NON Goals and Objectives

What are the goals of the National Outreach Network (NON)?

• Build and sustain a network that connects NCI-supported outreach, community education, and dissemination efforts with community-based cancer health disparities research and training programs in at-risk and underrepresented communities.
• Enhance NCI's ability to develop and disseminate culturally sensitive, evidence-based cancer information that is tailored to the specific needs and expectations of at-risk and underrepresented communities.
• Increase community's knowledge, decision-making skills, and involvement in cancer research.
• Promote a diverse cancer health disparities workforce.

What are the objectives of the National Outreach Network (NON)?

• Enhance researchers' and trainers' understanding of diverse communities.
• Actively incorporate outreach activities into NCI's community-based, cancer health disparities research programs.
• Develop best practices on effective outreach strategies to at-risk and underrepresented communities.
• Inform the community about important research goals and seek input on the research agenda. Provide a vital link between NCI and communities that enables the quick dissemination of cancer information.
• Develop local interventions and campaigns that effectively distribute NCI cancer information to communities in order to enhance decision-making processes and strategies to cope with specific health disparity problems.