title: The Cancer Information Service: using CBPR in building community capacity.
abstract: The National Cancer Institute's (NCIs) Cancer Information Service (CIS) Partnership Program followed many of the key principles of community-based participatory research in providing technical assistance to partner organizations. Using five case studies, this article describes how the CIS Partnership Program served to identify community needs and leaders, bringing resources together to build capacity and increase knowledge, and facilitate further dissemination of findings. CIS Partnership Program staff transcended the traditional health education role by building the capacity of community partners to bring cancer information in culturally appropriate ways to their own communities. The lessons learned by the CIS Partnership Program are useful for both academics and service organizations that would benefit from working with medically underserved communities.
authors.affiliation: California Region Cancer Information Service, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, 2201 Walnut Ave, Fremont, CA 94538, USA. Sharon.Davis@cpic.org
authors.forename: Sharon Watkins
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cassel
authors.forename: Michelle Axel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moseley
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mesia
authors.forename: Paula Amezola
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: De Herrera
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kornfeld
authors.forename: Rosemarie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perocchia
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.); D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D014481:United States