title: Creation of community-based research capabilities in the neighborhood cancer care cooperative: administrative infrastructure, program initiatives, and evaluation priorities.
abstract: The Radiation Oncology Community Outreach Group (ROCOG) and the Neighborhood Cancer Care Cooperative (NCCC) were developed to address oncology-related health disparities utilizing a community-based, collaborative organizational design. Funded in 2003 by the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Disparities Research Partnership program, ROCOG/NCCC has focused on reducing barriers to care and enhancing the health care system's responsiveness to minority and indigent populations within Southwestern Pennsylvania. This article will describe the component programs that have been developed under this umbrella, as well as the evolved administrative, governance, and evaluation infrastructure that supports these initiatives.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. khmorg@verizon.net
authors.forename: Keith H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Morgenlander
authors.forename: Larry L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Schenken
authors.forename: Dwight E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Heron
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klewien
authors.forename: Chyongchiou J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwaderer
authors.forename: Sibyl L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: McNelly
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States