Abstract
The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Center Support Grant mandates that NCI-designated cancer centers establish a Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) component to help direct efforts at reducing cancer burden within their catchment areas. Despite the critical role of COE offices, little is known about how they track and evaluate outreach activities and outcomes. We gathered information on current practices from representatives of 40 out of 65 COE offices using an online survey. Although nearly all responding centers (97.5%) tracked COE activities, no consensus existed on resources used, and satisfaction with current solutions was mixed (51.0% not satisfied). Respondents expressed need for a centralized, standardized, and comprehensive tracking solution to capture outreach events and external partnerships, automate report generation, and ensure alignment with COE aims. This study highlights challenges COE offices face with resource limitations and a heterogeneity of activities to track, as well as the need for a standard evaluation framework.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djae232
Funding Information
. Burus, C.R. McAfee, and P.C. Hull were supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health grant P30CA177558. P.C. Hull also received support from the William Stamps Farish Endowed Chair in Cancer Research. A.E. Leader and C. McNair were supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health grant P30CA05603617. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or any other funders.
Repository Citation
Burus, Todd; McAfee, Caree R.; Hull, Pamela C.; Leader, Amy E.; and McNair, Christopher, "Tracking community outreach and engagement activities among National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers" (2025). Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications. 442.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/markey_facpub/442
Notes/Citation Information
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