title: Community-campus partnership in action: lessons learned from the DuPage County Patient Navigation Collaborative.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Using community-based participatory research (CBPR), the DuPage County Patient Navigation Collaborative (DPNC) developed an academic campus-community research partnership aimed at increasing access to care for underserved breast and cervical cancer patients within DuPage County, a collar county of Chicago. Given rapidly shifting demographics, targeting CBPR initiatives among underserved suburban communities is essential.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the facilitating factors and lessons learned in forging the DPNC.
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient navigation collaborative was formed to guide medically underserved women through diagnostic resolution and if necessary, treatment, after an abnormal breast or cervical cancer screening.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Facilitating factors included (1) fostering and maintaining collaborations within a suburban context, (2) a systems-based participatory research approach, (3) a truly equitable community-academic partnership, (4) funding adaptability, (5) culturally relevant navigation, and (6) emphasis on co-learning and capacity building.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By highlighting the strategies that contributed to DPNC success, we envision the DPNC to serve as a feasible model for future health interventions.
authors.forename: Athena T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Samaras
authors.forename: Kara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Narissa J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Nonzee
authors.forename: Richard
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authors.lastname: Endress
authors.forename: Shaneah
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authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Nadia
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authors.lastname: Hajjar
authors.forename: Rosario
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authors.lastname: Bularzik
authors.forename: Carmi
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authors.lastname: Frankovich
authors.forename: XinQi
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authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D002641:Chicago; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D062526:Patient Navigation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy