Identifying Research Practices Toward Achieving Health Equity Principles Within the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network

Author(s)

• Prajakta Adsul
• Jessica Islam
• Perla Chebli
• Julie Kranick
• Sarah Nash
• Hannah Arem
• Stephanie Wheeler
• Melissa Lopez-Pentecost
• Victoria Foster
• Rashmi K. Sharma
• Tisha M. Felder PhD, MSW, University of South CarolinaFollow
• Betsy Risendal
• Enmanuel A. Chavarria
• Simona Kwon
• Rachel Hirschey
• Chau Trinh-Shevrin

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Humans; Health Promotion; Health Equity; Delivery of Health Care; Capacity Building; Neoplasms (prevention & control)

Abstract

PURPOSE

Although there is national recognition for health equity-oriented research, there is limited guidance for researchers to engage partnerships that promote health equity in cancer research. The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network's (CPCRN) Health Equity Work Group developed a toolkit to guide researchers in equitable collaborations.

METHODS

The CPCRN's Health Equity Work Group collectively outlined health and racial equity principles guiding research collaborations with partners that include communities, community-based organizations, implementing partners in the clinical setting including providers and health care organizations, and policy makers. Using a network-wide survey to crowdsource information around ongoing practices, we leveraged and integrated the network's experience and collaborations.

RESULTS

Data from the survey formed the preliminary basis for the toolkit, with a focus on sharing fiscal resources with partners, training and capacity building, collaborative decision-making, community-driven research agenda setting, and sustainability. The final toolkit provides reflection considerations for researchers and collated exemplary resources, supported by the contemporary research.

CONCLUSIONS

The toolkit provides a guide to researchers at all experience levels wanting to engage in equitable research collaborations. Future efforts are underway to evaluate whether and how researchers within and outside CPCRN are able to incorporate these principles in research collaborations.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-023-01674-2

Publication Info

Published in Cancer Causes & Control : CCC, Volume 34, Issue Suppl 1, 2023, pages 15-21.

APA Citation

Prajakta Adsul, Islam, J. Y., Chebli, P., Kranick, J., Nash, S. H., Arem, H., Wheeler, S. B., Lopez-Pentecost, M., Foster, V., Sharma, R., Felder, T. M., Risendal, B., Chavarria, E. A., Kwon, S., Hirschey, R., & Trinh-Shevrin, C. (2023). Identifying research practices toward achieving health equity principles within the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network. Cancer Causes & Control, 34, 15–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-023-01674-2

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