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

Vanessa B Sheppard; Arnethea L Sutton; Shiva Salehian; Anika L Hines; Karen Patricia Williams; Megan C Edmonds; Alisa Brewer; Marcie S Wright; Avirup Guha

doi:10.1016/j.jaccao.2024.05.002

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

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

Authors

Vanessa B Sheppard¹, Arnethea L Sutton², Shiva Salehian¹, Anika L Hines¹, Karen Patricia Williams³, Megan C Edmonds¹, Alisa Brewer⁴, Marcie S Wright¹, Avirup Guha^{5

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Affiliations

¹ School of Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
² Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
³ Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
⁴ School of Population Health, Center on Health Disparities, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
⁶ Cardio-Oncology Program, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.

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.

Publication types

Review