Cancer Prevention & Control Platform, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 7007 Bertner Ave. Unit 1628, 1MC13.2339, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
The University of Texas at Austin Center for Health Communication, Austin, TX, USA.
Cancer Causes Control. 2024 Apr;35(4):611-622. doi: 10.1007/s10552-023-01818-4. Epub 2023 Nov 18.
Be Well Communities™ is MD Anderson's signature place-based approach for cancer prevention and control, working with communities to promote wellness and address modifiable risk factors for cancer. The purpose of this paper is to describe implementation of the planning phase of the Be Well Communities model in Acres Homes which began in 2019.
A community advisory group (Steering Committee) including residents, non-profit organizations, health care partners, city and county agencies, plus other stakeholders, was convened and aligned through a structured process to develop shared goals, foster multisector collaboration, as measured by a stakeholder survey administered twice, and enhance community capacity to improve health outcomes through development of a Community Action Plan.
Clear, achievable goals were developed, multisector collaboration was enhanced, and more than 400 h of capacity building support led to a Community Action Plan initially focused on healthy eating and active living, including 15 evidence-based interventions led by 18 organizations. The majority (93%) of the Steering Committee reports that this plan reflects community priorities and will reach the residents most in need.
By listening and developing trust, the Be Well Communities team successfully worked with Acres Homes residents and organizations to enhance community capacity to address health inequities in one of Houston's most diverse and historic communities.
Be Well Communities™ 是 MD 安德森癌症中心用于预防和控制癌症的一项特色地点导向方法，通过与社区合作，促进健康，解决癌症的可改变风险因素。本文旨在描述 2019 年开始在 Acres Homes 实施 Be Well Communities 模式规划阶段的情况。
召集了一个社区顾问小组（指导委员会），包括居民、非营利组织、医疗保健合作伙伴、市和县机构以及其他利益攸关方，并通过结构化流程使他们达成一致，以制定共同目标，促进多部门合作，通过两次管理利益攸关方调查来衡量合作程度，并通过制定社区行动计划来增强社区改善健康结果的能力。
制定了明确、可实现的目标，增强了多部门合作，超过 400 小时的能力建设支持促成了最初专注于健康饮食和积极生活的社区行动计划，其中包括 18 个组织牵头的 15 项循证干预措施。指导委员会的大多数成员（93%）表示，该计划反映了社区的优先事项，并将惠及最需要的居民。
通过倾听和建立信任，Be Well Communities 团队成功地与 Acres Homes 的居民和组织合作，增强了社区解决休斯顿最多元化和最具历史意义的社区之一的健康不平等问题的能力。
