Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Office of Cancer Centers, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 Mar;28(3):428-430. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0811. Epub 2019 Jan 15.
In May 2016, the NCI announced supplemental funding for NCI-Designated Cancer Centers to conduct research to better characterize populations within cancer center catchment areas. The initiative was intended to support primary data collection efforts to better define and describe cancer center catchment areas using a multilevel population health framework. The long-term goal was to facilitate collaborations in which researchers, providers, public health practitioners, and nonprofit organizations could utilize the data to develop or expand applied cancer control research, planning, and implementation, with an emphasis on local health disparities and communication inequalities. This Focus issue on "Population Health Assessment in Cancer Center Catchment Areas" highlights the results from those catchment area data collection efforts. Articles highlight research from surveys conducted to define and describe cancer center catchment areas using both probability and nonprobability designs and a variety of sampling techniques, survey modes, and data linkages. Some articles report pooled analyses of data collected by multiple cancer centers to highlight local versus national comparisons based on standardized behavioral and demographic measures. Others examine rural-urban differences in measures relevant to cancer prevention and control. The studies published in this Focus will provide the field with a myriad of methodologic approaches for defining and describing cancer center catchment areas.
2016 年 5 月，NCI 宣布为 NCI 指定的癌症中心提供补充资金，以开展研究，更好地描述癌症中心服务区域内的人群。这一举措旨在支持进行初步数据收集的工作，以便使用多层次人口健康框架更好地定义和描述癌症中心服务区域。长期目标是促进研究人员、提供者、公共卫生从业人员和非营利组织之间的合作，利用这些数据开展或扩大应用癌症控制研究、规划和实施工作，重点关注当地的健康差异和沟通不平等问题。本期“癌症中心服务区域的人口健康评估”重点介绍了这些服务区域数据收集工作的结果。文章重点介绍了使用概率和非概率设计以及各种抽样技术、调查模式和数据链接来定义和描述癌症中心服务区域的调查结果。一些文章报告了多个癌症中心收集的数据的汇总分析，根据标准化的行为和人口统计措施，突出了局部与全国的比较。其他研究则考察了与癌症预防和控制相关的措施在城乡之间的差异。本期重点介绍的研究将为确定和描述癌症中心服务区域提供多种方法。
