Outreach Core Activities

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cancer Education; Spanish Language Cancer Education

Treatments: Behavioral: Community-based Training Program (CBTP) for Community Leaders and Stakeholders.; Behavioral: Community/Researcher Forum: El Puente (Translation in English: The Bridge).; Behavioral: Community Advisory Panels (CAP); Behavioral: ¡Salud! Serie de Charlas (Translation in English: Health! Talk Series); Behavioral: Research Corner; Behavioral: Lunch and Learn Updated Recommendations Series.; Behavioral: Integrate Cancer 101 into the Stakeholders Programs; Behavioral: Community Engagement (CE) Training Program for U54 Partnership Investigators; Behavioral: Cancer CientoUno (101) program; Behavioral: Community Engagement (CE) Training Program for Lay Community Members; Behavioral: Latinos y el cáncer/Hablemos de cáncer (Translation in English: Latinos and Cancer/Let's Talk About Cancer)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05832177

U54CA163068 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

MCC-22345

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Outreach Core (OC) of the Ponce Health Sciences University-Moffitt Cancer Center (PHSU-MCC) Partnership provides community outreach and education to improve cancer screening behaviors in our catchment area populations. The overall goal of the OC is to increase community cancer awareness, community engagement, and participation in cancer research and outreach in our catchment areas. Working closely with other Partnership cores and investigators, the team proposes to elevate and expand its activities to facilitate reciprocal communication between community members and partnership researchers through OC educational activities, training opportunities, supporting participant recruitment efforts, and incorporating the Community Advisory Panel (CAP) feedback on partnership research projects. Together with community members and Partnership researchers, the OC will increase cancer awareness, community engagement, and participation in cancer research in communities served by MCC (in FL) and PHSU (in PR) through the following three Specific Aims:

Aim 1: To develop, deliver, and disseminate cancer education and outreach activities to our catchment area populations. The team will deliver cancer education to communities in PR and FL using evidence-based programs through multiple delivery strategies and reflecting partnership research priorities and topics of interest identified by community members.

Aim 2: To enhance capacity for mutually beneficial research engagement to address cancer health priorities in our catchment areas. The team will facilitate communication between community members and partnership investigators (e.g., CAP Research Corner), support partnership research that is responsive to community needs (translational research), promote community participation in the partnership's research activities/projects, and train researchers and community members in community engagement principles.

Aim 3: To expand the capacity to train community members as lay health promoters to deliver evidence-based cancer education programs in their communities. The team will train community members and community partners/organizations to deliver evidence-based cancer education (e.g., Cancer 101, OC activities) in their local communities.

Enrollment: 1,200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

1,200 participants in 11 patient groups

Community Members who attend Cancer CientoUno (101) program

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cancer CientoUno (101) program

Community Members who Attend Symposium

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Latinos y el cáncer/Hablemos de cáncer (Translation in English: Latinos and Cancer/Let's Talk About Cancer)

Community Members who Attend Charlas (Talks)

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: ¡Salud! Serie de Charlas (Translation in English: Health! Talk Series)

Community Members who Attend Presentations

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Community/Researcher Forum: El Puente (Translation in English: The Bridge).

Community Members who Access Series of Virtual Lunch and Learn Podcasts

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lunch and Learn Updated Recommendations Series.

U54 Partnership Investigators

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Community Engagement (CE) Training Program for U54 Partnership Investigators

Lay Community Members

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Community Engagement (CE) Training Program for Lay Community Members

Community Members who Join Community Advisory Panel (CAP)

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Community Advisory Panels (CAP)

U54 Partnership Investigators and CAP Members

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Research Corner

Community Leaders and Stakeholders

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Community-based Training Program (CBTP) for Community Leaders and Stakeholders.

Stakeholders

Description:

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

Treatment:

Behavioral: Integrate Cancer 101 into the Stakeholders Programs