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. While 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, and the need for a standard evaluation framework.

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跟踪国家癌症研究所指定癌症中心的社区外展和参与活动


美国国家癌症研究所 (NCI) 癌症中心支持拨款要求 NCI 指定的癌症中心建立社区外展和参与 (COE) 部分，以帮助直接努力减轻其服务范围内的癌症负担。尽管 COE 办公室发挥着关键作用，但人们对它们如何跟踪和评估外展活动和成果知之甚少。我们通过在线调查从 65 个 COE 办事处中的 40 个办事处的代表那里收集了有关当前做法的信息。虽然几乎所有响应中心 (97.5%) 都跟踪 COE 活动，但对所使用的资源没有达成共识，并且对当前解决方案的满意度参差不齐（51.0% 不满意）。受访者表示需要一个集中、标准化和全面的跟踪解决方案来捕获外展活动和外部合作伙伴关系、自动生成报告并确保与 COE 目标保持一致。这项研究强调了特遣队办事处面临的资源限制和需要跟踪的活动异质性的挑战，以及对标准评估框架的需求。