# Partnering to reach communities with Iowa’s largest cancer disparities

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2021 · $149,296

## Abstract

Abstract
The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center (HCCC) and the Iowa Cancer Consortium (ICC)
have a highly collaborative relationship and actively engage communities to address cancer
outcomes in Iowa. Nevertheless, there continues to be a need to enhance efforts focused on the
communities with the most significant cancer disparities. Data from the Iowa Cancer Registry
indicate that cancer disparities in Iowa are greatest between the Black/African American
population and Whites and Iowa has the second highest cancer mortality among the Black
population of all 50 states. As a long-standing successful state-wide coalition, ICC has
extensive expertise in facilitation and relationship building. ICC also has connections with
partners across the state in Black/African American communities. ICC does not have the
resources or expertise to help these partners identify community needs or implement
interventions to address the needs. The HCCC COE team can address these gaps by providing
expertise in data collection, analysis, and interpretation of community needs assessments,
including access to the Iowa Cancer Registry data. HCCC COE also has extensive experience
in community-engaged research to address community cancer needs. HCCC COE has
successfully identified appropriate evidence-based interventions to align with community needs,
adapted these interventions to fit the community, and conducted process and outcome
evaluations in collaboration with community partners. The combined expertise and experience
of HCCC COE and ICC will be used to accomplish the following aims: 1) to strengthen the
relationship between HCCC and ICC by testing a process to engage Black/African American
communities in Iowa in identifying cancer related community needs and 2) to address cancer
related community needs in Black/African American communities in Iowa by matching evidence-
based interventions with community-identified needs, then adapting, implementing, and
evaluating these interventions. The outcome of achieving these aims will be 1) a stronger, more
productive relationship between HCCC and ICC, 2) improved connections between HCCC and
the Black/African American communities, 3) a proven-effective process for engaging
Black/African American communities in Iowa, 4) the implementation of evidence-based
interventions to address significant cancer disparities in Iowa, and 5) the sustained engagement
with the Black/African American community through ICC.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10407693
- **Project number:** 3P30CA086862-21S5
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** George J. Weiner
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $149,296
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10407693

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10407693, Partnering to reach communities with Iowa’s largest cancer disparities (3P30CA086862-21S5). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10407693. Licensed CC0.

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