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The Community Outreach program is designed to increase minority involvement in clinical, behavioral and prevention trials through the delivery of cancer education and screening programs. To learn more or to participate, please contact Jerilyn Baskett, MS, at 215-214-1594 or Community.Outreach@fccc.edu.

Values

The program is guided by a set of core values that will prove to serve Fox Chase Cancer Center as well as the targeted minority populations.

• Excellence in all projects and pursuits
• Cultural competence, compassion and respect for all program participants
• Creativity, innovation and the free exploration of new ideas
• The identity and image of the Center as a respected medical and scientific entity and a provider of health care will be preserved and enhanced
• Commitment to operate cost-effectively while pursuing its mission
• Competing vigorously in a changing environment that presents opportunities as well as challenges

Goals

• To increase participation and accrual of minorities into clinical trials.
• Increase minority awareness, knowledge and information seeking of therapeutic, behavioral and prevention studies open at FCCC
• Increase specific partnerships appropriate to minority communities.

Strategies

• Increase community partnerships
• Increase the number of education and/or screening programs targeted to minority groups
• Develop tools and materials to manage and evaluate the program
• Collaborate with other programs
  • Risk Assessment Programs
  • Behavioral Research
  • Cancer Information Service

Challenges

We recognize the healthcare disparity in America's racial and ethnic minority populations as well as among both the rural and urban poor. With our community outreach programs we aim to increase the number of participants among this underserved population in clinical trial studies as we work toward overcoming the economic and cultural challenges to providing healthcare education to minority communities.

Community Partners

• Mt. Airy Church of God In Christ
• Bethel Deliverance Tabernacle Church
• Black Women's Health Alliance
• Triumph Missionary Baptist Church
• Theta Chapter, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
• Women of Faith & Hope