National Outreach Network (NON)

The National Outreach Network (NON) seeks to strengthen NCI's ability to develop and disseminate culturally appropriate, evidence-based cancer information that is tailored to the specific needs and expectations of underserved communities, working through NON community health educators (CHEs) located at NCI-designated Cancer Centers.

Building and expanding upon previous efforts, NON is strengthening the ability of cancer centers and NCI to reach underserved communities with NCI cancer information and enhance community engagement in cancer research. Access and engagement of underserved communities is facilitated by close linkage of NON CHEs with the Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP) hubs.

Goals

Enhance NCI’s cancer health disparities research (CHD) research efforts through local and regional culturally-tailored education and outreach within underserved communities.
Enhance NCI’s ability to disseminate culturally appropriate, evidence-based cancer information to underserved communities.
Adapt and test culturally tailored education and outreach activities that address local and regional cancer health disparity issues.

Objectives

Integrate NON CHEs within the research and outreach efforts of the cancer centers and the communities in their catchment areas.
Plan, conduct, and assess CHE-facilitated community education and outreach, aligned with NCI and cancer center research and outreach priorities, within underserved communities.
Strengthen partnerships and collaborations with key NCI-sponsored academic, research, community, and regional partners to enhance NCI’s ability to effectively reach underserved communities with tailored cancer information and foster community engagement in research.

NCI Programs Participating in NON

NCI programs participating in NON include NCI-designated Cancer Centers, Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (PACHE), and other NCI national programs.

Community Health Educators (CHE)

CHEs are individuals experienced in communications, comprehensive cancer control, training, program planning, and evaluation. They are embedded into NON’s 38 participating NCI-Designated Cancer Centers around the U.S.

CHE Scope of Activities

CHEs will work with NCI-Designated Cancer Center staff, the community, GMaP hub, and NCI program staff to conduct the following activities.

Local Education and Outreach

Identify gaps and barriers to the integration of community education and outreach within the cancer center and propose strategies to resolve them.
Identify specific ways that CHE-facilitated community education and outreach can enhance the research and outreach efforts of the cancer center grant.
Adapt and implement CHE-facilitated education and outreach strategies, aligned with the cancer center focus, and linked by NCI priorities and GMaP regional disparity issues.
Identify CHE-facilitated education and outreach resources and strategies for further testing, as appropriate.

Community

Develop and maintain academic and community partnerships to enable access to and delivery of culturally appropriate, evidence-based cancer information and education to underserved communities locally and regionally.
Collaborate with academic, research, community, and regional NCI partners to develop, implement and assess disparities-focused education and outreach efforts linked to local, regional, and NCI research priorities.NCI/GMaP Priorities.

NCI/GMaP Priorities

Increase awareness and adoption of NCI recommendations on cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment through regional dissemination of information and education materials.
Advise and assist in message development and content for culturally appropriate study brochures, curricula, and educational materials.
Disseminate relevant NCI messages, materials, programs, and research opportunities.
Assist with education and outreach activities, aligned with NCI priorities and regional issues, and conduct in collaboration with NIH/NCI-supported research partners, and academic, regional and community partners, and other NCI programs in order to increase awareness, knowledge and positive behavior among underserved communities in prevention, early detection, and treatment of cancer; to enhance access to cancer care services; and to promote clinical trials and/or biospecimen research participation.

