Crawford Joanne, Holmes Elizabeth, Kaur Jagbir, Wiens Allison, Ken Gabriella Wong
1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1,
Canadian Cancer Society, 55 St Clair Ave W, Suite 300, Toronto ON, M4V 2Y7,
Can Oncol Nurs J. 2025 Mar 1;35(2):391-405. eCollection 2025 Spring.
Advancing health equity is imperative to reducing the current social and health inequities that impact those at risk of or diagnosed with cancer. The CANO/ACIO National Underserved and Priority Population (UPP) Working Group and the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) partnered to create a forum for dialogue at a joint symposium during the 35 Annual Conference. The symposium began with a presentation of findings from a CCS-led nationwide project that focused on advancing equity for 10 underserved communities or groups. The aim of the CCS project was to understand gaps, barriers and challenges that underserved communities face in accessing information, support and care; the report is foundational to guide engagement efforts and strategies for key underserved groups across Canada. To situate the goals of advancing health equity, oncology nurses shared experiences of community engagement, partnerships and tools used in practice. This paper will provide a synthesis of the CCS report along with panel members' experience on ways in which healthy equity was advanced in their communities and settings.
推进健康公平对于减少当前影响癌症高危人群或癌症确诊患者的社会和健康不平等现象至关重要。加拿大肿瘤护理协会/加拿大肿瘤学与放射肿瘤学协会全国服务不足及优先人群（UPP）工作组与加拿大癌症协会（CCS）合作，在第35届年会上的联合研讨会上创建了一个对话论坛。研讨会首先介绍了加拿大癌症协会牵头的一个全国性项目的研究结果，该项目专注于为10个服务不足的社区或群体推进公平。加拿大癌症协会项目的目的是了解服务不足社区在获取信息、支持和护理方面面临的差距、障碍和挑战；该报告是指导加拿大关键服务不足群体参与工作和战略的基础。为了明确推进健康公平的目标，肿瘤护理人员分享了社区参与、伙伴关系及实践中使用的工具方面的经验。本文将综合加拿大癌症协会的报告以及小组成员在其社区和环境中推进健康公平的方式方面的经验。
