Identifying and addressing the needs of catchment area data experts: Insights from the inaugural catchment area data conference (CADC23)
Background: NCI-Designated Cancer Centers must identify their catchment areas and address cancer burden through research and community engagement, highlighting the role of catchment area data experts. Few studies evaluate roles, needs, and opportunities for catchment analytics in cancer centers. Thi...
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| author | Nathanael B. Stanley Todd Burus Debora L. Oh Calvin P. Tribby Christopher McNair Peter DelNero Katherine Y. Tossas |
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| description | Background: NCI-Designated Cancer Centers must identify their catchment areas and address cancer burden through research and community engagement, highlighting the role of catchment area data experts. Few studies evaluate roles, needs, and opportunities for catchment analytics in cancer centers. This manuscript examines survey responses about catchment area data analytics administered at the inaugural Catchment Area Data Conference.Methods: A Catchment Area Data Assessment Survey gathered insights from conference attendees. The 17-question survey aimed to describe current responsibilities and opportunities in catchment area data, including staffing, data acquisition, and analysis.Results: Two-thirds (66%) of respondents reported no specific department housed catchment area data analytics in their respective cancer center, 31% cited resource constraints as a frequent challenge, and there were disagreements on the adequacy of staff for catchment area analytics.Discussion Funding and budget of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) offices are influenced by the need for catchment area analytics, including data, personnel, and technology. However, in our sample, COE departments are not where catchment area data are primarily housed. It was evident that, despite varied organizational structures, staffing adequacy, and resource allocation, there is a need for improved communication and understanding between responsible parties involved in catchment area analytics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a1c8d2753b274dbd9ed170f0fb30a1662024-12-12T16:16:39ZengTaylor & Francis GroupPreventive Oncology & Epidemiology2832-21342025-12-013110.1080/28322134.2024.2416192Identifying and addressing the needs of catchment area data experts: Insights from the inaugural catchment area data conference (CADC23)Nathanael B. Stanley0Todd Burus1Debora L. Oh2Calvin P. Tribby3Christopher McNair4Peter DelNero5Katherine Y. Tossas6Office of Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USAMarkey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USADepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USADepartment of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USADepartment of Cancer Biology, Cancer Informatics, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USACollege of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USADepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USABackground: NCI-Designated Cancer Centers must identify their catchment areas and address cancer burden through research and community engagement, highlighting the role of catchment area data experts. Few studies evaluate roles, needs, and opportunities for catchment analytics in cancer centers. This manuscript examines survey responses about catchment area data analytics administered at the inaugural Catchment Area Data Conference.Methods: A Catchment Area Data Assessment Survey gathered insights from conference attendees. The 17-question survey aimed to describe current responsibilities and opportunities in catchment area data, including staffing, data acquisition, and analysis.Results: Two-thirds (66%) of respondents reported no specific department housed catchment area data analytics in their respective cancer center, 31% cited resource constraints as a frequent challenge, and there were disagreements on the adequacy of staff for catchment area analytics.Discussion Funding and budget of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) offices are influenced by the need for catchment area analytics, including data, personnel, and technology. However, in our sample, COE departments are not where catchment area data are primarily housed. It was evident that, despite varied organizational structures, staffing adequacy, and resource allocation, there is a need for improved communication and understanding between responsible parties involved in catchment area analytics.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/28322134.2024.2416192Catchment areapopulationscollaborationcatchment areacancer care |
| spellingShingle | Nathanael B. Stanley Todd Burus Debora L. Oh Calvin P. Tribby Christopher McNair Peter DelNero Katherine Y. Tossas Identifying and addressing the needs of catchment area data experts: Insights from the inaugural catchment area data conference (CADC23) Preventive Oncology & Epidemiology Catchment area populations collaboration catchment area cancer care |
| title | Identifying and addressing the needs of catchment area data experts: Insights from the inaugural catchment area data conference (CADC23) |
| title_full | Identifying and addressing the needs of catchment area data experts: Insights from the inaugural catchment area data conference (CADC23) |
| title_fullStr | Identifying and addressing the needs of catchment area data experts: Insights from the inaugural catchment area data conference (CADC23) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying and addressing the needs of catchment area data experts: Insights from the inaugural catchment area data conference (CADC23) |
| title_short | Identifying and addressing the needs of catchment area data experts: Insights from the inaugural catchment area data conference (CADC23) |
| title_sort | identifying and addressing the needs of catchment area data experts insights from the inaugural catchment area data conference cadc23 |
| topic | Catchment area populations collaboration catchment area cancer care |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/28322134.2024.2416192 |
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