Synergies, partnership outcomes, and lessons learned: a qualitative evaluation of cancer center–coalition engagement
Fostering community outreach and engagement-coalition partnerships created opportunities to use synergies and build capacity for engagement across multiple domains, contributing to enhanced trust and implementation of interventions across the cancer continuum. The findings provide examples and lessons on which cancer centers and coalitions can capitalize. Successful collaborative relationships were based on identifying shared goals and complementary expertise and roles, sharing financial and other resources, and a commitment to authentic and open dialogue. Although modest and short term, supplemental funding can strengthen organizational relationships and promote effective collaboration on community-facing activities; it can also lead to improved research engagement and translation of evidence to practice.
Authors
- Jennifer Beebe‐Dimmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4320-739X)
- Lisa Purvis
- Jan T. Lowery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7055-8654)
- Hayley Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4275-2548)
- Katherine J. Briant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4012-4326)
- Evelinn A. Borrayo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6874-030X)
- Jennifer Leeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3130-8297)
- Paula Darby Lipman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2522-9691)
- Jason A. Mendoza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0833-4358)
- Mary Wangen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0780-1188)
- Myra Parker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4871-4304)
- Stephanie B. Wheeler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3399-9047)
- Sarah Chavez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6582-8587)
- Kelly Wells Sittig
- Aubrey Villalobos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3588-2678)
- Amanda Bruegl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1989-983X)
- Bettina F. Drake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9340-5848)
- Selisha Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1129-1062)
- Craig Dee
- Kara Kikuchi
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa (ZA)
- Westat (United States) (US)
- Colorado School of Public Health (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute (US)
- Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center (US)
- Regional Cancer Center (US)
- University of Colorado Cancer Center (US)
- National Cancer Institute (US)
- University of Iowa Health Care (US)
- Community Cancer Center (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JNCI Cancer Spectrum
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jncics/pkaf038
- Primary Topic
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Cancer Institute