# Community Outreach and Engagement

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · 2020 · $53,416

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
 The catchment area of UHCC includes Hawai‘i and a vast expanse inclusive of the US-Affiliated Pacific
Islands (USAPI). There is no racial or ethnic majority in Hawai‘i which has a population of 1.42 million people,
of which 20-24% represent peoples of Native Hawaiian heritage; the USAPI has an additional 600,000
residents. These unique demographics, and geographic expanse, define UHCC activities related to
Community Outreach and Engagement
 UHCC has a specific focus on the environmental, genetic and social-behavioral risk factors that define the
characteristics of the cancer burden across this catchment area. UHCC faculty community engagement and
research embraces the rich ethnic diversity in examining cancer risk and defining culturally-appropriate
interventions to reduce the incidence and mortality from cancer. A particular emphasis is on Native Hawaiians
who have significant disparities in cancer mortality compared to other racial and ethnic groups. Research, both
population-based and basic, also focuses on cancers of importance in Hawai‘i. Extensive community-facing
programs in cancer prevention and in clinical trials through the NCI-sponsored community oncology research
program (NCORP) have been established and have been successful in enrolling high percentages of racial
and ethnic minorities to interventional clinical trials. Because of the lack of modern oncology care in the
majority of the USAPI, efforts there are focused on cancer prevention; this includes the newly established
Trans-Pacific Partnership for Cancer Prevention designed to enhance research collaborations, provide
community education, and facilitate successful attainment of community engagement and research objectives
to reduce the burden of cancer.
 UHCC also has a strong commitment to cancer education throughout the catchment area, ranging from
instruction of high school and undergraduate students, especially underrepresented minorities, to educational
initiatives for public school teachers and the community at large. These efforts at education and engagement
have had substantial impact on cancer policy in Hawai‘i, with enactment of legislation on tobacco and e-
cigarettes and direct involvement in creation of the State of Hawai‘i Five-Year Comprehensive Cancer Plan.
 In order to address, and refine Community Outreach and Engagement initiatives, UHCC utilizes input from
multiple different community sources to provide feedback on the direction of research at the Center and also to
determine how the results of the research can best be used to reduce the burden of cancer in the community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9968057
- **Project number:** 5P30CA071789-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
- **Principal Investigator:** RANDALL F. HOLCOMBE
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $53,416
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9968057

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9968057, Community Outreach and Engagement (5P30CA071789-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9968057. Licensed CC0.

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