# Community Cancer Control Outreach Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · 2021 · $124,255

## Abstract

COMMUNITY CANCER CONTROL OUTREACH CORE (CCCOC) 
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 
Despite lower overall cancer incidence and mortality among Hispanics compared with non-Hispanic whites, 
rates of infection-related cancers are up to twice as high in Hispanics. For example, both Puerto Rico (PR) and 
Texas (TX) Hispanics experience a substantial burden of hepatitis and human papillomavirus (HPV) -related 
cancers. There is an urgent need to intervene to reduce these cancers in both settings. As part of the 
UPR/MDACC Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research, the Community Cancer Control Outreach Core 
(CCCOC; Outreach Core) proposes an integrated community-based participatory approach to identify needs 
and priorities and to develop multilevel outreach and educational interventions targeting cancers caused by 
infectious agents. During the past decade, the CCCOC has made significant contributions to increasing cancer 
control education, behaviors, and access to services to decrease cancer health disparities in Puerto Rico. 
These efforts have identified and produced innovative outreach strategies and educational materials to reach 
the most vulnerable and underserved populations on the island. This new funding period will represent 
extension of our previous research and community work. The Outreach Core will build on previous 
partnerships and networks, to improve community engagement and outreach to disseminate research findings 
and interventions related to HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening implemented in both PR and TX. 
DATAOmics will provide data analysis support for the evaluation of the adaptation and implementation of these 
interventions (Aim 1). The Outreach Core will also contribute to the Education Core mission and will build 
capacity among IMPACT's scientists and students in areas such as community engagement across the 
research translation continuum and implementation science (Aim 2). Doing so will ensure community 
engagement across activities of the IMPACT program to inform research questions, interpretation of data and 
future studies. These efforts will also serve to accelerate and improve the adoption and implementation of 
research findings, guidelines, and interventions for cancer prevention and control in PR, TX and nationally 
through our participation with the National Outreach Network (NON) (Aim 3). Following our initial focus on 
HPV, we will expand our outreach and educational efforts to include a broader focus on infectious 
malignancies of

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10249306
- **Project number:** 5U54CA096300-18
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Maria Eulalia Fernandez
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $124,255
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2002-08-16 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10249306

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10249306, Community Cancer Control Outreach Core (5U54CA096300-18). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10249306. Licensed CC0.

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