organizations included hospitals, parishes, senior centers, harm reduction programs, and recreational facilities. Program outcomes at the organizational level were quantified in terms of introduction of new cancer information, referral or screening programs, as well as organizational capacity building. ACCESS represents a viable model for promoting partnership to transfer behavioral health programs and adapt interventions for new audiences. Plans to further evaluate and enhance this model to promote cancer screening efforts are discussed. We argue that, ultimately, formation and development of community partnerships need to be understood as a fundamental area of practice that must be systematically integrated into the mission of major academic medical institutions in every area of public health.
KW - Barriers to care
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Community-based partnerships
KW - Health disparities
KW - Medically underserved
KW - Participatory research methods
KW - Program development
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U2 - 10.1007/s10464-006-9071-2
DO - 10.1007/s10464-006-9071-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 17028998
AN - SCOPUS:33845309482
SN - 0091-0562
VL - 38
SP - 153
EP - 164
JO - American Journal of Community Psychology
JF - American Journal of Community Psychology
IS - 3-4
ER -