To address structural racism and the social determinants of cancer, we advocate for policies that support our diverse communities accessing care at HDFCCC. We also leverage research from our center to help community partners drive policy change that directly impacts cancer outcomes and public health

OCE ADVOCATING for POLICIES to address structural racism & the social determinants of cancer

• CAB priority activities (each will be defined; goals laid out; call to action for those that are relevant)
  •   Training and Navigation
  •   Increasing access precision medicine and equitable cancer care
  •   Improving the Patient Experience
  •   Thrivership
• Past accomplishments
  •  Faith Committee & Menthol Free Sundaysàflavored tobacco ban
  •   Access to CAR-T cell therapy at UCSF (story of CAB2 Bita Fakhri presentation --> policy change for self referrals for CART)
  •   Patient family guidebook cultural tailoring and translation for non-English speaking patients

Our community engagement efforts are year-round and non-transactional. We stay actively engaged with community-,  faith-based, and other strategic partners, including municipal stakeholders, local elected officials, public health departments and local health systems to achieve our goals.

We SUSTAIN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT by:

1. Supporting our Community Advisory Board
   •  Members 
   • Committees
   • Meetings (Calendar widget)
2. Supporting for Community Health Events (link out to individual CBO events)
   • (REQUEST SUPPORT button)
3. Building partnerships against COVID-19 (Umoja Health)
   • Covid emergency communications grantees network
   • Umoja Health

OCE Activities to FACILITATE COMMUNITY-ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS include:

• Cancer Center Program Liaisons –photos of 7 liaisons; listing of presentations (CAB2 can link back to it); Will eventually include productivity—papers; grants with live links so folks can read summaries
• CAB consultations for investigators
  • CAB members may be interested in helping you. (need a request a consultation)
• Technical support for CBPR/CEnR projects
  •   Community and Investigator capacity building
  •   Support for project specific community advisories
  •   Link to CTSI training for investigators

OCE Activities for DISSEMINATING CANCER INFORMATION:

• CAB 2 ChatnChew (Links to archived CAB2’s; flier for upcoming; request to participate or get added to listserve –future state)
• CAB 2 Chat n Chew: request to make a presentation at CAB 2 (for investigators and other presenters)
• Community Health Educators/National Outreach Networ
• Sharing Cancer Information Resources (online resources for many cancers designed by and for community (click here to access information by tumor type)
• Support for Community Health Events (request support/UCSF presence at your event)