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. 2024 Jun 18;6(3):381-385.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2024.05.002. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Community Engagement to Advance Equitable Cardio-Oncology Care: A Call to Action: JACC: CardioOncology How To

Vanessa B Sheppard  1 , Arnethea L Sutton  2 , Shiva Salehian  1 , Anika L Hines  1 , Karen Patricia Williams  3 , Megan C Edmonds  1 , Alisa Brewer  4 , Marcie S Wright  1 , Avirup Guha  5   6
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Community Engagement to Advance Equitable Cardio-Oncology Care: A Call to Action: JACC: CardioOncology How To

Vanessa B Sheppard et al. JACC CardioOncol. .

Abstract

•Situating engagement within the experience and priorities of survivors will enhance translational research and health equity.•The TRUST framework provides a guide to expand opportunities for community engagement in cardio-oncology for multiple constituents and across the care continuum.•Training community members as cardio-oncology champions may promote stakeholder representation.•Community connectors can support bidirectional engagement and support for survivors as they transition from active treatment.

Keywords: cancer survivors; cardio-oncology; community engagement.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Sheppard is supported by the National Cancer Institute, Community Outreach and Engagement (PI: P30CA016059); the American Cancer Society (RSG-19-182-01-CPPB), which focuses on “Improving Communication and Adherence in Black Breast Cancer Survivors”; and the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) (UG1CA189869), which is focused on the “VCU Massey Minority/Underserved NCI Community Oncology Research Program.” Dr Sutton is supported by the National Cancer Institute (R00CA256038). Dr Guha is supported by the American Heart Association-Strategically Focused Research Network Grant in Disparities in Cardio-Oncology (#847740, #863620) and the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program’s Physician Research Award (#HT94252310158). None of these funds supported this work. Dr Guha has an academic consulting relationship with Pfizer and Novartis; and his institution has received research funding from Sumitomo Pharma; however, there is no conflict of interest in submitting this work. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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Adopted TRUST Engagement Framework for Cardio-Oncology The adapted TRUST framework includes medical and social supports and the stakeholder entities who connect community members with key services that have potential to reduce disparities in cardio-oncology care among cancer survivors (persons diagnosed with cancer who are at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular-related outcomes). The lines show the connections between components. ↔ shows bidirectional TRUST engagement.
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