1. Massachusetts Cancer Prevention Community Research Network (MCPCRN) Updates CPCRN Los Angeles Meeting October 7 – 8, 2008

2. Collaborators Harvard Prevention Research Center (HPRC) Boston University Prevention Research Center (BUPRC) Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Risk Reduction Program (DF/HCC)

3. Key Community Partners American Cancer Society, NE Division MA Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition Mass CONECT (NCI - CNP) DF/HCC Community Engagement Committee Cancer Information Services (CIS) NE Region United for Health Haitian Coalition (“Inite Pou La Sante”) Latino Health Insurance Network

4. Presentation Overview Community Engagement –Training –Technical Assistance Research Future Directions

5. –“Using What Works”; Cancer PLANET 5 United Way/Jimmy Fund organizations (n=48) 6 month post-evaluation planned 29 Komen Foundation grantees –Peer leader training for CRC prevention in subsidized housing –Coalition serving Haitian community Training on evidence-based interventions Training for CNA’s around EBA’s for cancer screening Community Engagement: Examples of Training

6. Community Engagement: Examples of Technical Assistance Community Coalition (Mission Hill) –community needs assessment –program development –evaluation Haitian and Latino churches –Breast, cervical, prostate and CRC interventions (U56)

7. Research Update – Examples from Key Themes HPV prevention Worksites Dissemination

8. HPV Research: Bridging Communities to Research National survey of parental attitudes toward HPV Focus groups among parents re: HPV vaccine Development and testing of educational brochure for parents providing information re: HPV Focus groups among men re: knowledge, attitudes toward HPV and vaccine

9. Worksite Research  Improving the Health of Native Employees (Bowen)  Harvard School of Public Health Center for Work, Health, and Well-Being (Sorensen)

10. Dissemination Research PLANET MassCONECT to Promote Evidence-Based Intervention (Viswanath) Implementing Evidence-Based Health Promotion Through Health and Welfare Funds (Sorensen)  Under review: Comprehensive Worksite Cancer Prevention – Preparing for Dissemination (Sorensen)  KO5: Emmons

11. Future Directions Strengthening the bridges between community engagement and research Ongoing focus on disparities in cancer prevention Expanding contributions to dissemination research in multiple venues Build further collaborations across the CPCRN –Dissemination research –HPV –Community engagement