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Title: Susan G' Komen for the Cure TriCities affiliate Community Needs assessment and Building partnerships


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Susan G. Komen for the
CureTri-Cities affiliateCommunity Needs
assessmentand Building partnershipsCheryl
Youland, Executive DirectorGrace Ekua Ghansah,
MPH, CHESToni Herring Bounds, PhD, MPHCollege
of Public HealthEast Tennessee State
UniversityApril 23, 2009
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Introduction
  • Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Tri-Cities
  • The Tri-Cities Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for
    the Cure was established in 2005 to serve 22
    counties in Southwest VA (9), Northeast TN(8),
    and Western NC(5).

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http//www.komentricities.org
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Background
  • The goal of the Tri-Cities Affiliate is to
    provide breast cancer education, mammograms,
    early detection and treatment options through its
    Grantees to women who are under-served or
    under-insured in the service region.
  • To effectively fulfill its goal of service
    delivery, the affiliate completes a community
    needs assessment every two-three years.

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Background
  • Komen Tri-Cities contracted with researchers at
    the College of Public Health at East Tennessee
    State University (ETSU) to provide epidemiologic
    support and community participatory research
    assistance with the data collection and analysis
    phase of the community assessment.
  • A team consisting of Affiliate board members and
    the ETSU researchers was formed.

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Sources of Data
  • Data provided by Susan G. Komen for the Cure
  • State Cancer Registries
  • Local health departments/districts
  • Cancer control programs
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)
  • US Census data
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
    (BRFSS)
  • Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)

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Factors of Interest
  • Breast cancer incidence rates
  • Breast cancer mortality rates
  • Demographics (age, race, income)
  • ARC economic classification status
  • Mammography use
  • Insurance status

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Roundtable Meetings
  • Partnerships

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County Selection for Roundtables
  • From the data compiled by ETSU, 6 counties (2
    from each of the 3 states) were selected to
    participate in local community qualitative data
    collection.
  • The counties selected from TN Hawkins (rural)
    and Sullivan (urban)

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Grant Funding
  • To help fund discussions in the 6 counties, the
    Team responded to a Request for Proposal from the
    Office of Rural and Community Health Community
    Partnerships at ETSU.
  • The team was granted 2500 to support the
    community roundtable discussions.

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Roundtable Discussions
  • Listening to the Community Voices

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Roundtable Discussions
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Roundtable Attendees
  • 82 people participated in the discussions
  • Participants represented
  • - State Cancer Registries
  • - State Cancer Control Programs
  • - Local health departments
  • - Breast cancer survivors
  • - Clergy/Nurses/Medical Staff
  • - American Cancer Society (ACS)
  • -Other local cancer-related organizations

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Roundtable Agenda
  • Grant-required pre-survey
  • Presentation about the mission and goal of Susan
    G. Komen for the Cure and Komen Tri-Cities.
  • Presentation of state and county level breast
    cancer statistics
  • Presentation of state cancer plan/state coalition
  • Roundtable Discussions
  • Grant-required post-survey

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Discussion Topics
  • The discussions included 3 broad topics
  • - Barriers to accessing breast cancer services
  • - Solutions to those barriers
  • - Best practices

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Major ThemesResults of Discussions
  • Barriers, Solutions, and Best Practices

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Major ThemesBarriers
  • Lack of Transportation to screening treatment
  • No/inadequate insurance- high deductibles
  • Lack of knowledge about available
    resources/services
  • Do not want to know status/fear of the unknown
  • No time too busy
  • Lack of Education
  • Lack of financial support

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Major ThemesSolutions
  • Knowledge of existing programs
  • Grants for support
  • Financial help
  • Patient navigator
  • Support groups
  • Breast Health Education
  • Relate to culture/Storytelling

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Major ThemesBest Practices
  • Cancer Resource Center
  • Good patient navigation
  • Physicians keep tract of patients
  • Rural health initiative
  • Rural health grants
  • BCCEDP/Komen/ACS grants
  • Education middle school high school
  • Pink day/Pink nails
  • Family caregiver program
  • School/Parish nurses
  • Go where they are
  • ACS programs for patients

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Conclusion (Roundtable)
  • The following emerged from all community
    roundtable discussions, as major themes that
    could be addressed by Komen Tri-Cities
  • - Access to screening and treatment
  • - Transportation, free/low-cost mammograms, etc.
  • - Comprehensive breast health education
  • - Community, providers, physicians, women, etc.
  • - Access to and knowledge of existing resources
  • - Support groups, patient navigators, story
    telling, etc.

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Reference
  • Appalachian Regional Commission Can be found at
    http//www.arc.gov/index
  • Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T Can be found at
    http//cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    http//www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/statistics/state.
    htm
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey
    Data. Atlanta, Georgia U.S. Department of Health
    and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control
    and Prevention, 2008. http//www.cdc.gov/BRFSS/
  • http//statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/cgi-bin/quic
    kprofiles/profile
  • http//www.komentricities.org/AboutUs
  • http//www.komentricities.org/komenhistory
  • http//www.komentricities.org/UserImages/Pictures
    20149.jpg
  • http//www.thomsonreuters.com
  • National Cancer Institute Can be found at
    http//www.cancer.gov/
  • North Carolina Central Cancer Registry. Can be
    found at www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/CCR
  • North Carolina Comprehensive Cancer Program. Can
    be found at http//www.nccancer.com/
  • State of Tennessee Comprehensive Cancer Control
    Plan 2009-2012 Can be found at http//health.state
    .tn.us/CCCP/TCCC_Plan.pdf
  • Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results. Can be
    found at http//seer.cancer.gov/statistics
  • Tennessee Cancer Registry. Can be found at
    http//health.state.tn.us/TCR
  • Tennessee Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition.
    Can be found at http//health.state.tn.us/cccp/ind
    ex.htm
  • U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United
    States Cancer Statistics 19992005 Incidence and
    Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta U.S.
    Department of Health and Human Services, Centers
    for Disease Control and Prevention and National
    Cancer Institute 2009. Available at
    www.cdc.gov/uscs
  • US Census Bureau. Can be found at
    http//www.census.gov/
  • Virginia Department of Health Cancer Plan 2008.
    Can be found at http//www.vahealth.org/cdpc/cance
    rprevention/

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