# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · 2022 · $198,488

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract: Community Outreach and Engagement 
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) is unique among NCI-designated Cancer 
Centers as the only one in Northern New England (VT, NH, ME), the one located in the smallest town, and as 
one of the few whose catchment area has a population that is almost half rural (48%), does not contain a major 
urban core, and has nine of 24 counties classified as 7, 8, or 9 (isolated rural) according to the Rural Urban 
Continuum Codes (RUCCs). While the population within our catchment area is not as racially/ethnically 
heterogeneous as some, social determinants in our largely rural communities – particularly age, income, and 
education play an important role in cancer-related health behaviors, risk, early detection, treatment, and 
survivorship. Disparities along the cancer control continuum between our rural and non-rural populations have 
been documented, spurring distinct research and intervention needs. Our catchment area carries a 
disproportionate burden in cancer incidence, leading to both cancer-related mortality, and a growing population 
of cancer survivors. NCCC plays a unique and substantive role in our communities—engaging the populations 
within our catchment area and focusing research on locally-relevant issues to translate evidence into impactful 
benefits for individuals and communities, with research that is often generalizable to other populations. While 
NCCC has served this overarching mission for decades, the recent formalization of the Community Outreach 
and Engagement (COE) component of the CCSG will catalyze NCCC to identify and address the needs of our 
catchment area in a more comprehensive, cohesive, nimble and timely way as we work in concert with 
NCCC’s Research Programs to accomplish three aims. These are: 1) To identify, measure, and monitor the 
cancer control needs and cancer health equity issues throughout the catchment area through engagement of a 
Community Advisory Board, observational studies and surveillance of health system, state, and national data; 
2) To address the cancer control needs and cancer health equity issues of our catchment area through 
community-engaged interventions, increased participation in clinical trials, and regional collaborations, with an 
emphasis on rural and underserved populations; and 3) To promote cancer research findings from the four 
NCCC scientific programs across the cancer control continuum for translation into sustainable policy, program, 
and health system enhancements. We will apply metrics to track relevance and impact of research related to 
cancer biology, clinical research, cancer-related health equity, prevention, and control within our catchment 
area (surveillance and community metrics) and what are we doing about it (engagement, collaboration, and 
research metrics). The COE initiative will build upon a strong existing base of community and regional 
partnerships. By achieving the COE aims...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10311237
- **Project number:** 5P30CA023108-43
- **Recipient organization:** DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
- **Principal Investigator:** Anna N. A. Tosteson
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $198,488
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-08-04 → 2024-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10311237

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10311237, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA023108-43). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10311237. Licensed CC0.

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