Outreach Core

Contacts 

University of Arizona Cancer Center

Core Co-Lead: Julie Armin PhD, jarmin@arizona.edu 

Kharen Morgan, MPH – Outreach Specialist, kharenm@arizona.edu

Northern Arizona University

Core Co-Lead: Nicolette Teufel-Shone PhD, nicky.teufel@nau.edu 

Carol Goldtooth, MPH – Outreach Coordinator, carol.goldtooth@nau.edu

NACP Outreach Goals 

The goal of the Outreach and Engagement Core of the Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention is to strengthen the capacity and infrastructure to provide sustained, community-based cancer education, research, and care services to advance cancer health equity. A guiding principle of the OEC is collaboration, specifically the continuation and expansion of partnerships with institutional partners, Native Nations and Native American-serving entities to build regional capacity through coalition building, supporting tribes’ own efforts to bring cancer-related services to their citizens, and mentoring NACP investigator teams to disseminate relevant research results to Native Nations. 

See also: https://in.nau.edu/nacp/outreach-core-2/

Aims

In this funding cycle, OEC will support Arizona’s (AZ) Native Nations and Native-serving health entities to build and maintain cancer prevention and support programs, contribute to Native Nations’ capacity to provide local cancer patient navigation, and improve researchers’ dissemination about the current evidence regarding cancer prevention, education and treatment for Native people. OEC’s objectives are to: a) enhance Native Nations’ health department expertise in cancer prevention education and patient navigation through training, peer-program mentoring, and program development, and b) increase access to and application of information generated by NACP-funded research projects, as well as state and national resources.

• Enhance Arizona’s American Indian/Alaska Native cancer patient navigation capacity through training and mentorship of community partners across the cancer care continuum.  

• Facilitate a national American Indian/Alaska Native cancer network to build programmatic knowledge, funding, and infrastructure for Arizona.

• Mentor and guide NACP research teams in effective community-based dissemination and application of research activities through enhanced training. 

To accomplish these aims, the OEC leadership and staff collaborate with the other NACP Cores, especially the Research Education Core and the GUIDeS Shared Resource. 

Outreach Publications 

(https://cancercenter.arizona.edu/nacp-outreach-core#:~:text=Outreach%20Publications%20for%20Conducting%20Research%20in%20Native%20American%20Communities)

Contact us to schedule an event or an educational Session via phone (928-523-4292) or request a presentation online.

Cancer Education Services

The Community Outreach Program collaborates with Tribal Community’s and schools to help educate families, students, and key staff members. Services include:

Cancer education

• Sessions requested by a community member on a specific Cancer topic. We provide screening guidelines, nutritional cancer prevention facts, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, supportive care and sources of Support.