title: Providing community education: lessons learned from Native Patient Navigators.
abstract: Native Navigators and the Cancer Continuum (NNACC) was a community-based participatory research study among five American Indian organizations. The intervention required lay Native Patient Navigators (NPNs) to implement and evaluate community education workshops in their local settings. Community education was a new role for the NPNs and resulted in many lessons learned. NPNs met quarterly from 2008 through 2013 and shared lessons learned with one another and with the administrative team. In July 2012, the NPNs prioritized lessons learned throughout the study that were specific to implementing the education intervention. These were shared to help other navigators who may be including community education within their scope of work. The NPNs identified eight lessons learned that can be divided into three categories: NPN education and training, workshop content and presentation, and workshop logistics and problem-solving. A ninth overarching lesson for the entire NNACC study identified meeting community needs as an avenue for success. This project was successful due to the diligence of the NPNs in understanding their communities' needs and striving to meet them through education workshops. Nine lessons were identified by the NPNs who provided community education through the NNACC project. Most are relevant to all patient navigators, regardless of patient population, who are incorporating public education into navigation services. Due to their intervention and budget implications, many of these lessons also are relevant to those who are developing navigation research.
authors.affiliation: Native American Cancer Research Corporation (NACR), 3022 South Nova Road, Pine, CO, 80470, USA, LindaB@NatAmCancer.net.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burhansstipanov
authors.forename: Linda U
authors.initials: LU
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harjo
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe-Galloway
authors.forename: Noel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pingatore
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Isham
authors.forename: Florence Tinka
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Denny
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lindstrom
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000193:education*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D062526:Patient Navigation / Q000458:organization & administration*
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