Currently Funded NON CHE Sites

U.S. Map of NON CHEs

NCI-Designated Cancer Center-Supported NON CHEs by GMaP Region

Institution & Location	CHE	Population Served & Cancer Type
Region 1 North – DE, KY, MD, ME, NH, VT, VA, WV, DC
Markey Cancer Center University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky	Mindy Rogers	White, Rural, Medically Underserved Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Lung, Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland	Theron Scott James Zabora	African American Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Lung, HPV
University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center Baltimore, Maryland	Rhonda S. Boozer-Yeary	African American Breast, Colorectal, Lung
Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, New Hampshire	Jenna Schiffelbein	Rural, LSES Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Lung, HPV
Massey Cancer Center Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia	Katelyn Schifano	African American, Rural, Medically Underserved, Un/Underinsured Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, HPV
University of Virginia Cancer Center Charlottesville, Virginia	Betsy Grossman Lindsay Hauser	Rural, Medically Underserved General
Region 1 South – TN, NC, SC
The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina	John Brice	Rural, Medically Underserved Lung
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Veronica Carlisle	African American, Hispanic, Medically Underserved Breast, Colorectal, Prostate, General
Hollings Cancer Center Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina	Kimberly Cannady	African American, White, Minority, Rural Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Prostate, Lung, General, HPV
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Nashville, Tennessee	Claudia Barajas	African American, Hispanic Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Lung
Region 2 – AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MO, MS, PR
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama	Claudia Hardy	African American, Rural, Medically Underserved Breast, Cervical, Colorectal
Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, Florida	Khaliah Fleming	LSES, Medically Underserved, Un/Underinsured Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Prostate, Lung
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri	Saffiyah Muhammad	African American, Hispanic, Urban, Medically Underserved Breast, Colorectal, Prostate, General
Region 3 – AZ, CA, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX
Arizona Cancer Center University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona	Desiree Jones	American Indian/Alaska Native General
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Duarte, California	Mayra Serrano Marisela Huerta	Asian, African American, Hispanic General
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center University of California at San Diego La Jolla, California	Giovanna Perez	Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, General
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center Albuquerque, New Mexico	Laura Nervi Erika Robers	Hispanic Colorectal
Cancer Therapy & Research Center University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Texas	Sneha Prabhu	Hispanic Breast, Colorectal, Prostate
Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas	Veronica Landa	Hispanic Cervical
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas	Cassandra Harris Terrence Adams	African American General
The University of Kansas Cancer Center Kansas City, Kansas	TBD	African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic, Rural Cancer Screening, Smoking Cessation
Region 4 – CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, MI, MN, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, WI
Yale Cancer Center Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut	José DeJesus Beth Jones	African American, Hispanic Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Prostate, Lung
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Meagan Schorr	African American, White, Hispanic Breast, Cervical
The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center Chicago, Illinois	Lisa Hinton Helen Lam	Asian, African American, White, Hispanic Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Endometrial, Liver
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Boston, Massachusetts	Rebecca Jackson	African American, Hispanic Lung, Head and Neck
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey	Usman Khan	Asian Colorectal
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Columbia University New York, New York	Andria Reyes	Hispanic General
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone, New York, New York	TBD	African American, Hispanic Breast, Colorectal, Prostate
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, New York	Christy Widman	American Indian/Alaska Native, African American, White, Hispanic Breast, Cervical, Colorectal
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Columbus, Ohio	Meghan Cleland Jacquelin Holland	Asian, African American, White, Hispanic Colorectal, Prostate, Lung
Abramson Cancer Center University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Brenda Bryant	African American General
Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Evelyn Gonzalez Rosa Anderson Armenta Washington	Asian, African American, White, Hispanic, LSES, Medically Underserved Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Prostate, Lung, Skin, Clinical Trials
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Madison, Wisconsin	Rebecca Linskens Cody Fredrick	African American, White, Hispanic, Rural Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Prostate, Lung, General, Skin
Region 5 – AK, HI, OR, WA, American Samoa, Guam
Knight Cancer Institute Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon	Niyati Desai Erin Solomon Katie Bernay	American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic, Rural, Urban, Frontier Skin
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center /University of Washington Cancer Consortium Seattle, Washington	Katherine Briant	American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Medically Underserved General
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California at Davis Sacramento, California	Julie Dang	Asian, African American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic Cervical, Lung, HPV, Liver
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California	Michelle Moseley Marynieves Diaz-Mendez Ching Wong	Asian, African American, Hispanic Colorectal, Prostate, Lung, General
Region 6 – ID, MT, NV, ND, SD, UT, WY
Huntsman Cancer Institute University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah	Jennyffer Morales	American Indian/Alaska Native, Rural, Frontier Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Melanoma, Stomach